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Samurai Bringer cover art

Samurai Bringer

ALPHAWING Inc. · PLAYISM · 2022-04-21

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 21, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Apr 21, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Samurai Bringer is a roguelite action game with levels which change with every playthrough, where you cut down hordes of Samurai and Demons to collect combat techniques and polish your fighting style in order to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed dragon of Japanese mythology.

3
playing now
87%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Susanoo, a powerful deity, challenged Yamata-no-Orochi to save Kushinada, who was to be sacrificed to the dragon. However, he was bested by the dragon and his power was taken from him.Cast down to the land of Nakatsukuni, now he must fight a multitude of samurai and demons summoned from across space and time to regain his lost strength…(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (476 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,078 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.75 at GamersGate (2024-09-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 31 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42842820222026Week of 2022-04-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-07 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$3.162022-04-212026-08-062022-04-21 — best price $9.992023-01-30 — best price $9.992023-07-22 — best price $6.992023-08-09 — best price $9.992023-12-14 — best price $5.992023-12-30 — best price $9.992024-01-18 — best price $5.242024-02-08 — best price $5.792024-02-24 — best price $9.992024-03-23 — best price $9.992024-04-12 — best price $5.592024-04-23 — best price $6.992024-05-28 — best price $6.472024-06-25 — best price $7.862024-07-17 — best price $5.992024-08-05 — best price $4.892024-08-19 — best price $4.792024-09-20 — best price $9.992024-10-17 — best price $3.992024-11-09 — best price $7.892024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-06 — best price $5.992025-01-20 — best price $4.992025-02-03 — best price $6.472025-03-03 — best price $6.472025-06-02 — best price $3.732025-07-10 — best price $5.092025-07-26 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $4.792025-08-29 — best price $9.992025-09-22 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $3.992025-11-02 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $4.242025-12-04 — best price $4.992026-01-31 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-06 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
42.5%
earned "Gale Wind"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9675%45
PS4 (PlayStation)51132%45
Switch (Nintendo)250%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2.5DCuteVoxelActionColorfulHistoricalRogue-likeRogue-liteCollectathonHack and Slash

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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