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SAMURAI SHODOWN cover art

SAMURAI SHODOWN

SNK CORPORATION · 2021-06-14

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Franchise: Samurai Shodown · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 11, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 16, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 19, 2019 (Google Stadia), Aug 29, 2023 (Android), Aug 29, 2023 (iOS)

SAMURAI REBOOT! A brand new SAMURAI SHODOWN game takes aim for the world stage!

81%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
81/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (4.3k downloads)
4.61★
PlayStation Store rating (2,915 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Samurai Shodown is a 2019 fighting game developed by KOF Studio and published by SNK. The eighth main entry in the Samurai Shodown series, as well as a reboot to the series, it was released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, Xbox Series X and Series S, Android and iOS via Netflix Games, and Windows. An arcade version was released by Taito.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 102 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 25,582 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,746 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Epic Game Store (2025-07-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 12 of 13 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14714720212026Week of 2021-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$7.492020-06-112026-10-082020-06-11 — best price $49.992025-07-15 — best price $7.492025-07-21 — best price $49.532025-07-28 — best price $49.532025-07-30 — best price $49.532025-08-25 — best price $49.532025-09-05 — best price $49.532025-09-09 — best price $7.492025-09-17 — best price $48.042025-09-24 — best price $49.992025-10-25 — best price $7.492025-11-06 — best price $49.992026-03-11 — best price $7.492026-03-22 — best price $49.992026-04-22 — best price $7.492026-05-07 — best price $49.992026-07-27 — best price $7.492026-08-13 — best price $49.992026-09-17 — best price $59.992026-09-23 — best price $7.492026-09-24 — best price $8.992026-10-01 — best price $8.992026-10-08 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

115512026-07-11 — 66 pageviews2026-07-14 — 72 pageviews2026-07-17 — 66 pageviews2026-07-20 — 75 pageviews2026-07-23 — 70 pageviews2026-07-26 — 82 pageviews2026-07-29 — 73 pageviews2026-08-01 — 72 pageviews2026-08-04 — 60 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-10 — 84 pageviews2026-08-13 — 79 pageviews2026-08-16 — 90 pageviews2026-08-19 — 68 pageviews2026-08-22 — 78 pageviews2026-08-25 — 78 pageviews2026-08-28 — 61 pageviews2026-08-31 — 68 pageviews2026-09-03 — 72 pageviews2026-09-06 — 75 pageviews2026-09-09 — 80 pageviews2026-09-12 — 88 pageviews2026-09-15 — 103 pageviews2026-09-18 — 63 pageviews2026-09-21 — 78 pageviews2026-09-24 — 77 pageviews2026-09-27 — 103 pageviews2026-09-30 — 77 pageviews2026-10-03 — 83 pageviews2026-10-06 — 71 pageviews2026-10-08 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
64.4%
earned "Moment of Crisis"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud12 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2021-06-14, latest 2021-08-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)8,96821%45
Xbox One (Xbox)3,7777%45
Steam (Steam)2,6713%45
Switch (Nintendo)630%0
Switch (Nintendo)100%0
Switch (Nintendo)80%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Census log

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

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