The Best Samurai Games of All Time

Samurai games, a sinking genre like pirate theme today and we would love to see, were very popular in the past and many successful games with this theme were released. In today’s list, we have brought together the best samurai games of all time. 

The Best Samurai Games of All Time

1. Nioh 2
2. Like a Dragon: Ishin!
3. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
4. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
5. Katana Zero
6. Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny
7. Way of the Samurai 4
8. Ghost Of Tsushima
9. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
10. Total War: Shogun 2

Nioh 2

Nioh 2, which is a very challenging game thanks to its souls-like mechanics, can be defined as a samurai-themed game where character customization is at the forefront. Nioh, released in 2017 and released exclusively for Playstation 4 and meeting with PC users after a while, received great praise for its combat system, which offers a completely different experience with each weapon, as well as its world, which includes real names and places in the history of Japan.

Like a Dragon: Ishin!

There is a vengeful samurai who sets out to find his father’s murderer. Like a Dragon: Ishin! is one of the successful Spin-Off productions of the Yakuza series. If you have played the Yakuza series before, you will get to know some of the characters, events and places here.

Like A Dragon: Ishin, one of the best samurai games, is set in Japan in the 1860s, when Japan gradually opened its doors to Westernization. As a result of this Westernization, the country is divided between the Shogun, who wants to preserve the militarist and traditional structure of feudal Japan, and the central government of the Emperor, who now wants to Westernize the country. Our main character, Ryoma, who is a copy of Kazuma Kiryu from face to voice, is also among the Emperor’s loyal followers. But after her adoptive father is assassinated in front of her, she throws herself in Kyoto and tries to infiltrate the dissident Shinsengumi to find her father’s killers.

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Bringing the players to the theme of feudal Japan with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, From Software has been much more generous with the story this time. Compared to the Souls games in which we try to extract oil from the fly, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is much more revealing in terms of story. In the main story of the game, we go right after the Sengoku period, where the civil war lasted for years. At the end of this period, when the war almost destroyed the country, the control of our character, who has been trained in Shinobi for years, is left in our hands. Our goal is to save The Divine Heir, which we must protect at the cost of our lives, and which has been captured by the Ashina clan.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

The production, which adopts a strategic game understanding, is built on 5 playable characters, each of which is different from the other. The story set around feudal Japan is mostly based on secrecy.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, a stealth-focused real-time tactical video game developed by Mimimi Productions and published by Daedalic Entertainment, is very similar to that of the Commandos and Desperados series.

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Katana Zero

Katana Zero, where you play as a samurai with the ability to change time, appears with its fast pace and die-try-again-die-try-again dynamic. The only downside is that it has a short gameplay time.

Katana Zero, one of the best samurai games, is a 2D pixelart action game. It also contains some platformer parts. Even though it stands out with its gameplay, its story is also quite good.

Onimusha 2 Samurai’s Destiny

This production, where you take on the role of Jubei Yagyu, a vengeful samurai, comes to the fore with its fun Hack & Slash mechanics and interesting story. It is one of the popular games of the PlayStation 2 era.

Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny takes place in Federal Japan of 1570, 10 years after the first game. After returning from a long journey in occupied Japan, our young hero Jubei arrives at his village and is shocked by what he sees. The entire village, including his family’s house, was burned and destroyed by Nobunaga’s evil soldiers. Jubei, a Yagyu Shinkage swordfighting master, embarks on an adventure where his destiny will lead him to avenge Nobunaga. You are the only one who can help Jubei in this adventure.

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Way of the Samurai 4

Way of the Samurai is a game where you will feel like a real samurai. You can use katana, spear or many other samurai weapons in the production, which takes place in a fictional town and tells a very interesting story.

In the main menu of Way of the Samurai 4, one of the best samurai games, players are offered an option to create the characters they want to manage. In the opening sequence, a boat scene welcomes the actors and we witness the dialogues between our main character and the boatman. The boatman drops you off at the port and events start to happen after this point.

Ghost Of Tsushima

Ghost Of Tsushima, a PlayStaiton special game, stands out with its open world and fascinating samurai theme. In addition to having a very interesting story, it does not neglect to contain tons of content waiting to be discovered in its world.

Ghost of Tsushima focuses on the Mongol raids of 1274 and the inhabitants of Tsushima who tried to resist these raids. In the game, we manage a character named Jin Sakai, the last member of the Sakai clan. He is fighting against the first raids with the Shogun of the island, that is, his uncle who is the leader, but in this war, the samurai suffer a heavy defeat. 

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Muramasa: The Demon Blade, where you choose and play as one of two different characters, appears as a great production that gives each character a different end game. You will defeat demons and seek answers within its world.

The game deals with the story of an amnesiac fugitive named Kisuke. Of course, the answers to the questions why he was a fugitive and what he did come up later. Next to Kisuke is another interesting fugitive named Momohime, who has been possessed by a dark spirit. If you play the game you will understand why I call it interesting. The backgrounds of the characters also enrich the game.

Total War: Shogun 2

A samurai theme is added to the successful strategy games of the Total War series. The game, which takes place in the Sengoku period, the dark age of Japan, comes up with a very tactical and strategic game understanding.