
Shady Knight
Shady Knight is a first-person skill-driven melee action game centered around swift swordplay, acrobatic archery, and fluid platforming that…
If Shadowlings scratched a brutal and fast-paced itch for you, keep reading. These games could fill that gap nicely.
Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.
Brutal, Fast-paced, Tense
A turn-based tactics game on a single line of tiles: step, turn and strike at exactly the right moment, upgrade your attacks and combo them into something absurd, then take on the Shogun. Small runs, big decisions, and pixel art that makes every duel look like a tiny animated woodblock print.
Lo Wang, corporate shogun of Zilla Enterprise, is sent to buy a legendary sword. The deal goes badly, demons pour out of the shadow realm, and the only sensible response is a katana in one hand and a quad barrel shotgun in the other. A fast, funny, gory reboot of a 90s classic.
Brutal, Fast-paced, Tense
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Fast-paced, Tense
Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.
Fast-paced, Tense, Dark
A roguelite action game where you build your own fighting style from scratch. Play as Susanoo, cut through hordes of samurai and demons, collect combat scrolls and stitch them into combos that are truly yours, all to settle the score with Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed dragon of Japanese myth.
Fast-paced
A ninja action platformer in the 8-bit tradition: dash, slash and leap through the ruined machine city of Mekacity, rescue your clan and take on a synthetic army. Handcrafted pixel art, a pounding soundtrack and bosses that will test every reflex you have.
Fast-paced, Tense, Dark
Ninjasoul is a platform action game that combines roguelite with Galaxy warrior demon city. Kunoichi, Tachibana Yachiyo unexpectedly awakened the ability of "death backtracking". She will find the truth in the land that used to be her hometown in the fight and death again and again.
Fast-paced, Tense
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Fast-paced, Tense, Dark
Train unique samurai, embark on missions, and play the cards dealt each run on an epic roguelite adventure in the Legend of the Five Rings universe. Each defeat opens new strategic skill tree options and more powerful cards to face the growing threat in the Shadowlands.
Dark
Rogue Samurai is an intense roguelite action game where you fight relentless waves of enemies as a legendary samurai. Master your skills, unlock powerful abilities, and face epic boss battles in a quest for survival.
Fast-paced, Tense
A pixel-art sword duel where every strike kills. Aim your blade high, low or middle, parry, dodge and shove, and one clean cut ends the fight, often with a limb or two flying. Duels with friends, survival waves, a scenario campaign and silly modifiers make it easy to keep coming back for one more clash.
Brutal, Fast-paced, Tense

Shady Knight is a first-person skill-driven melee action game centered around swift swordplay, acrobatic archery, and fluid platforming that…

Fight through procedural nightmares in fast first-person brawls where every slash, kick and dash chains into the next, and one mistake ends the run.

A first-person hack-and-slash from a solo developer. Dash through a broken dark fantasy world, carve through hordes with elemental fury, build wild…

Fight the army of the Shogun in this free version of Shogun Showdown, a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements.

Fast paced First-Person Melee Roguelike RPG with randomly generated weapons and upgrades, unlockable new classes and persistent leveling.

Position your attacks on a tiny battlefield, build a deck of deadly combos and outthink every enemy standing between you and the Shogun.

Chain katana combos and ninjutsu through hand-drawn stages as a ninja master settling a score.

Aim your blade, read your rival, and settle pixel-art sword duels where a single strike can decide everything.

You play Lo Wang, a ninja with a grudge, blasting and slashing through demons and henchmen across Japan.

Stylish, action-adventure game featuring counter-based, non-lethal combat centered around ronin Tomoe's signature dash-counter mechanic, fighting…

Train unique samurai, embark on missions, and play the cards dealt each run on an epic roguelite adventure in the Legend of the Five Rings universe.

Slice through hordes of samurai and demons, collect combat techniques and forge a fighting style of your own to take down an eight-headed dragon.

A fast, cinematic kungfu action RPG about a dying warrior chasing assassins through a dark wuxia world.

Fight through a blight-infested 2D world, building a new character from random loot on every punishing run.

In the abyss where the mortal realm and netherworld intertwine, become a warrior wielding the power of the Nether Lantern to fight along with the…

Fast paced First-Person Melee Roguelike RPG with randomly generated weapons and upgrades, unlockable new classes and persistent leveling.

Fight through procedural nightmares in fast first-person brawls where every slash, kick and dash chains into the next, and one mistake ends the run.

Chain katana combos and ninjutsu through hand-drawn stages as a ninja master settling a score.

With a focus on stealth, combat, and long-term planning, Shadowed offers 6 unique classes, over 200 perks, and a heavy emphasis on level and enemy…

A lone foot soldier stalks a demon-ridden feudal Japan through grim corridors, where every resource counts and a steady sword is all you have.

Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your…

Cut through a dark fantasy empire as a betrayed general, learning every boss the hard way.

Train unique samurai, embark on missions, and play the cards dealt each run on an epic roguelite adventure in the Legend of the Five Rings universe.

A first-person hack-and-slash from a solo developer. Dash through a broken dark fantasy world, carve through hordes with elemental fury, build wild…