Action · April 18, 2019

Katana ZERO (2019)

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Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display. Exceptional Combat: Overcome your opposition however the situation requires. Deflect gunfire back at foes, dodge oncoming attacks, and manipulate enemies and environments with traps and explosives. Leave no survivors. Hand-Crafted Sequences: Each level is uniquely designed for countless methods of completion. Defeat foes creatively, using spontaneous approaches to eliminate your enemy as you see fit. Unconventional Storytelling: An enigmatic story told through cinematic sequences woven into the gameplay, twisting and folding to an unexpected conclusion.

Action releases from 2019

192 Action titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume71.1k Steam reviewsTop 9% in Action
Positive rating98% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 3%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 77 — top 27% of Action titles
Engagement hours7 h averageTop 63% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Pixel Graphics · 1.1k
  • Action · 950
  • Great Soundtrack · 886
  • Story Rich · 884
  • Platformer · 803
  • Cyberpunk · 762
  • 2D Platformer · 694
  • Indie · 661
  • 2D · 591
  • Hack and Slash · 591
  • Fast-Paced · 559
  • Violent · 527
  • Difficult · 511
  • Singleplayer · 494
  • Time Manipulation · 440

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

98%Overwhelmingly Positive · 71.1k reviews

69.6k positive · 1.4k negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.9/10

Curator recommendations

64.2k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Katana Zero remains bleak, beautiful, bloody, and brilliant.” 9/10 – Destructoid “Katana ZERO is a veritable wonder.” 10/10 – Screenrant “Few games match the execution and style like Katana Zero.” 9/10 – USGamer

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

7h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

22

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 18, 2019
DeveloperAskiisoft
PublisherDevolver Digital
Base price$8.99 -40%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Content Notes

Contains violence, gore, and drug use.

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Katana ZERO