Indie · December 6, 2021

Shadow Tactics: Aiko’s Choice (2021)

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Return to the beautiful world of Edo Japan Set in Japan around the early Edo period, Aiko's Choice is a stealth strategy game that takes place within the story of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The expansion focuses on one of the main game's protagonists: the kunoichi adept Aiko. She is a master of camouflage and distracts enemies disguised as a Geisha. Although Aiko was certain that she left her old life behind her, Aiko's former sensei, the cunning spymaster Lady Chiyo, reappears from the shadows to challenge her. Together with her deadly companions she sets out to hunt down the ghosts of her past... Play a team of five unique assassins In the style of the main game, you take control of five skillful assassins, including Aiko, to sneak in the shadows between dozens of enemies. Aiko's companions are just as deadly as her: Hayato is an agile ninja, who clears the way silently with his sword and shuriken. The mighty samurai Mugen prefers a more powerful approach and can defeat multiple foes at once. Yuki is a young thief, who places traps and decoys enemies towards their deadly fate. The wise marksman Takuma, however, relies on his sniper rifle and distracts enemies with his loyal pet companion Kuma. Define your playstyle Choose your approach when infiltrating enemy bases in hidden forest camps or lively Edo period towns. Set traps, poison and distract your opponents – or avoid enemy contact completely. Carefully plan your every move, utilize your characters' unique skills and execute your own ingenious tactics to outwit your enemies on the challenging missions that lie ahead! Return to the beautiful world of Shadow Tactics set in Japan, early Edo period. Rejoin your favorite characters for another adventure set within the story of the main game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Experience a previously untold tale centered around the kunoichi adept Aiko, who must face a vicious enemy connected to her past. Explore three fully fledged main missions, set in brand-new environments, and three shorter interlude missions. The expansion includes all the features of the main game Play a team of five different characters with their unique skill sets. Synchronize your team's actions to strike down your enemies at once with the 'Shadow Mode' feature. Choose between non-lethal or deadly stealth attacks. Find dozens of ways to take out or sneak past your opponents the way you want. Choose from three difficulty levels to match your skill. Disclaimer: You don't require a copy of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun to play Aiko's Choice. Even though you can enjoy this standalone expansion on its own, we recommend playing at least the first few missions of the main game to get a feeling of the game's mechanics as well as the characters and story! We are very happy to finally return to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun after all these years, and we hope that we were able to convert that joy into this standalone expansion. Join us on another visit… to Japan, early Edo period.

Indie releases from 2021

39 Indie titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Real Time Tactics · 161
  • Strategy · 152
  • Isometric · 133
  • Stealth · 132
  • Action · 127
  • Adventure · 121
  • RTS · 116
  • Assassin · 109
  • Puzzle · 102
  • Atmospheric · 98
  • Ninja · 96
  • Historical · 94
  • Tactical · 90
  • Singleplayer · 88
  • Survival · 82

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.4k Steam reviewsTop 54% in Indie
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 37%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 77 — top 25% of Indie titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 77% for session depth among Indie

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 4.4k reviews

4.1k positive · 311 negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

3.8k

Press Quotes

“Aiko's Choice is simply more of an excellent stealth tactics formula that lives up to everything that was great about its foundations” 9 / 10 – IGN “Thanks to Aiko's Choice, Shadow Tactics is again the best tactics game in 2021” 86 / 100 – GameStar

Features & Capabilities

Community

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

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

44

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 6, 2021
DeveloperMimimi Games
PublisherDaedalic Entertainment
Base price$4.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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Content Notes

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice is a tactical game about a team of specialists who are tasked with eliminating their opponents by assassinating or sabotaging them. Depending on your style of game play, violence is present: For most missions, there are non-lethal ways to neutralize your opponents, but if you choose to kill them to reach…

Editions & Packages

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