Indie · December 6, 2016

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016)

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Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. Take control of a team of deadly specialists and sneak in the shadows between dozens of enemies. Choose your approach when infiltrating mighty castles, snowy mountain monasteries or hidden forest camps. Set traps, poison your opponents or completely avoid enemy contact. The group is composed of very different personalities. Working together as a team seems impossible at first. Yet over the course of many missions, trust is won and friendships are made. The characters develop their own dynamic and each member will have to face their own personal demons. One of the leaders of this team is Hayato, an agile ninja, who clears the way through his enemies silently, with his sword and shuriken. Samurai Mugen prefers a more powerful approach and can defeat more fiends at one time, but thus also forfeiting flexibility. Aiko is a master of camouflage when she distracts enemies disguised as a Geisha. And the street child Yuki places traps and decoys enemies towards their deadly fate. The mysterious marksman Takuma however, relies on his sniper rifle and takes care of the enemies from a distance. The player has to carefully evaluate his options in order to master the challenging missions: how will the characters behave as a team? Which one is best equipped for each task? How can they best master the given missions? Come up with your own ingenious tactics to vanquish enemies and complete missions. Play as five completely different characters with their unique skill set Conquer seemingly impossible challenges where you are outnumbered ten to one Find dozens of ways to take out your opponents the way you want Jump from roof to roof and climb large buildings to attack the enemy from above Explore beautiful environments of ancient Japan in the Edo era Choose from three difficulty levels to match your skill

Indie releases from 2016

29 Indie titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume37.2k Steam reviewsTop 8% in Indie
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 16%
Metacritic85/100Genre average 77 — top 16% of Indie titles
Concurrent peak218 playersTop 22% in Indie by live player count
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 63% for session depth among Indie

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Stealth · 758
  • Strategy · 617
  • Tactical · 603
  • Ninja · 463
  • Real Time Tactics · 425
  • Singleplayer · 271
  • Indie · 246
  • Isometric · 223
  • Assassin · 186
  • Historical · 184
  • Action · 169
  • RTS · 156
  • Difficult · 149
  • Violent · 105
  • Atmospheric · 92

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 37.2k reviews

35.7k positive · 1.5k negative

Metacritic

85/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.5/10

Curator recommendations

30.4k

Peak concurrent players

218

Press Quotes

“Shadow Tactics’ impressive missions, laden toy box and likeable cast make it one of the greatest stealth games of the last decade.” 92 – PC Gamer “Atmospheric and impossible to rush, Shadow Tactics is a fabulous game – a game I think I prefer to both Commandos 2 and Desperados. I can see myself replaying it regularly.” Rock Paper Shotgun “There’s a wonderful toy-like quality to the game’s world, like it’s a giant diorama made by master craftsmen” Kotaku

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

9h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

44

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

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

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 6, 2016
DeveloperMimimi Games
PublisherDaedalic Entertainment
Base price$3.99 -90%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Content Notes

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun 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 your goal, there…

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