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Akai Katana Shin

96% positive of 91 Steam reviews

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Released
2022
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by CITY CONNECTION, TAKE×0FF. Published by CITY CONNECTION.

About the game

Be guided anew into an epic tale set in the Taisho era with three titles from Cave's Akai Katana series that has captured the hearts of passionate shoot 'em up fans. New features include an online leaderboard and new musical arrangements.

Tagged by players

  • Bullet Hell
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Side Scroller
  • Military
  • Shooter
  • Arcade
  • Female Protagonist
  • Retro
  • Action
  • Story Rich
  • Local Multiplayer

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What players say

  • Recommended
    The game has borderline genius level design, and playing the A ship is very very fun. I love basically everything about it, except how long you take to come out of focus. I have died many times hitting bomb or transform, but with 3 or 4 frames of lag (it does feel laggier than Mushi or DFK to me), but getting a feel for doing it early is coming. It does sting hearing the transform sound, and also dying though lol. I…

    11 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Great soundtrack and great production values throughout the game. Bosses can throw alot of crap at you very fast.

    2.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    No 4:3 support is a major disappointment. That said the new arrange soundtrack is excellent. If you are looking to play Akai Katana in its original aspect ratio, you will be best off with the Xbox 360 version for now. Please add original aspect ratio support!

    13 min played when written. 29 found it helpful.

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