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Lightning Katana

Kick doors, shoot lightning, and parry bullets in this blazing fast first-person shoot'n slash inspired by Hotline Miami

18 February 2025

Lightning Katana is an indie developed by Juicy Pulp Games, released 18 February 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Lightning Katana is

Lightning Katana is an indie game developed by Juicy Pulp Games and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity3D.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Slash, Parry, Shoot and Dodge Roll your way through the Neo-Nippon Yakuza to avenge your pet Dogsuke and take on the top brass and baddest hit squad in all of Neo Nippon, the Ryujin Ichizoku!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Lightning Katana launched on 18 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Lightning Katana come out?
Lightning Katana was released on 18 February 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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