Ninja Gaiden 4
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Ninja Gaiden 4 is an adventure developed by PlatinumGames, released 21 October 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Ninja Gaiden 4 is
Ninja Gaiden 4 is an adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2025. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Platinum Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Years after Ryu Hayabusa fought back the malevolent Dark Dragon, the beast's husk still coils around Tokyo, drenching the quarantined, evacuated city in a cursed rain that bleeds the underworld into the streets. Into this ruined, rain-soaked metropolis comes Yakumo, a young ninja of the Raven Clan, sent to fulfill an ancient prophecy and atone for his bloodline by finally destroying the Dark Dragon. His path leads him to the entity's priestess, Seori, and into conflict with the paramilitary order guarding the city, as well as Ryu Hayabusa himself. Battling daemons across the cyberpunk cityscape, Yakumo must master his powers and confront the forces standing between him and the Dark Dragon.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 53 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ninja Gaiden series
Ninja Gaiden 4 is the 48th of 51 entries we hold in the Ninja Gaiden series. The next entry was Console Archives: Ninja Gaiden II - The Dark Sword of Chaos in 2026. Its critic score of 77 is almost exactly the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Ninja Gaiden at 93.
How it was received
Ninja Gaiden 4 holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3400G, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) or AMD Radeon™ RX 590(VRAM 8GB). A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. It also needs around 100GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Ninja Gaiden 4 launched on 21 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and ARC Raiders. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ninja Gaiden 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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