Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja…
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is an adventure developed by The Game Kitchen, released 31 July 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is an adventure game developed by The Game Kitchen and released in 2025. It was published by DotEmu. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Our story begins when Ryu Hayabusa journeys to America to honor his father's will. While he is away, the barrier between the human and the demon worlds suddenly shatters, unleashing a terrifying army upon the Hayabusa Village, which now faces an unprecedented threat in Ryu's absence. To stand against this new threat, Kenji Mozu, a young ninja from the Hayabusa Village, rises to the challenge! Trained by Ryu, he fights fiercely but soon finds himself in desperate straits. Forced to tap into forbidden power, Kenji sets aside centuries of animosity and forms an alliance with the sinister Black Spider Clan, convinced that combining their souls and skills is the only way to protect the world out…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 36 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ninja Gaiden series
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is the 46th of 51 entries we hold in the Ninja Gaiden series. The next entry was Path of the Ninja Bundle in 2025. Its critic score of 86 is 11 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Ninja Gaiden at 93.
How it was received
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core Duo E8300 or AMD Phenom II X2 550, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 4550, 1GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. 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: Ragebound launched on 31 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Sword of the Sea. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. 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: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Sword of the Sea.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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