Samurai Maiden
A young woman from the 21st century with sharp swordsmanship skills finds herself in Honnō-ji during the Sengoku period! Together with a trio of newfound ninja friends, she races through the Underworld beneath…
Samurai Maiden is an adventure developed by Shade, released 1 December 2022 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Samurai Maiden is
Samurai Maiden is an adventure game developed by Shade and released in 2022. It was published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Beneath the cherry blossom trees in stunning Japan, a young woman becomes…a samurai?? Experience fast-paced action in the Sengoku period as this everyday girl slays demons and slashes her way through the chaos! A temple in flames. Swirls of black smoke rise high into the sky. The angry shouts of soldiers can be heard all around. Before you stands a bearded old man… Wait, is that Nobunaga Oda?! A young woman from the 21st century with sharp swordsmanship skills finds herself in Honnoji during the Sengoku period! Together with a trio of newfound ninja friends, she races through the Underworld beneath Honnoji, confronted by enraged corpses at every turn! Nothing can stop this all-female…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Samurai Maiden holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Samurai Maiden launched on 1 December 2022, within three weeks of Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes and World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Samurai Maiden yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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