Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is an indie developed by Mimimi Games, released 6 December 2016 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $3.19 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 40.5 hrs to finish.
What Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is an indie game developed by Mimimi Games and released in 2016. It was published by Daedalic Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the year 1615 in Japan, a new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists in assassination, sabotage and espionage. The team must fight against the mysterious Kage-sama, who plans to overthrow the Shogun. They infiltrate castles, gather information through espionage, fight rebellions and ruthlessly eliminate Kage-sama’s allies. The group is comprised of very different personalities; working together as a team seems impossible at first. Yet over the course of many missions, trust is won and friendships are made. The characters develop their own dynamic and each member will face some kind of…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 199 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 40.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.19, that works out to about $0.08 per hour of the main story, or $0.08 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i3 2nd-Generation 2.5GHz, AMD Quad-Core 2.5GHz, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GT640, AMD Radeon HD7750, 1GB Vram. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 13GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.19 at Fanatical, 92% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun launched on 6 December 2016, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Watch Dogs 2 and Pokémon Moon. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Watch Dogs 2, Pokémon Moon.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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