Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Slay the enemies in the silence of the moment. Run through the world of Shinobi full of monsters and ninja actions. Grab Oborozuki, the legendary sword, and slay evil once more. Your clan and the world are…
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Lizardcube, released 29 August 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
What Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Lizardcube and released in 2025. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, 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
The world lies under the boot of the ENE Corporation, a ruthless paramilitary organization led by the enigmatic Lord Ruse. The only force still able to resist is the Oboro, a clan of mystical shinobi who have guarded mankind for centuries under their leader, Joe Musashi. When ENE storms Oboro Village and slaughters nearly the entire clan, Musashi confronts Ruse and his lieutenants but is left with only a handful of survivors. Driven by grief and fury, he sets out across a hostile world on a relentless quest for vengeance against Ruse and the corporation that destroyed his home.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 29 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Shinobi series
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is the 34th of 36 entries we hold in the Shinobi series. It arrived 6 years after Sega Ages: Shinobi. The next entry was Path of the Ninja Bundle in 2025. Its critic score of 87 is 14 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed at 88.
How it was received
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 or AMD Phenom II X3 720, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, 2 GB or AMD Radeon R7 240, 2 GB Intel Arc A310 LP, 4 GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 20GB. 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
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance launched on 29 August 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us and Cronos: The New Dawn. It reviewed better than 2 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: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us, Cronos: The New Dawn.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shinobi: Art of Vengeance yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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