Within the Blade
Within the Blade is an epic game in stealth, platforming, and RPG genres, in which the player takes on the role of a Ninja. Explore the scenic world of feudal Japan, using your stealth to complete missions…
Within the Blade is a platform developed by Ametist studio, released 16 July 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Within the Blade is
Within the Blade is a platform game developed by Ametist studio and released in 2021. It was published by Ratalaika Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1560 A.D - Japan’s last Shogunate lost full control over the realm causing an eventual explosion into a massive civil war with other provinces of the once mighty empire. Anarchy reigned through the country as the different clans waged an all-out bloody war for supremacy. One clan "Steel Claw" in particular led by their Daimyo (Military Leader) Mamoru Imai, began seeking the knowledge of old forbidden practices and worshiping dark entities in order to try and place a curse upon his enemies. Mamoru was soon to be infected by the spirit of a vindictive and very malevolent Samurai warlord. Through this infection, "Steel Claw" began a campaign of total chaos and hatred spreading vile darkness…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Within the Blade holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Within the Blade launched on 16 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and Final Fantasy. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Final Fantasy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Within the Blade yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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