Kusan: City of Wolves
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ActionIndieFast-PacedDifficultGoreComic BookHand-drawn

Playing nowFewer than 10

Peak in the last 24 hours: 10

Peak in the last 7 days: 10

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Game description

Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.

Basic info

DeveloperCIRCLEfromDOT
PublisherPQube
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateJul 30, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (64bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB
GraphicsGeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon R9 270X, 2 GB
Storage3 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 278 reviews from the past 1 year

83.6/ 100
Top 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (91%)

Metacritic: 79 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 21, 2026)

Brutal top down brawling with stylish pixel art earns Kusan: City of Wolves a score of 83.6, top 40% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

83 reviews find it fun and engaging, and some enjoy its challenge and sad story. 53 praise the visuals, and some single out the detailed pixel art, comic style storytelling and soundtrack. 42 say the combat feels snappy and intense, and some find chaining combos and charged punch parries satisfying. Gameplay ranks 501st of 1396. Several liken its pace to classic top down action shooters.

👎 Where it falls short

47 reviews find the difficulty frustrating, and some point to no difficulty settings, unforgiving checkpoints or constant retries. 21 take issue with the controls, and some report too many inputs, unreliable hitboxes and a tight parry window. 20 find the campaign short for the price, and a few say there is not enough time to try every upgrade. Others want fewer flashing and shaking effects, and Content Volume ranks 1004th of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“fun, challenging, engaging gameplay with good characters” · 83 reviews
“stylish and pleasant graphics with good visual presentation” · 53 reviews
“multiple playstyle combinations give players agency and choice” · 27 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 71% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +2.86 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “multiple playstyle combinations give players agency and choice” · 27 reviews
Negative “firearms feel like secondary weapon, lack gameplay-changing upgrades” · 1 review

Progression 16% · Difficulty 39% · Onboarding 9% · Freedom 1% · Controls & feel 41%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Story +1.70 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “good story with memorable moments” · 15 reviews
Negative “story feels extremely rushed, characters introduced and removed before caring” · 13 reviews

Characters 17% · World 16%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -1.36 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “game is too short at only five hours for the price” · 20 reviews

Variety 9% · Replayability 4%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 59% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.71 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “stylish and pleasant graphics with good visual presentation” · 53 reviews
Negative “poor enemy visual clarity causes confusion during high-score replays” · 2 reviews

Audio 40%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 0% of reviews mention this.

Community — · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

Playing together 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.08 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “ranged weapons feel weak, dependent on them for SS scores” · 4 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 4% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.10 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “bug when transitioning from comic to gameplay, hitbox issues in combat” · 6 reviews
Positive “functional and not janky, one of the best of these kinds of games” · 1 review

Performance 3% · Developer support 4%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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