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Katana ZERO

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Developer
Askiisoft
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Franchise
Release date
Apr 18, 2019
Store page updated
Oct 21, 2025
Price
$14.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

93.6/ 100

Based on 420 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 96% of 234
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 98% of 76,144
“Masterpiece, completed every achievement, absolute cinema”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+3.07
Controls & feel +4.08 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
“animations smooth and responsive, great synergy” (62)

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Story & World
+3.36
Story +3.32 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
“gripping story with philosophical depth, excellent narrative execution” (99)
Неймовірна гра. Мій внутрішній хлопчисько був у повному захваті: самураї, кров, уповільнення часу, можливість відбивати кулі катаною, а самі бої під музику відчуваються майже як танець. У всьому цьому є навіть приємні нотки ностальгії. І особливо тішить, що за всією цією стильною м’ясорубкою ховається справді хороший сюжет. Спочатку гра проходиться буквально як ніж крізь масло, але ближче до фіналу вже починає вимагати вправності та концентрації. Я навіть пересів за великий екран, щоб краще відчувати те, що відбувається, і швидше реагувати. Попітніти довелося добряче, але воно того варте - сюж

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Content Volume
-0.76
Volume -1.75 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
“Completed everything, nothing left to do” (67)

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Visuals & Sound
+4.37
Audio +4.54 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
“music is great and difficulty is well-balanced” (44)
这期神了 伟大无需多言 音乐好听难度适中手残也能爽玩(全成就除外) 在没有DLC的日子里呆了25年,看官方的宣传片倒没有什么感觉,其实我都快忘光了,可是看到预告的评论区,看着那些等不到DLC的玩家们鬼哭狼嚎,那些场面我每天都会见到,不是戒断反应,就是玩不到DLC导致的,虽然才用了一星期,但感觉像是过了一年,我听见的每一个字都在变得更长,蚊子的嗡嗡声也变得越来越响,当药物用尽的时候,时间就彻底停止了,你就会像是永远停在了那个DLC发售的前一秒,就像是在一个不断在变小的沙漏中的沙粒

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Multiplayer
+2.25

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Community +2.00 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness
+0.11

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Pricing +0.00 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support
-1.80
Developer support -2.48 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
“waiting for DLC every year since 2019, none delivered” (28)
2019 - я обязательно дождусь dlc 2020 - я обязательно дождусь dlc 2021 - я обязательно дождусь dlc 2022 - я обязательно дождусь dlc 2023 - я обязательно дождусь dlc 2024 - я обязательно дождусь dlc 2025 - я обязательно дождусь dlc ... - я обязательно... дождусь Да, это сработает.

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
90%92%94%96%98%100%
Apr 2019Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 234 reviews, peak 13/day
01020
Aug 20Sep 18

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 420 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English34%
  • Chinese19%
  • Russian16%
  • Portuguese11%
  • Spanish9%
  • Korean4%
  • Other6%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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