Beautiful Edo Japan art, music and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“excellent art style and music, and challenging adventures that scales well through the game.”
Steam review · 60 h played ↗
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Mimimi Games2016Stealth · Real Time Tactics · Strategy
−90%$39.99$3.99
US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A brilliant Commandos-style stealth-tactics puzzle game in Edo Japan with distinct characters and great level design. Skip it if you hate quicksave-heavy trial and error, a fiddly camera or no pause.
Great for
Patient fans of Commandos or Desperados who love solving stealth puzzles with a team of specialists
Main risk
Tedious quicksave/quickload trial and error with no pause and a fiddly camera
What players love
Great level design with multiple solutions
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Every mission stage is a set piece, but the game allows you to be creative on how you approach objectives”
Steam review · 60.5 h played ↗
Unique characters with synergistic abilities
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Each character possesses unique abilities that complement one another, rewarding you with immense satisfaction as you combine their skills”
Steam review · 42.3 h played ↗
Nostalgic Commandos/Desperados feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Shadow Tactics somehow brought that feeling back to me again - the careful planning, the patience, the satisfaction of perfect executions.”
Steam review · 38.3 h played ↗
Satisfying challenge and shadow mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“when you do simultaneous multiple assassinations, it feels amazing.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Replayability via badges and achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“good replayability with the secret objectives that changes how you approach the missions”
Steam review · 30.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky camera and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Far too often to have to rotate the screen to a specific action to happen.”
Steam review · 48.4 h played ↗
Save-scumming quickload simulator
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Literally F5 (quick save) and F8 (quick load) are what you'll be doing 99% of the time.”
Steam review · 24.3 h played ↗
A rigid puzzle game, not true tactics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Every guard is watched by others, creating tedious chains where you must clear entire sections just to eliminate one target.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
No pause or planning, weak shadow mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“there is no in-game pausing to issue commands and I just cannot.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Tedious, punishing difficulty late game
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Prepare for an hour and a half minimum per mission staring at vision cones.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
Crashes and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“It crashes about 15 times before it starts.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support13 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3 2nd-Generation 2.5GHz, AMD Quad-Core 2.5GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GT640, AMD Radeon HD7750, 1GB Vram
Storage13 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-bit or higher, Windows 8, Windows 10
ProcessorIntel i3 4th-Generation 3.5GHz, AMD Quad-Core 3.9GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 570, AMD Radeon HD 6950, 2GB Vram
Storage13 GB available space
OSWindows Vista 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3 2nd-Generation 2.5GHz, AMD Quad-Core 2.5GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GT640, AMD Radeon HD7750, 1GB Vram
Storage13 GB available space
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