Gripping, memorable story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The story is really suprisingly good and heavy, without ever feeling too melodramatic.”
Steam review · 73.7 h played ↗
Katana ZERO
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Askiisoft2019Platformer · 2D Platformer · Action
The verdict
A stylish, fast one-hit-kill neon action game with a standout story and soundtrack, but short and ending on a cliffhanger. Skip it if you dislike trial-and-error or story-heavy pacing.
Great for
Fans of Hotline Miami, trial-and-error action, synthwave style and story-driven games
Main risk
Short runtime ending on a cliffhanger, with DLC still unreleased after 7 years
What players love
Fast, satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It’s hard to ever feel frustrated when you’re stuck on a level because every death feels like your fault and not some random rng bs.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Though the thing that absolutely stands out is the soundtrack. It's a very high quality assortment with a decent variety of styles”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗
Stunning pixel art and neon style
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I love pixel graphics and here they are top-notch.”
Steam review · translated · 6.4 h played ↗
Story woven into gameplay mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“How they integrated the gameplay gimmick with the story is absolute chefs kiss.”
Steam review · 15.7 h played ↗
Great on Steam Deck and low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Perfect on Steam Deck.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unfinished story, cliffhanger, DLC never came
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“announced a free dlc to finish the incomplete story, never released it. Door still says "months".”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Story is disjointed, boring, and unskippable
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“There might be a fun game here somewhere but it is not worth sitting through the cutscenes.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Frustrating trial-and-error and unfair difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This game is the epitome of "if you mess up once, you lose everything".”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Clunky, imprecise controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“second biggest flaw is just how rolling and dropping down are the same button, genuinely a jank choice”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Too short for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“There's like 30 minutes of mediocre gameplay and 1 hour of unskippable dialogue and cutscenes in it. It should cost less than 5€ but for some reason its almost 15€.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Repetitive gameplay, Hotline Miami does it better
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“there isn't enough variety to stop me from getting bored. Encounters felt same-ish.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support200 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64
ProcessorIntel Pentium E2180 (2 * 2000) or equivalent
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 7600 GT (256 MB)
Storage200 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400) or equivalent
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 8800 GTS (512 MB)
Storage200 MB available space
OSWindows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64
ProcessorIntel Pentium E2180 (2 * 2000) or equivalent
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 7600 GT (256 MB)
Storage200 MB available space
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