Kiai Resonance
Release date: Apr 23, 2015
Developers: Absorb Reality
Publishers: Absorb Reality
Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation
Categories: Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, Japanese

You take part in multiplayer samurai combats where one hit off-guard is fatal, and several challenges to perfect your skills. The player can change his katana position at any time to adjust to his opponent's, creating a mind game where you have to anticipate his next attack. The graphics are attempting to restore the simple aesthetics of traditional Japanese prints by taking some pictorial elements of its great masters, while imbuing it with violence that characterized the confrontations. Among the available game modes are included the classic one vs. one, as well as various mini games to test our samurai skills. 

Press reviews: “Kiai: Resonance gets right, aha, to the point. It’s a samurai duelling game about one hit kills. One hit kills were the speciality of the samurai in the Kagoshima region, where I studied.” Rock, Paper, Shotgun “This is not just a fighter, but a mind game that could bring a lot of tension to a genre that used to be occupied by feverish button-mashing.” The IndieGameMagazine “Don’t let Kiai Resonance fly under your radar any longer, get your feet bound, don your kimono and pick it up at a bargain basement price...” Critical Indie Gamer