Katana Soul
Release date: Mar 25, 2019
Developers: SEEP
Publishers: SEEP
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, Italian

About Katana Soul: Katana Soul is a game made for retrogamers grown up during the golden age of 8-bit home computers. It provides a 30 minutes long adventure, short but extremely difficult: players have no save states nor continues, only their skill with the katana sword. Story: Dive in the Sengoku era, in an ancient and dark Japan filled with demonic creatures and traps behind every corner! Discover all of the stories behind the power of the tengu mask and lift the demonic curse! Features: A short game with an huge challenge level No saves, no continues: a 100% arcade experience Graphics based on the C64's 16-color palette Pure chiptune-style music created by composer Andrea Baroni More than 30 different enemies to defeat Two different difficulty levels Extra mode: Survival mode Achievements Many homages from retro-samurai games 

Press reviews: “'Il risultato finale, complice il connubio di buon level design e altrettanto buon piazzamento dei nemici, è quello di un prodotto solido e divertente da giocare, punitivo “quanto basta” e di sicuro appeal per i giocatori con la pazienza e le skill necessarie nei pollici'.” 81% – TrueGamers “'「Katana Soul（カタナソウル）」は、80年代のアーケードゲームや、ファミコンゲームのテイストを狙った横スクロールアクション。'” 4/5 – AppGet “'In definitiva, chi ama le sfide e vuole fare un tuffo nel passato per scoprire (o riscoprire) la sensazione di trovarsi di fronte ad un titolo ad 8 bit di 30 anni fa. '.” 7.5 – ilVideogioco 

Notes: Violence, blood, splatter scenes