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Samurai Bringer

Samurai Bringer is a roguelite action game with levels which change with every playthrough, where you cut down hordes of Samurai and Demons to collect combat techniques and polish your fighting style in order to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed dragon of Japanese mythology.

Storyline

Susanoo, a powerful deity, challenged Yamata-no-Orochi to save Kushinada, who was to be sacrificed to the dragon. However, he was bested by the dragon and his power was taken from him.Cast down to the land of Nakatsukuni, now he must fight a multitude of samurai and demons summoned from across space and time to regain his lost strength…

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Very Positive

3 Steam reviews

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Steam User 6200STEAMRecommended

Retro(8-16bit) vibe meets unreal engine.
Satisfying gameplay.
Decent space for experiments with weapons & skills.
Some combinations barely make difference, others turn your gameplay upside down. Personally, sticked to presets that I copied from fallen enemies. Modified them to my needs. My favorite so far is a tornado-mirage-blade-train(you run, tornado pull enemies to your 2x8 blades). Second option: spamming auto-aiming-wind-bullets (you shoot 10 bullets, which seek enemies, prevent them from escaping, and keep hitting after initial impact 8 more times). I also accidentally combined that bullet spam with dark attribute and it ended up becoming some sort of purple tesla coil which wipes entire screen.

Summarizing:

Plot: nominal. Like, 8-15 text lines in total. You're a God. You become mortal. Gf got kidnapped. You kill samurais, demons and legendary 8-headed snake.

Gameplay: very satisfying. First run might feel a bit clumsy and slightly overwhelming (skills, sequences, combinations, inventory, weapons, second set of weapons, shop, inn, blacksmith, temple trials, time progression, demon portal, arsenal. There is more than that, but I've mentioned only unavoidable tutorials). After inevitably dying on your first run you'll find yourself in the arsenal with dozens of mannequins containing skills presets from enemies you have slain. Literally everything from garbage to killing machine. You will know what I mean.
Also, there are puzzle-like trials. Unexpectedly various and solid. Rewarding too.

Issues:
There are a few bugs here and there, but nothing that I can particularly remember. I.e. minor things.
Sometimes camera isn't fitting well into things that happen on screen.
Even though I killed final boss twice and know his all attacks, the best strategy is to overdamage him. All previous bosses demanded some level of skill, so it was unexpected to find final boss demanding bunch of resists and particular skills (there is a bug that breaks autoaim on your missiles once boss has 2 heads left).

Overall, highly recommended. I have no idea who made this game since they preferred to keep their names in Japanese in the titles : )

Mar 11, 2026·26h·Verified

Steam User 2756STEAMRecommended

Amazing game with unique mechanics, art style, and creative ways to combine attack techniques to fight the samurai, it offers non-stop well designed levels with normal difficulty, so you won't struggle most of the times. Also, the game is very addictive specially in the beginning, because every single run feels different, and it also pushes you up until you beat all the main bosses. I personally like the background the game is based on, including japanese mythology, and many famous well known faces (like Okita Souji, Miyamoto Musashi, Sasaki Kojiro, etc) from Japan's history which is the main reason I played this game. Totally recommended.

Mar 1, 2026·33h·1·Verified

Steam User 7113STEAMNot recommended

画面胡无全屏无聊

Feb 23, 2026·Verified