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MicroProse Software · 2014 · Windows, macOS, Linux

Steam: 94 % positive of 138 reviews, as of Oct 28

Enter Japan in the age of warring states. At the center of this role-playing, action-adventure simulation of combat, statesmanship and intrigue, you are a samurai warrior struggling for honor!

24 games that play like Sword of the Samurai and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Yasuke Simulator, Total War: SHOGUN 2 and SAMURAI WARRIORS: Spirit of Sanada.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Simulation
  • Classic
  • Retro
  • Historical
  • Strategy
  • Pixel Graphics
  • 1980s
Map region: Historical Strategy
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Plays like Sword of the Samurai

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

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  1. Ninja Village92 % positive of 555Shared: Simulation · Historical · Strategy
  2. Wandering Sword93 % positive of 37,727Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Adventure
  3. Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms86 % positive of 7,506Shared: Simulation · Historical · Strategy
  4. Like a Dragon: Ishin!79 % positive of 4,928Shared: Historical · Adventure
  5. NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence83 % positive of 572Shared: Simulation · Historical · Strategy
  6. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord86 % positive of 232,430Shared: Simulation · Historical · Strategy
  7. Onimusha: Way of the Sword90 % positive of 16,933Shared: Adventure
  8. SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection88 % positive of 1,014Shared: Classic · Historical · Strategy
  9. Crusader Kings III90 % positive of 93,955Shared: Simulation · Historical · Strategy
  10. Way of the Samurai 476 % positive of 1,951Shared: Historical
  11. Half Sword71 % positive of 29,953
  12. Expeditions: Samurai57 % positive of 291Shared: Historical

By look

Looks like Sword of the Samurai

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

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  1. UFO 5093 % positive of 7,196
  2. The Messenger92 % positive of 10,788
  3. Lily's Well96 % positive of 2,699
  4. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove95 % positive of 14,261
  5. Quest for Glory 1-595 % positive of 400
  6. Hylics98 % positive of 8,467
  7. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon93 % positive of 3,843
  8. One's Own Exile98 % positive of 497
  9. 8-Bit Adventures 295 % positive of 287
  10. Sword and Fairy97 % positive of 3,978
  11. Lords of Exile81 % positive of 185
  12. Darklands89 % positive of 219

At a glance

What games like Sword of the Samurai have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Sword of the Samurai: Historical (21 of 24), Strategy (14) and Simulation (9).
  • They came out between 2011 and 2026, 21 of them after Sword of the Samurai (2014).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Yasuke Simulator (96 % positive of 1,931).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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