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FLASH OF THE BLADE X
Flash of the Blade X is a retro-inspired first-person Ninja slasher inspired by the Western Ninja boom of the 1980's. Slice and Dice your way to revenge against your former Ninja clan across several hand-crafted levels using an assortment of period-accurate weaponry.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“A pleasant, short experience. Very bite size. I really enjoyed it. If he ever makes an expansion, I'll buy it day one.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Fun little game, has some cool sprites, enemies, weapons etc. Very short (61 minutes for me), but the game's very cheap, so that's okay. It was all pretty good, though it'd be nice to have more content. The music was really nice, which is appreciated!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Ok, completely biased review here. I love Dosman Games's uh...games. And this is one of my favorites. I absolutely could nitpick it to hell but it's just a breezy fun time. Last a few hours. Can get it on sale for like a buck. Love the theme with this one. Some interesting ideas…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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FLASH OF THE BLADE X v.1.16
Hey folks! We've received some fantastic coverage over the last few weeks! Thanks to all the creators that have spotlighted our game, and left reviews! Reviews help us massively in terms of getting se
FOTBX v1.15
Patch notes: Quality of Life fix patch -- Auto-Saves at beginning of every level (into Slot 1) -- Shuriken/Crossbow reloading removed. -- Some minor map re-designs to allow for more HP placements/less
MASSIVE OVERHAUL | FLASH OF THE BLADE X
ENTER THE NINJA Together with DOSMan Games' artist, Fred Richi - we have performed a MASSIVE OVERHAUL of the game. This includes the removal of the one-hit-kill mechanic, re-balance of enemies, levels
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Ninja · Boomer Shooter · Swordplay · Arcade · Shooter · Arena Shooter · FPS · 2D · First-Person · Pixel Graphics · 1990's (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://twitter.com/DOSManGames |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 or higher Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz or higher Memory: 128 MB RAM Graphics: Compatible with DirectX 8.1 Storage: 60 MB available space Additional Notes: May Require Microsoft Visual C++ 2015.