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Hanako: Honor & Blade
Hanako: Honor & Blade is a multiplayer melee experience set in Feudal Japan, with up to 24 players. Become one of four distinct warrior classes. Dominate the battlefield through multiple game modes and maps. ------ Full Release September 15th, 2021... 14 years in the making!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Lots potential... I rarely by early access anymore, been burned too many times. Gorgeous style, controller support, good music, combat gameplay appears to have potential. Needs more players, hopefully it gets them.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Japan Infused Multiplayer combat goodness. 12/10 I got to be a Ninja and Samurai. Seriously though the art is amazing, and I am recommending it to all my friends!”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“TLDR: Lots of potential, kind of clunky, worth a look. I am really on the fence about whether or not to reccomend this game. It has alot of potential and I will definitely be checking it out again further down the road but as of right now I feel the combat is lacking a little.…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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Public Playtest Event: Samurai Royale WIP Mode - Wednesday Dec 22nd @ 10pm EST
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WE ARE NOW FREE-TO-PLAY + F2P PATCH NOTES
WE ARE NOW FREE TO PLAY We are now officially a F2P title. We look forward to this next chapter of our long decade+ journey. We hope this allows more gamers like you to see what we've put into our gam
Final F2P Patch Test Night - Wednesday December 8th @ 10pm EST
F2P Patch Testing - Details This is our last test before the F2P patch ships on Friday. We will be testing all of our current features, bug fixes, etc. to make sure the build is stable for release. We
Hanako: Honor & Blade to go Free-to-Play
We are going Free-to-Play We have decided as a dev team that is in our best interest, as a small independent game, to go Free-to-play as soon as possible to give our multiplayer title the best chance
Public Playtest Event: Defeat the Devs - Wednesday Dec 1st @ 10pm EST
Defeat the Devs - Details Tonight we will begin testing gameplay changes, new features and more. We will be testing on a BETA BRANCH during these events, which require some action in Steam. You can op
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Hack and Slash · Third-Person Shooter · Beat 'em up · Martial Arts · PvP · Tutorial · Arcade · 3D Fighter · Historical · Character Customization · Third Person · Swordplay (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, German, French * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.hanakogame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista Processor: Intel Core i5 or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 630 GT Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space