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Mini Ninjas
Mini Ninjas is a game that combines furious action with stealth and exploration for an experience that appeals to a wide audience across age groups and preferences. It’s an action-adventure with a strong focus on allowing the player freedom to explore the world and has the depth to allow for very va
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“It's a really cute and fun little ninja game. I used to rent a PC copy of this game from my local library <3”
14 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“It's a really cute and fun little ninja game. I used to rent a PC copy of this game from my local library <3”
“Hard to believe this is made by the Hitman devs... Mini Ninjas was a childhood game of mine that I absolutely loved but never finished. It was only in recent times that I discovered that this game was on Steam. So…”
“Hidden gem. Game from childhood. Gameplay and art style still holds up. Good music. Amazing vibes.”
5 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“Good game, old PS3/xbox 360 era visual charm. Great for playing if you want to listen to podcasts in the background but also just for itself. +Gameplay is good +World is beautiful and has great visual design +Varied…”
4 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“I truly love this game. It is fun. It runs smooth on my linux machine, Main issue was the sound but it easily cures with downgrading Proton version to 6 or 7. But there is a one thing that drives me crazy. Right before…”
3 of the 73 reviews raise this.
9 of the 73 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“no audio until cut scene help?”
“Good game, but needs patching to work correctly.”
“No sound in gameplay, only in cutscenes”
8 of the 73 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“no audio until cut scene help?”
“I truly love this game. It is fun. It runs smooth on my linux machine, Main issue was the sound but it easily cures with downgrading Proton version to 6 or 7. But there is a one thing that drives me crazy. Right before…”
“No sound in gameplay, only in cutscenes”
5 of the 73 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h2]Premise[/h2] You are a tiny Ninja. Some evil warlord is turning cute animals into mindless goons, so you have to travel across ancient Japan to stop him. Nothing too fancy. [h2]Mechanics[/h2] Mini Ninjas actually…”
“This is one of those PS3/360 games that I had heard about, but never was able to play, but with the power of my PC, I sure can now. I think for the time, it looks pretty nice. I was shocked at how expansive some of the…”
4 of the 73 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I remember it from my PS3 days. Great game, too bad it doesn't have achievements, because the console version had them. I definitely recommend it.”
“Good game, old PS3/xbox 360 era visual charm. Great for playing if you want to listen to podcasts in the background but also just for itself. +Gameplay is good +World is beautiful and has great visual design +Varied…”
4 of the 73 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This is one of those PS3/360 games that I had heard about, but never was able to play, but with the power of my PC, I sure can now. I think for the time, it looks pretty nice. I was shocked at how expansive some of the…”
Counted across 73 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Peak game. Only complaint is that it's too short!”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Some games from when you were younger aren't as good. Luckily Mini Ninjas holds up as a fun little whimsical adventure.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Played for the first time in 2026 and it held up, considering how old this game was. I was put off when looking at this title in my backlog because it was old and Steam said it didn't support controller support but in reality it did and ran perfectly with no issues. This game…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Action · Ninja · Stealth · Cute · Singleplayer · 3D Platformer · Family Friendly · Third Person · Platformer · Controller · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://www.minininjas.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP and Vista Processor: PIV/Athlon 3.2ghz or higher processor Memory: 512MB system RAM (1GB Vista) Graphics: ATI Radeon X1300 or higher / Nvidia Geforce 6600 or higher (shader model 3 required) graphics card Hard Drive: 5.85GB free space Sound: DirectX 9 compatible sound card