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PARRYMAN
'Parryman' is a hardcore action game where you fight using only the counterattack skill of parrying. Put your parrying skills to the test with 'Parryman'.
What players say
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“PARRYMAN, developed and published by KIWICORN, is an indie action-platformer that builds its entire identity around one idea: the art of the perfect parry. In an era where many games attempt to overwhelm players with extensive upgrade trees, countless weapons, and layered…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Updated March 23, 2025
Fixed getting blocked by invisible walls in some stages. Added sounds to make it easier to recognize certain enemy attacks.
Updated on March 21, 2025
Fixed some stages not progressing to a dark screen upon death or restart. Fixed enemy spawners not working properly on some stages.
Updated March 18, 2025
Stage tuning patches have been applied to address looseness in general stage progression. We've evened out the distance between normal stages and bosses, making it a little less tiring to reach them.
Updated March 5, 2025
Fixed an issue with certain boss patterns where you could hit more parries than intended.
Updated March 4, 2025
Fixed a phenomenon where the game wouldn't run if you knocked down a "Full metal" boss. Fixed an intermittent stop in the 'Full metal' boss. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused to the game.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Platformer · 2D Platformer · Side Scroller · 2D · Cute · Cartoon · Hand-drawn · Anime · Martial Arts (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 8 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: window7 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E8400, 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, 3.0GHz or higher Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 9600 GT or AMD HD 3870 512MB or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space