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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“"Hesitation is defeat" - коротко, просто, зрозуміло. Ще ніде я не зустрічав фінального боса, який сам каже про те, як його перемогти. Якщо ти почав зволікати - ти вже програв. Коли починаєш розуміти цю просту логіку -…”
“10/10 souls-like, peak combat system and very satisfying gameplay”
“Sekiro is one of the hardest souls like games. It's my first souls like game to play. I know that this game will humble me a lot and it did. I just kept dying and dying. Although I never lose hope and kept playing. It's…”
33 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“"Hesitation is defeat" - коротко, просто, зрозуміло. Ще ніде я не зустрічав фінального боса, який сам каже про те, як його перемогти. Якщо ти почав зволікати - ти вже програв. Коли починаєш розуміти цю просту логіку -…”
“Sekiro is one of the hardest souls like games. It's my first souls like game to play. I know that this game will humble me a lot and it did. I just kept dying and dying. Although I never lose hope and kept playing. It's…”
“is a very fun and challenging game. The difficulty is tough but fair, and every win feels rewarding. Great combat and unforgettable bosses make it a unique experience.”
16 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Man. I do not right reviews for games often, or ever. However, after beating sifu and getting good at the mechanics enough, my wife wanted to watch me play something that is hard. I looked up what was generally…”
“very good game, great story line and i love to mechanics too”
“Fun game. Best parry mechanic in gaming imo. Also the world and story are beautiful”
13 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Sekiro is one of the hardest souls like games. It's my first souls like game to play. I know that this game will humble me a lot and it did. I just kept dying and dying. Although I never lose hope and kept playing. It's…”
“Sekiro is beautifully crafted and designed being one of the best souls likes I've ever player. Despite its reputation for being one of the hardest souls game it is well hard but as you play and learn the controlles it…”
“PROS: Visuals are amazing, the combat and general movement (highly vertical) are unique, enemies and characters are well designed and not one-size and one-type throughout the whole game, the prosthetic limb is…”
12 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“I keep coming back to this game trying to get better and better, and I FINALLY beat every boss and completed a playthrough! YES!!!”
“played for 140 hours off steam then bought it on steam and logged an additional 110, and will continue to log another 100h, the best fromsoftware game ever and is on my top 3 favorites of all time next to portal 2 and…”
“Sekiro is easily my favorite Soulslike. I have countless runs on console, but it just never gets boring. There's no builds, there's no armors, no stats to grind. It's just you, the one-armed wolf, with your sword -- and…”
11 of the 100 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Yeah im gonna get clowned for this IK, and trust me there WERE points where I was having a blast, but for the most part it just got me ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fuming. I actually havent gotten this mad at a game since when I first…”
“this game may be the most infuriating piece of video game media I've ever ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ indulged in, don't waste your money”
“PROS: Visuals are amazing, the combat and general movement (highly vertical) are unique, enemies and characters are well designed and not one-size and one-type throughout the whole game, the prosthetic limb is…”
3 of the 100 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“decent enough but no way it deserves GOTY lmao edit: finished the game, yeah. overrated to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ heaven. couple of decent bosses(1 good boss for 4 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ones), that's all. buy on sale, otherwise save your money.”
“this game may be the most infuriating piece of video game media I've ever ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ indulged in, don't waste your money”
“One of the best Souls game out there in my opinion, very challenging at the start, it has quite the learning curve since the combat differs from the "Meta" souls games. The only big negative thing I would say is the…”
3 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“The first few hours are pure misery. I started playing this title after finishing Elden Ring and Expedition 33, and I would say this game is similar to the latter. The combat is fast-paced, parry-oriented, and really…”
“My first Souls-esque game. It is very good and a game you mainly play for the unique combat, which is all about a very fast mix of aggression and holding your ground using deflect. The world and lore is interesting, but…”
“BEST FROMSOFT SOULSLIKE OAT best cobat the story isnt as good as some of the other ones but hey it is what it is ♥♥♥♥ HIGH ON TECHNIQUE”
Counted across 100 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Only issue with this game is that its going to ruin combat for all other games, nothing reaches this high”
— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs played“One of my favorite games of all time, this is the definition of perfection. The combat, difficulty, bosses, the world, literally everything is flawlessly designed. I wish there were more games like this. As one of the biggest FromSoftware fans, I genuinely believe this is a…”
— a player, Steam review · 298 hrs played“I am Wolf, and my loyalty to Kuro is absolute—even unto death. 10/10 masterpiece.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Souls-like · Difficult · Action · Singleplayer · Ninja · Stealth · Adventure · Third Person · Open World · Story Rich · Violent · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Tablet · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Estimated owners | 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.sekirothegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 25 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible