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Shadow Blade: Reload
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Gone from the days of gaming are the distilled shots of adrenaline and the twitch based action from titles such as [i]Shinobi[/i] or [i]Strider[/i] that pressed us to try again and again. Now replaced with fluff and filler, the complex tutorials and drawn-out narratives that…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“Before considering a purchase of this game, it's important to know that there are some technical issues. If you plan on using a PS4 controller, while the left stick will function properly, left and right will be reversed on the d-pad; since there's no way to alter gamepad…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“Surprisingly satisfying ninja sidescrolling action. There's a bug with the cutscenes that might not be fixable for everyone but the core gameplay is rock solid and a lot of fun. This would have been a classic back in the 16 bit days. ADDENDUM: To fix the cutscenes playback issue…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:10 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Shadow Blade: Reload - 85% Off in the Steam Summer Sale!
We’re excited to share that Shadow Blade: Reload is now available at 85% off during the Steam Summer Sale! If you haven't had the chance to play, now is a great time to dive into Kuro's journey and ex
White screen issue fix is live.
The latest update should fix the issue some users had with seeing a white screen on Windows.
White screen issue fix is live.
The latest update should fix the issue some users had with seeing a white screen on Windows.
More Challenge Levels Added!
For those of you Ninja enough to complete the challenge levels, 5 brand new levels have been added with the latest update. Get it now! Dust off your Katana! Some Linux version fixes are included with
More Challenge Levels Added!
For those of you Ninja enough to complete the challenge levels, 5 brand new levels have been added with the latest update. Get it now! Dust off your Katana! Some Linux version fixes are included with
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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, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · Ninja · Platformer · Fast-Paced · Side Scroller · 2D · Singleplayer · 2.5D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Includes level editor |
| Languages | English, French, German, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://shadowblade.ninja |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP and up Processor: Intel Core Duo or faster Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated video card recommended Storage: 900 MB available space