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SONOKUNI
Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Stunning art, great music, fun gameplay, and profound messages.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Developed by DON YASA CREW and published by Kakehashi Games, SONOKUNI is a stylish top-down action game that distinguishes itself through a fearless combination of lightning-fast combat, surreal biopunk aesthetics, and Japanese folklore. Rather than relying on familiar…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 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
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
SONOKUNI | Patch notes for 1.1.2
Hello everyone, A small update today with a couple of minor bug fixes for things that effected a small number of players! Full notes are below. Please do continue leaving feedback for us - we read eve
Nominate SONOKUNI for the Steam Awards 2025!
Hello, everyone! The 2025 Steam Awards are open for nominations , and we'd love it if you considered SONOKUNI for the "Best Game You Suck At" Award ! As the award itself describes, this category is fo
SONOKUNI | Patch notes for 1.1.1
Hello everyone, Just a quick update to let you know why SONOKUNI is popping up in your update queue today! Update 1.1.1 is intended to fix a few issues we’ve spotted in the wild since launch which hav
SONOKUNI - Gallery Update available now!
We're excited to announce a new free content update to SONOKUNI! From today, you can dig deep into a vast collection of artwork, design notes, and music tracks as part of a new Gallery Mode. Boot up t
SONOKUNI now 'Verified' for Steam Deck!
Hi everyone, A quick note to let you know that Valve has completed its assement of SONOKUNI on Steam Deck and as you can see it has come out of the other side of that process with a shiny new 'Verifie
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · 2D · Top-Down · Pixel Graphics · Hack and Slash · Futuristic · Cyberpunk · Sci-fi · Dystopian · Action-Adventure · Atmospheric · Psychedelic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | https://www.sonokuni.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64 Processor: Intel Core i5-1235U or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 750 Ti or equivalent Storage: 2300 MB available space