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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
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
39 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“The Good: Awesome aesthetic and cool tunes. Some great traversal abilities and neat sword power-ups. Huge metroidvania-style world with a TON of things to find. Some interesting boss battles. The Bad: Janky jump control…”
“This is a really cool reboot that perfectly adapts the fast-paced hack-and-slashing of the original arcade games to a more expansive metroidvania format.”
12 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“The Good: Awesome aesthetic and cool tunes. Some great traversal abilities and neat sword power-ups. Huge metroidvania-style world with a TON of things to find. Some interesting boss battles. The Bad: Janky jump control…”
“This game is forgettable but still pretty fun, it's really simple and doesn't do anything new but it doesn't really do anything bad. It's got some good and varied level design, fun combat, and some fun (albeit janky)…”
“Ah, a far-off echo from the year of our lord two thousand and fourteen; the period where every AA indie developer was trying to make a metroidvania because of Shadow Complex a few years before. Remember that? No? Yeah…”
7 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“A rather uninspired metroidvania. Enemy bullets barely tickle, health pick ups are everywhere and spamming charge attack is enough to deal with most mobs. Nothing about the gameplay screams ninja. Dialogue is always…”
“This game is forgettable but still pretty fun, it's really simple and doesn't do anything new but it doesn't really do anything bad. It's got some good and varied level design, fun combat, and some fun (albeit janky)…”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Fast paced action platformer. The action is relentless and the moves are super fluid. Fun game!”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“The Good: Awesome aesthetic and cool tunes. Some great traversal abilities and neat sword power-ups. Huge metroidvania-style world with a TON of things to find. Some interesting boss battles. The Bad: Janky jump control…”
15 of the 76 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“A rather uninspired metroidvania. Enemy bullets barely tickle, health pick ups are everywhere and spamming charge attack is enough to deal with most mobs. Nothing about the gameplay screams ninja. Dialogue is always…”
“Hated this. I'm a big fan of the original Strider, and the controls of this were just horrible and inconsistent. Your running motion moves at different speeds, not according to how hard you move the analogue stick, but…”
“Runs ok, but feels a lot older than 2014. Repetitive combat, constantly respawning enemies. Flaky combat. Not sure there's much of a story to talk about. Very forgetable. Other than that, Capcop decided to add some sort…”
14 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“With Capcom adding anti-tamper malware DRM to its games that we have already bought over a decade ago I'd boycott he whole company at this point.”
“Added a highly dubious DRM protection to the game long after release. Turning it into potential malware while having a severe performance impact. Considering the behaviour of the developer, the fact the business details…”
“Really? DRM for a 12 year old game?”
7 of the 76 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Hated this. I'm a big fan of the original Strider, and the controls of this were just horrible and inconsistent. Your running motion moves at different speeds, not according to how hard you move the analogue stick, but…”
“The Good: Awesome aesthetic and cool tunes. Some great traversal abilities and neat sword power-ups. Huge metroidvania-style world with a TON of things to find. Some interesting boss battles. The Bad: Janky jump control…”
“This game is forgettable but still pretty fun, it's really simple and doesn't do anything new but it doesn't really do anything bad. It's got some good and varied level design, fun combat, and some fun (albeit janky)…”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Hated this. I'm a big fan of the original Strider, and the controls of this were just horrible and inconsistent. Your running motion moves at different speeds, not according to how hard you move the analogue stick, but…”
“The Good: Awesome aesthetic and cool tunes. Some great traversal abilities and neat sword power-ups. Huge metroidvania-style world with a TON of things to find. Some interesting boss battles. The Bad: Janky jump control…”
4 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“reminds me of metroid prime og, dont mind graphics on 2026, but one thing i have to say is the combat/movement/gameplay sometimes feels clunky; if you are quick pressing buttons it feels like they often dont get…”
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Strider is a great 2D side-scrollin hack and slash game! Also Capcom took years to fix the crashing issue on modern CPUs but they did fix it at the end. If you want to play some 2D linear action game with exploration elements and you love platforming, fast and acrady-style…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Such a banger of a metroidvania. It feels like a breath of fresh air to play one where you actually feel like the main character—insanely strong and slicing through every obstacle in your path. Strider delivers that power fantasy really well. The 2.5D visuals and art style look…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“I can no longer recommend this game or any Capcom title. They recently added Enigma DRM, which has trashed the performance. It’s a disgrace to punish paying customers with such a heavy-handed update years after release. I’m done buying Capcom games until they prioritize players…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Notice of Update Distribution
Notice of Update Distribution The following updates have been made to STRIDER - Verified compatibility with Windows 11 - Miscellaneous bug fixes
Notice of Update Distribution
The following updates have been made to STRIDER. - Fixed an issue that prevented the game from starting if the PC’s CPU threads exceeded 16. - Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash when playing
Strider Update #1 Released!
NEW FEATURES Implementation of manual screen resolution and refresh rate selection under Settings. Implementation of a full-screen borderless "Window" display mode inside the game under Settings. NOTE
Strider Update #1 Released!
NEW FEATURES Implementation of manual screen resolution and refresh rate selection under Settings. Implementation of a full-screen borderless "Window" display mode inside the game under Settings. NOTE
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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 | Platformer · Metroidvania · Action · Ninja · Side Scroller · Hack and Slash · Reboot · 2.5D · Arcade · Adventure · Retro · Classic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | https://www.facebook.com/strider |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 x64 Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, 2.83GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 720, 2.8GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 / GeForce GTX 460 or better DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3700 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Additional Notes: Integrated graphics solutions not supported. Controller recommended.