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Two Strikes
Dive into the heart of ancient Japan in Two Strikes, a 2D combat extravaganza with breathtaking hand-drawn animations. As a fearless samurai, warrior monk, or daring outlaw, engage in electrifying duels where every strike can be your last.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-19.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 76 reviews raise this.
25 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoy the simple mechanics and stunning art style. There arent many people online but I think we can change that. If anyone wants to run games add me 10/10”
17 of the 76 reviews raise this.
10 of the 76 reviews raise this.
5 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Had a great time playing! Loved the atmosphere they created with the art and music. It always felt really good to land killing blows and I really felt like I was improving the whole time. It has a lot of the things I…”
“A true hidden gem of a fighting game, recommending with only praise to give. Lovely to the eyes, super satisfying sound effects, good music, lobby system that works and great netcode (NA East-Hawaii was very playable).…”
6 of the 76 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I really enjoy the simple mechanics and stunning art style. There arent many people online but I think we can change that. If anyone wants to run games add me 10/10”
“Cool game, Nice mechanics. Did refund thought due to the lack of players lol.”
4 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really enjoy the simple mechanics and stunning art style. There arent many people online but I think we can change that. If anyone wants to run games add me 10/10”
“Cool game, Nice mechanics. Did refund thought due to the lack of players lol.”
4 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played very complicated fighting games, I've played very simplistic fighting games. This does not feel very good to play. I think it needs more depth to the gameplay and I get the gimmick but I feel like it's too…”
“Actually so irritated by the wasted potential of this game. This plays more like a tech demo than an actual game, but it has really dope visuals that could've easily been the foundation for a proper fighting game. All…”
4 of the 76 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Cannot set up Haute 42 G16 hitbox”
“Core gameplay is elegant and fun, but the menus and gamepad support are painfully, unacceptably janky. I have to disconnect keyboard to even navigate the menus, but then I have to enter a code to join a room. Key…”
“It's cool. sometimes it feels like my inputs don't actually go through but that may be the startup time for certain actions and the controls for keyboard doesn't change when I go into online mode for some reason aside…”
4 of the 76 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The core concept is there and the art style is nice, but it's severely lacking a lot of polish. The CPUs are very lazily written with their code and will literally just copycat your inputs, makes it really easy to…”
“Very core concepts but I definitely need to drag friends to try this game or play with other new people because against cpus, the game is kinda fun, but I found the difficulty scaling to be kinda wack, either the cpu…”
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-19
“I'm so happy I bought this amazing game. I give it a 10 out of 10 but the only thing that sucks about this game is not the game itself but I can't find anyone to play online. But I love this game and I hope they release a physical edition in the future with all dlc.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Is this the game for you? Some things to go by: Do you enjoy simple mechanics? Do you expect big combos? Do you enjoy pick up and play? Do you like switching up characters once in a while? Do you enjoy multi-player? Out of these questions the only one where people will be…”
— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs played“Don't get me wrong, the game is GOOD, the artstyle is STUNNING and the concept is NOVEL and entertaining. HOWEVER it is a BROKEN mess. You essentially can't play on keyboard at all, as it constantly breaks. There are a myriad of other bugs as well ranging from glitching…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-19.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Fighting · Spectacle fighter · PvP · 2D Fighter · Arcade · 2D · Historical · Action · Casual · Hand-drawn · Stylized · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese * , Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Tradition… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Official site | https://www.twostrikesgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 480, GTX 570, GTX 670, or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Compatible with USB devices including gamepads and arcade sticks based on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and DualShock controllers. Steam Controller also supported.