Games like Katana Soul
If Katana Soul is your kind of game, the closest matches are Insanity's Blade, Bubsy Two-Fur and Hotline Miami — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Katana Soul: Play as the samurai Kan and fight in a dark, demon-infested Japan. Face this 100% arcade experience without any credits or saves: you can only rely on your skills with the katana.
Players who liked Katana Soul also play
Steam players who put hours into Katana Soul also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Insanity's Blade
WHY THIS
Top pick for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity's Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a father's powerful grief and hatred. This is the tale of the sword's creation.
Bubsy Two-Fur
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Katana Soul.
Bubsy returns in the first authorized digital release of his first two games! What could paws-ibly go wrong?
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
NOT A HERO
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
BUTCHER
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Katana Soul.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Volgarr the Viking
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Katana Soul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Katana Soul at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Katana Soul on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Katana Soul on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Katana Soul.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Katana Soul on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Katana Soul.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Katana Soul on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Katana Soul on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Katana Soul on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Katana Soul.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Katana Soul on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Katana Soul.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Katana Soul.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Katana Soul.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Katana Soul.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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More from SEEP
Other recommendable Steam games by SEEP, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Abduction Bit
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Abduction Bit is a NES-like arcade based on elements of some timeless classics from 80's (Bubble Bobble, Ice Climber, Mario Bros).
SEEP Universe
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Kick butt in this retro 2D action-platformer! SEEP Universe is an indie game for PC inspired by the 8-16 bit era!
Dragon Climax
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
A retro action martial arts game inspired by classics, like Kung Fu Master and Shinobi with modern elements!
Super BOO Quest
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Indie and Adventure with Katana Soul.
Super BOO Quest is a lighthearted game suitale for every kind of player, from casual to hardcore. It is a mix of arcade, puzzle, and stealth, to be played alone or with a friend. The game is presented with 16 bit-style graphics, as a tribute to Super Nintendo.
Thunderflash
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Thunderflash is a "love letter" to the arcade games of the 80s. It is a Run 'n Gun game inspired by gems like Ikari Warriors, Commando and Heavy Barrel.
Adventure Bit
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Jump, run, steal, fight, catch, and solve puzzles in this minimal-style adventure inspired by the golden age of the Japanese computer MSX!
Swords & Bones
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Swords & Bones inherits the spirit of the great 16-bit classics from the 80s and 90s, enriching the game experience with modern mechanics! Undead hordes and demons await you in this epic adventure!
Roar of Revenge
WHY THIS
Another title from SEEP, the studio behind Katana Soul. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
A game that puts together Rastan's action with adventure elements inspired by Faxanadu. An old school tribute for every lover of 8-bit classics!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Katana Soul.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Katana Soul.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Frequently asked about Katana Soul
- How much does Katana Soul cost?
- Katana Soul is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Katana Soul?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Katana Soul are Insanity's Blade, Bubsy Two-Fur, Hotline Miami.
- Who developed Katana Soul?
- Katana Soul was developed by SEEP.
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