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Games like Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae

If Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae is your kind of game, the closest matches are SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS, Gamble Fight Plus and Fight Ascending — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its aggressive pressure is rewarded, compact but meaningful progression and difficulty spikes force mastery. 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.

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Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae, developed by Zenith Blue and published by PLAYISM, is a compact hack-and-slash action game casting players as a warrior maiden forced to hunt down her best friend, who has stolen a sacred demon blade. Parry timing, mobility cancels, a zanshin finisher, enemy-wave escalation, and upgrade investment drive fast, execution-focused katana combat. The 2014 release costs $9.99 and is Steam Deck Verified. About 81% of its 1,156 Steam reviews are positive. Reviewers praise the surprisingly deep combo system, noting that aggressive pressure is rewarded, parry timing matters more than combos, and the counter-punish feedback feels satisfying, with brutal higher difficulties pushing mastery. The mood reads as intense and contemplative in this short, single-player action game.

About Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae: Take on the role of a warrior maiden forced to hunt down her best friend, who has stolen a sacred demon blade. Immerse yourself in the tale of a deadly feud between two old friends and the demonic sword tearing them apart―told through high-speed action!

2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Zenith Blue
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Steam players who put hours into Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae 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.

  1. SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Thrust into a parallel dimension, our buxom shinobi prepare for a new kind of beach-side battle. Can the islands’ hosts be trusted? Will the other schools play fair? Will there be time to enjoy the beach before the fighting starts? Will anyone manage to keep their clothes intact?

    2017Action29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Gamble Fight Plus

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Second-strongest match for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Create your ideal female fighter then bet and battle your way through the ruthless world of underground fighting! Use your battle winnings to customize and enhance your characters in this fast paced action fighting game.

    2019ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fight Ascending

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Before participating in the world's number one martial arts conference, the martial artist 冰 decided to enter the puppet tower to improve hers martial arts... This is a fast-paced casual fighting game that challenges the levels randomly generated by the program.

    2022ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. InTheLake

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    This is a medium speed hard core 3D action breakthrough game, with no extra plot to focus on fighting. There are 2 roles to choose from. With appropriate Rouge elements, you can combine your own fighting style according to random ability!

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  5. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!

    2021ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. SOULCALIBUR VI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Bring more than your fists to the fight! Featuring all-new battle mechanics and characters, SOULCALIBUR VI marks a new era of the historic franchise. Welcome back to the stage of history!

    2018Action5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Proxy Blade Zero

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Ranked #7 for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Proxy Blade Zero is a hardcore 3D action game with technical combat. Play as Fenrir, an advanced battle android, against the armies of King Anima.

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Ranked #8 for Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae

Is Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae cost?
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae are SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS, Gamble Fight Plus, Fight Ascending.
Who developed Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae?
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae was developed by Zenith Blue and published by PLAYISM.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae.

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