Skulls of the Shogun

Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals. It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare!

Skulls of the Shogun is a strategy, indie and turn-based strategy game developed and published by 17-BIT.
Released on July 29th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean and Russian.

It has received 790 reviews of which 712 were positive and 78 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.


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Requirements

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Windows
  • OS *:Windows XP + Service Pack 3
  • Processor: Intel Celeron 440 2.0GHz / AMD Athlon 64 3300+
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Shader Model 2.0 graphics card, Nvidia GeForce 7300 / ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 or better
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 600 MB HD space
MacOS
  • OS: Mavericks 10.9.5, 64-bit
  • Processor: Dual Core CPU
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Hard Drive: 1 GB HD space
Linux
  • OS: glibc 2.17+, 32/64-bit. S3TC support is NOT required.
  • Processor: Dual Core CPU
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Hard Drive: 1 GB HD space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024
Absolutely phenomenal strategy game, one of the best I have ever played. Each individual mechanic is beautifully simple and easy to both understand and execute, the game's depth comes from combining different mechanics to overcome your opponents. I played this for dozens of hours back in the Xbox 360 days, I cannot recommend it enough. Still holds up as a well-designed game, all these years later! Stages are very bite-sized and easy to play in short sittings, while the whole single player campaign can take several hours to complete. It grows in complexity and challenge, with the grand finale making you feel truly tested as you fight with the odds stacked against you. My favorite feature: each faction can only move 5 units in a turn. This keeps the action moving quickly and smoothly, and it also keeps things fair by forcing you to play smart instead of just relying on numbers. Having more troops will give you more reach, but it won't give you an advantage beyond that; if you want to win, you need to use your troops effectively. Smart plays are rewarded, use all the tricks at your arsenal and do not be afraid to fight dirty!
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June 2024
Very good and charming tactical game.
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March 2024
Amazing game. I played it on the X-Box 360 when it first came out, and it still holds up as good in 2024. Skulls of the Shogun was my introduction to tactical RPGs, and I would recommend it to anyone looking at getting into the genre. Combat is quick, dynamic, and easy to learn. The story is compelling enough for how short the game is, albeit there are several meta jokes that sadly haven't aged well due to how much media in the 2020s has over-used meta humor and made me despise it. The only real complaint I can give to this game is a few things (and I mean only a few) are a little rough around the edges. For instance, it's a bit hard to tell what terrain is behind you on some maps (which is relevant for several reasons, including being knocked off a cliff being an instant kill). There was also a rare bug where an enemy unit would get stuck in a path-finding loop and not end its turn for a few extra seconds. Nevertheless, this is legitimately one of my favorite games of all time.
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March 2024
This Game is sooo underrated, I think everyone should give it a try who likes turn based Strategy Games. The Multiplayer is by far the most fun part for me but the Singleplayer is also really well done. We used to always play this on our xBox 360 and I wish more people would give it a Go!!
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Skulls of the Shogun
8.5
712
78
Online players
2
Developer
17-BIT
Publisher
17-BIT
Release 29 Jul 2013
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