Skulls of the Shogun on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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 806 reviews of which 728 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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System 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

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April 2025
I used to play this when I was very young. I would invite my neighbor's friends to my house and play with my brother. I have a lot of memories with this game. I bought it again and installed it to relive my childhood memories.
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Jan. 2025
Love this game. Simple and fun.
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Jan. 2025
The game of my childhood, I have only good memories of it, the only negative is that there is no online(
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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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Skulls of the Shogun
8.5
728
78
Online players
2
Developer
17-BIT
Publisher
17-BIT
Release 29 Jul 2013
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