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 796 reviews of which 718 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.

The Steam community has classified Skulls of the Shogun into these genres:

Strategy Indie Turn-Based Strategy Turn-Based Comedy Singleplayer Tactical Multiplayer Turn-Based Tactics Cartoony Turn-Based Combat Local Multiplayer Funny 2D Asynchronous Multiplayer

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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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Jan. 2025

The game of my childhood, I have only good memories of it, the only negative is that there is no online(

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!

June 2024

Very good and charming tactical game.

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.

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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8.19€

8.5

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Developer

17-BIT

Publisher

17-BIT

Release 29 Jul 2013

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