NINJA GAIDEN 4
The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.
Sync your Steam wishlist to find the lowest game prices instantly. No login required, just paste your Steam profile URL!
⚡ Try Wishlist Radar!
Sync your Steam wishlist to find the lowest game prices instantly. No login required!
⚡ Try Wishlist Radar!
Close
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z on Steam
Quick menu
Step into a living comic book in this new take on the Ninja Gaiden series. Brandishing his ninja sword and the mecha weapons in his cyber arm, Yaiba slaughters zombies with brutal, over-the-top abandon. Will you slice enemies to pieces, crush them with Yaiba's cyborg arm or just rip off a zombie’s arms to use as nunchucks?
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is a action, hack and slash and adventure game
developed by Spark Unlimited, comcept Inc. and Team NINJA
and published by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. and LTD..
Released on March 21st 2014 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.
It has received 907 reviews of which 580 were positive and 327 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.79€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z into these genres:
Action
Hack and Slash
Adventure
Ninja
Zombies
Gore
Spectacle fighter
Comedy
Beat 'em up
Third Person
Difficult
Character Action Game
Singleplayer
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Italian | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Japanese |
Media & Screenshots
Get an in-depth look at YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z through various videos and screenshots.
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- OS: Windows®
- Processor: Dual core CPU 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 or better
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Sound Card: Standard audio device
Steam Price & Best Deals
User reviews & Ratings
Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.
I played this game a lot back whenever it dropped on 360/PS3 and honestly loved it. Being older now and buying a cheap copy on Steam, it's still surprisingly fun! Although glitches can happen sometimes such as audio bugs and glitches, attacks dont go through sometimes, it could be the PC port entirely but overall nothing bad, The story is short and sweet and pretty decent. You play as entirely new Ninja from a different clan which you had to read a comic book that came with the purchase of the game years ago to understand his small lore lol, The hack n slash is pretty fun with awesome upgrades and nice comic-art styled graphics. It gets pretty bloody but nothing too extreme. Also yes, there are ZOMBIES! Weird switch up but accept it as you will. The story is NOT CANON to Ryu's world and story. Ryu is involved in this game but you don't play as him overall just as a boss. Overall solid 7/10 in my book
There are some good moments, but also some moments which could be frustrating especially with the camera in the boss fights with your character blocking your vision of where the enemy is. The camera also doesn't capture the entire area of a battle, so you could be moving towards an enemy, or they could be firing at you without you even realising it. There is some zany humour, quirky characters & doesn't take itself too seriously, but it feels like it matches the comic book aesthetics of the game. If you are a fan of 3d hack & slash or zombie arcade games, it might be worth a go. I'd give it a 6/10.
TLDR; Awesome game, don't understand the negative reviews, if you love challenging 3rd person hack and slash, you are going to love this. Do NOT miss getting this for 3 bucks. Ok, so oddly enough this will be my first game review on steam lol ofc I'm not done with this game but I don't feel like I need to beat the game to decide what my thoughts are about it. And considering alot of the reviews have very little playtime, I think it's fair for me to toss my dice in the mix. I don't understand the bad reviews about this. Very well could be subjective and that's ok. And I have allowed comments on this as well because if someone doesn't like this enough to post a bad review and go so far as to say "don't spend 3 bucks on it"? That just makes no sense to me at all but I want to hear why you feel that way. The camera: it's a fixed camera game bruh.. you don't fight the camera. You go with the flow. That's (at times) part of the challenge. And maybe there will be a couple awful angles that will frustrate me, ok..? I can deal with that. Doubt there are any that make it unplayable. The humor: I am easily one of the biggest, most contemptuous loathers and habitual noticers of corny, awful humor. I mean, I ruin shows, movies and all sorts of tv/media/social media for people who try to get me to watch it because 99% of it is absolutely unforgiveable. No fan of modernity or "the narrative" here. lol I don't get that from this at all so far. Yeah, it has humor, some of it's dumb. But more of it than not, has actually made me laugh! Which is shocking to and for me! it's not Borderlands or latter Farcry levels of corny, awful humor lol that's for sure. Not even close! Play testing: I am willing to bet that the person who said in their review that this wasn't play tested on the hardest difficulties is spot on lol! That doesn't bother me at all personally. But it could be a con to people who want to beat everything on the hardest difficulty. *If* it is actually too hard to beat. I can't speak to that currently, it's pretty tough for me on normal but I'm no pro at these insane fast games, I'm too old, my reflexes are too slow. XD Have you tried Ninja Gaiden 2 Black on Master Ninja? lol THAT is a perfect example of *not* play tested. But again, there could very well be people who can pull it off. My lil' bro could beat Ninja Gaiden sigma 2 on master ninja but he can't even get past the first level Genshin fight in Black 2. To me, that suggests it's not well tested, he said the same thing. And he is actually nuts at these insanely hard, fast and demanding games. Combat: Absolutely awesome! I cannot even properly describe how much I love this so far. I am on the 5th level, So as an absolute novice to the combat system, I am already enjoying it so much that I had to come and leave a review. And I definitely can see myself wanting to play this more than once without any doubt. There is still so much to learn as far as mastering the combat, exploiting enemy weaknesses, learning atk patterns, combos, upgrades, strategy and hidden items throughout the maps. I rolled the dice despite the conflicting reviews that almost made me pass up on this fun!!!???!!! And I could not possibly be happier that I bought this game. If you can get this for 3 bucks, this is an absolute score. If you love ninja gaiden, ruthless, rapid, brutal 3rd person hack n slash, you are going to absolutely love this. Might not love every single aspect of it but who really loves every aspect of every game? There's what...2? 3 games we might be able to say in our lives that we loved every single thing about it? Not many. Pick it up if that sounds good! It's a bit different than the regular Ninja Gaiden series, of course, that should be pretty apparent from the trailers. Buti it's fast, it's awesome, it's brutal, the humor isn't awful, I've thought some of it was actually pretty funny, which is very rare for me. The camera is fine, It's a challenge, it can be a casual game to play, it's just awesome. I don't see anything happening aside from me loving every minute of it, even if I'm raging at dying a hundred times to a boss or insane mobs. I am sure that will happen. YMMV, I just don't get how this is not worth every penny of 3 bucks. This is a sick game! But feel free, lmk exactly what you don't like about it if ya want. I sure would like to hear some reasons other than what was stated because I can't agree with any of those. And that's ok, if someone truly is bothered that much by one thing, But the conflicting reviews put people who might actually really, really enjoy this game in a conflicted mindset. And that really sucks for anyone who would otherwise miss out on something they would really enjoy. At least say, "this is just my opinion, this is just what bothers me", like i think..2 people actually did. Maybe. "this game is @$$" and " not worth 3 bucks", "don't buy" are just weak and not even a valid opinion or review. Full Price: I can't currently say whether or not I would think it's worth the full price. Since I don't know how long it is. I would imagine this one will be attainable on sale pretty often. And it is totally worth the sale price. Every fraction of every penny of 3 bucks like yeeeesh!!! What a steal! I wouldn't have cared if I payed 10 for it. I'd still be psyched. Fr, pick it up if you love Ninja Gaiden "style" (since it's not exact to the main series), I don't think you will regret it. And if you do, refund it and let me know what you absolutely couldn't bear to endure about this game. lol Sorry for the short (possibly agonizing for some) article but to be completely honest, I think this game deserves it. I think it deserves a fair shake. I regret nothing. lol
pretty fun game, I don't know why the sentiment was pretty negative back then, maybe because the gameplay is different than your typical ninja gaiden. Its exactly what you expected from the cover: 2010s cell shaded gory hectic ninja robotic action, turn off your brain and enjoy the action. Also some pretentious snowflakes seems to be offended by the joke inside this game, well this Yaiba guy is designed to be the antithesis of ryu hayabusa, they made him a psycopath and offensive on purpose. Its like complaining about trevor from GTA V. Some people also seems to report crashes but I didn't get a single crashes myself, and no I didn't install any community mods, maybe I got lucky. I'm using a RTX 3060 laptop with Win 11 Recommended
Similar games
View all
![NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]](https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1580790/hero_capsule.jpg?t=1760595578)
NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
![NINJA GAIDEN Σ [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]](https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1580780/hero_capsule.jpg?t=1760595484)
NINJA GAIDEN Σ [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black
Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.
![NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]](https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1369760/hero_capsule.jpg?t=1760595589)
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
A new breed of WARRIOR returns, committed to destroying the enemies of FREEDOM When ONE angry man, has a world to protect - There is only ONE future – HIS OWN No-nonsense hero Marlow never shied away from danger or trouble. But now he faces his ULTIMATE challenge.
Collapse
In 2013 the Central Europe (Ukraine, Kiev) witnessed a catastrophe. Everybody was mystified by its cause. What happened was beyond our comprehension. Somebody called it the collision of worlds or the stratification of two dimensions.
DmC: Devil May Cry
In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action.
The Cursed Crusade
Two seasoned warriors quest across a Western Europe ablaze with the turmoil of a newly begun Fourth Crusade.
Zombie Vikings
From the creators of indie smash hit Stick It to The Man! comes a new one to four-player co-op stab-you-in-the-gut-a-thon. Embark on a dead funny adventure with the Zombie Vikings. A putrid posse sent on a mission through the most epic of worlds to retrieve Odin’s lost eye.
Rune Classic
Experience an exciting single player storyline where you thwart Loki and his minions from bringing Ragnarok to Midgard.
Blades of Time
Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos, being at the same time home to blood thirsty monsters.
Frequently Asked Questions
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
No, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Yes, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z received 580 positive votes out of a total of 907 achieving a rating of 6.22.
😐
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z was developed by Spark Unlimited, comcept Inc. and Team NINJA and published by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. and LTD..
Yes, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is not playable on MacOS.
No, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is not playable on Linux.
Yes, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z does not support VR.
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is a single-player game.
No, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z does not currently offer any DLC.
No, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z.
Data sources
The information presented on this page is sourced from reliable APIs to ensure accuracy and relevance. We utilize the Steam API to gather data on game details, including titles, descriptions, prices, and user reviews. This allows us to provide you with the most up-to-date information directly from the Steam platform.
Additionally, we incorporate data from the SteamSpy API, which offers insights into game sales and player statistics. This helps us present a comprehensive view of each game's popularity and performance within the gaming community.
Last Updates| Steam data | 27 September 2026 09:23 UTC |
|---|---|
| SteamSpy data | 13 October 2026 04:07 UTC |
| Steam price | 16 October 2026 14:02 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 16 October 2026 08:01 UTC |
If you'd like to dive deeper into the details about YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z, we invite you to check out a few dedicated websites that offer extensive information and insights. These platforms provide valuable data, analysis, and user-generated reports to enhance your understanding of the game and its performance.
- SteamDB - A comprehensive database of everything on Steam about YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z
- SteamCharts - Analysis of YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z concurrent players on Steam
- ProtonDB - Crowdsourced reports on Linux and Steam Deck YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z compatibility
29.99€
Visit Store
🔥 Deal
-85%
29.99€
4.79€
Buy Now
-80%
29.99€
6.24€
Visit Store
-77%
29.99€
7.17€
Visit Store
-34%
29.99€
20.09€
Visit Store
Game modes
Features
Online players
0
Developer
Spark Unlimited,
comcept Inc.,
Team NINJA
Publisher
KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Release
21 Mar 2014
Platforms
Clicking and buying through these links helps us earn a commission to maintain our services.