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Oniken: Unstoppable Edition

Oniken: Unstoppable Edition

Released: 2/8/2019

When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken. One day, a ninja mercenary named Zaku offers his services to the resistance for unknown reasons. His moves are lethal and now he is the resistance's only hope. Oniken is an action platform game highly inspired by the 1980's, its games and its movies. You can see this not only in the graphics and sound design, but also in Oniken's story and difficulty. Don't Worry, You Will Die A Lot Of Times. Every copy of Oniken comes with digital versions of the game manual and the original soundtrack. FEATURES Graphics, sounds and difficulty from the 8-bit era Cinematic cutscenes Over 18 boss fights Six missions, three stages each An extra mission after you beat the game Boss rush mode Not difficult enough? Try the new HARDCORE MODE Global Leaderboards Full pixelated violence

When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken. One day, a ninja mercenary named Zaku offers his services to the resistance for unknown reasons. His moves are lethal and now he is the resistance's only hope. Oniken is an action platform game highly inspired by the 1980's, its games and its movies. You can see this not only in the graphics and sound design, but also in Oniken's story and difficulty. Don't Worry, You Will Die A Lot Of Times. Every copy of Oniken comes with digital versions of the game manual and the original soundtrack. FEATURES Graphics, sounds and difficulty from the 8-bit era Cinematic cutscenes Over 18 boss fights Six missions, three stages each An extra mission after you beat the game Boss rush mode Not difficult enough? Try the new HARDCORE MODE Global Leaderboards Full pixelated violence

When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken. One day, a ninja mercenary named Zaku offers his services to the resistance for unknown reasons. His moves are lethal and now he is the resistance's only hope. Oniken is an action platform game highly inspired by the 1980's, its games and its movies. You can see this not only in the graphics and sound design, but also in Oniken's story and difficulty. Don't Worry, You Will Die A Lot Of Times. Every copy of Oniken comes with digital versions of the game manual and the original soundtrack. FEATURES Graphics, sounds and difficulty from the 8-bit era Cinematic cutscenes Over 18 boss fights Six missions, three stages each An extra mission after you beat the game Boss rush mode Not difficult enough? Try the new HARDCORE MODE Global Leaderboards Full pixelated violence

Critics
59
Steam
80

Score Breakdown

59.4

Critic Average

15 reviews

80

Steam User Score

969 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-20.2
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-20.2

Average of both sources

Review Timing

4 early (27%)8 launch window (53%)3 late (20%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 15 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 59.4/100. Critics score this game 20.2 points lower than Steam users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 15)+
  1. Maximillian RinggenbergviaCFG Games
    Apr 9, 2020·Late review
    40/100View review
    Steam 79.6/100 · -39.6 pts
  2. Dan BoiseviaCompletexbox
    Jan 19, 2020·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 79.6/100 · +0.4 pts
  3. A.J. MaciejewskiviaVideo Chums
    Dec 24, 2019·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 79.6/100 · +0.4 pts
  4. Dustin MurphyviaBlast Away the Game Review
    Mar 15, 2019·Launch window
    50/100View review
    Steam 79.6/100 · -29.6 pts
  5. Miguel MoranviaTheSixthAxis
    Mar 4, 2019·Launch window
    50/100View review
    Steam 79.6/100 · -29.6 pts