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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Released: 12/6/2016

Japan – Edo Period; 1620. Five highly specialized assassins fight for the Shogun in his war against conspiracy and rebellion. Take control of this deadly team and sneak through the shadows between dozens of enemies. Choose your approach when infiltrating mighty castles, snowy mountain monasteries or hidden forest camps. Set up traps, poison your opponents or completely avoid contact. You decide!

Japan – Edo Period; 1620. Five highly specialized assassins fight for the Shogun in his war against conspiracy and rebellion. Take control of this deadly team and sneak through the shadows between dozens of enemies. Choose your approach when infiltrating mighty castles, snowy mountain monasteries or hidden forest camps. Set up traps, poison your opponents or completely avoid contact. You decide!

Japan – Edo Period; 1620. Five highly specialized assassins fight for the Shogun in his war against conspiracy and rebellion. Take control of this deadly team and sneak through the shadows between dozens of enemies. Choose your approach when infiltrating mighty castles, snowy mountain monasteries or hidden forest camps. Set up traps, poison your opponents or completely avoid contact. You decide!

Critics
83
Steam
96
Metacritic
84

Score Breakdown

83.3

Critic Average

52 reviews

96

Steam User Score

38,194 reviews

84

Metacritic User Score

497 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-12.8
Metacritic Disparity
-0.7
Combined Disparity
-6.7

Average of both sources

Review Timing

9 early (17%)15 launch window (29%)28 late (54%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 52 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 83.3/100. Critics score this game 12.8 points lower than Steam users and 0.7 points lower than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 52)+
  1. Petr PolákviaGaming Professors
    Aug 24, 2021·Late review
    95/100View review
    Steam 96.0/100 · -1.0 ptsMetacritic 84/100 · +11.0 pts
  2. Maurice PogueviaGeeks Under Grace
    Nov 9, 2018·Late review
    95/100View review
    Steam 96.0/100 · -1.0 ptsMetacritic 84/100 · +11.0 pts
  3. GameMAG StaffviaGameMAG
    Jan 26, 2018·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 96.0/100 · -16.0 ptsMetacritic 84/100 · -4.0 pts
  4. Florian ReichviaGaming Masters
    Oct 2, 2017·Late review
    74/100View review
    Steam 96.0/100 · -22.0 ptsMetacritic 84/100 · -10.0 pts
  5. Alessandro De VitaviaVGN
    Sep 28, 2017·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 96.0/100 · -16.0 ptsMetacritic 84/100 · -4.0 pts