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Skulls of the Shogun

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App ID 228960
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher 17-BIT
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies FNA Engine, MonoGame Engine, XNA Engine
Last Changenumber 31121195
Last Record Update 15 September 2025 – 17:07:28 UTC ()
Release Date 29 July 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😎 84.77%
826 reviews
3
In-Game
+5
💡 Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based 🤡 Comedy 🤔 Tactical

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!

Additional Information

Developer 17-BIT
gamedir ValveTestApp228960
metacritic_name Skulls of the Shogun
icon empty string
controller_support full
metacritic_score 72
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/skulls-of-the-shogun?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateComingSoonNoPreload
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher 17-BIT
eulas
0 ↴
id228960_eula_0
nameSkulls of the Shogun EULA
urlhttp://store.steampowered.com/eula/228960_eula_0
Store Release Date 29 July 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 29 July 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 2 December 2021 – 10:19:23 UTC () (1638440363)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 90
Detected Technologies (?) FNA Engine, MonoGame Engine, XNA Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 10 December 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 10098244
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:13:00 UTC (), in changelist #195479

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based 🤡 Comedy 👤 Singleplayer 🤔 Tactical 🕹️ Multiplayer 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🐰 Cartoony 😃 Funny 📺 Local Multiplayer 🏽 2D 🕒 Asynchronous Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Commentary available Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player PvP

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp2 December 2021 – 10:21:25 UTC
Trailers
2029038 ↴
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2028819 ↴
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User File System

Key Value
quota 95.37 MiB (100000000)
maxnumfiles 60
savefiles
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pathSaved Games/SkullsOfTheShogun
pattern*.apt
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2 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
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patterncampaign.opt
3 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
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patternmultiplayer.opt
rootoverrides
0 ↴
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osLinux
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osMacOS
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/Saved Games/SkullsOfTheShogun *.apt
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/Saved Games/SkullsOfTheShogun campaign.opt
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/Saved Games/SkullsOfTheShogun multiplayer.opt
Linux (Override) $XDG_DATA_HOME/SkullsOfTheShogun
$XDG_DATA_HOME/SkullsOfTheShogun
$XDG_DATA_HOME/SkullsOfTheShogun
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/SkullsOfTheShogun
~/Library/Application Support/SkullsOfTheShogun
~/Library/Application Support/SkullsOfTheShogun
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