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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

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App ID 418240
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Daedalic Entertainment
Franchise Daedalic Entertainment
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29433416
Last Record Update 7 June 2025 – 08:58:20 UTC ()
Release Date 6 December 2016 – 16:56:00 UTC ()
🤩 94.11%
37k reviews
191
In-Game
🥷 Stealth 💡 Strategy 🤔 Tactical 🥷 Ninja ▶️ Real Time Tactics

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Additional Information

Developer Mimimi Games
metacritic_name Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
controller_support full
metacritic_score 85
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/shadow-tactics-blades-of-the-shogun?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Daedalic Entertainment
Store Release Date 6 December 2016 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 6 December 2016 – 16:56:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 6 December 2016 – 08:00:00 UTC () (1481011200)
Store Asset Modification Time 6 June 2025 – 16:48:11 UTC () (1749228491)
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review_score 9
review_percentage 96
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Ogg SDK, Tobii SDK
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: 15 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8124387
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 9 November 2015 – 13:43:23 UTC (), in changelist #1434745
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

13 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🥷 Stealth 💡 Strategy 🤔 Tactical 🥷 Ninja ▶️ Real Time Tactics 👤 Singleplayer 🌱 Indie 🌆 Isometric 🗡️ Assassin 📜 Historical 💥 Action 🌐 RTS 😓 Difficult 👊 Violent 🌫 Atmospheric 👤 Third Person 🗺️ Adventure 🧩 Puzzle 🌲 Survival 🎶 Great Soundtrack

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only)

Assets

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Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
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maxnumfiles 1000
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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%/AppData/Local/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun *
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun
Linux (Override) $XDG_DATA_HOME/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun
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