Katana ZERO
Worth it · Action · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99, a BANGER if it drops to $10.45. Typically $8.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.12/hr
- ReviewsS
- 98% of 76,554
- Critics
- 83 players 15 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Action
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $10.45 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.8h
- To 100%
- 14.7h 3.1x the story
- Finish
- 39% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 22
Price and sales
- Sales
- 60 on record
- Typical cut
- 40% off
- Steam low
- $7.49 December 2023
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 67 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 13% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
61% start to 39% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 60 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $10.45 BANGER line 54 times.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and the best reviewed. Among the games that feel like it, SANABI ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Celeste ($19.99, scores 76).
More about Katana ZERO
83 from critics against 98 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 39 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. 11 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2023 to October 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,368 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 2,105 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 91 percent of the 3,017 reviews written there were positive, against 98 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 4.8 hours; clearing it takes 15, which is 3.1 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.8 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 24 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
There is simply no other indie game like Katana Zero. The meticulously crafted story and its logic, the over the top combat gameplay, the neon atmosphere and the hand crafted music everything is simply, perfect.
2 more reviews
I am yet to find any piece of media that recreates the immaculate vibe of Katana Zero. It isn't just a fast action platformer itz high art. You go from the pounding blood pumping synth beats of combat to quiet heartbreaking piano drifting through a grimy apartment. Sometimes I just boot it up to stare at the title screen. Even the simple detail of the protagonist plugging in his walkman before every mission is its...
Definitely one of the better 2D action games. It's even better when you get the hang of it and play without slowing down time.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, GeForce 7600 GT (256 MB), 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
Katana ZERO scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/460950/katana-zeroReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.