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🏯 Lightning balance
As many of you have noticed, our lightning character Raijin had some extremely overpowered attacks, especially the lightning aura. Thank you all for alerting us via the in-game feedback form and on our forums. The light…
Patch notes7 changesFixBalance - Dark Samurai
🏯 Cat!
We've added three new weapons for you to find. Grenade 💣 Shuriken Glaives that bounce between enemies Claw swipe More permanent upgrades are coming back: Armor Health Loot magnet range Attack speed As always, you can u…
Announcement15 changesFixGameplay - Dark Samurai
🏯 Astral upgrades
Permanent progression upgrades are back! And not just the generic ones, but also unique upgrade like: life-steal for the katana an additional skill slot a new powerful yumi attack 🏹 You can unlock them by leveling up y…
Announcement2 changesFixGameplay - Dark Samurai
🏯 Lightning strikes
Today's shocking update comes with a new playable electrifying character and three new weapons. Chain lightning: jumps between enemies, dealing damage and stun. Fork lightning: targets multiple enemies at the same time.…
Announcement3 changesFixGameplay - Dark Samurai
🏯 Tutorial mode
The most common feedback we've received from you, our players, is that upgrade choices are difficult to understand. Today we have good news for you. 😊 We have upgrade choice cards now, telling you what each upgrade doe…
Announcement - Dark Samurai
🏯 Dark Samurai @ Raid Survivors Festival
We're happy to announce that Dark Samurai is part of the Raid Survivors Festival on Steam! The event is a celebration of Bullet Heaven games, featuring many great titles from talented developers. Check it out! Playtest…
Event2 changesStore - Dark Samurai
🏯 Weapons, weapons, weapons!
Weapons We've completely overhauled the weapon system. You can now hold and upgrade up to four weapons at any time and find the combination that works best for you. 🏹 We've also added new weapons, including Kunai: Thro…
Patch notes8 changesFixGameplay - Dark Samurai
🏯 Goodbye demo, hello playtest!
No more demo (for now) We've realized that having a public demo is not a good idea for us at the moment. It's a lot of work to maintain a separate (reduced) version of the game and it sets the wrong expectations. Dark S…
Patch notes2 changesGameplayCompatibility
