Shogun Showdown: Deckbuilding and Combat in a Japanese World

Sold as ‘an innovative turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements set in a pixel-art Japanese-inspired universe‘, we’re not sure there should be anything stopping you from grabbing a download of Shogun Showdown as it launches to the world. 

Available right now via the Roboatino (Italian solo dev) and Goblinz Publishing (French publisher) teams is Shogun Showdown. It’s present on the Xbox Store as we type, with play available across Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. You should also be finding it on PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam or GOG). 

Swipe with Shogun Showdown

Having spent more than a year in Steam Early Access, Shogun Showdown is one that many have been looking forward to spending more time with. It brings together multiple ideas, combining them as one, all as the player looks to prove themselves in a roguelike Japanese world. 

In Shogun Showdown you’ll get to head to the Far East, as you build yourself up, preparing to take on the Shogun. You’ll do this through a series of mechanics, making the most of deckbuilding elements, roguelike play and turn-based combat.

With new skills thrown your way to help aid your progress, this is a game in which every action will count – with timings all-important. 

Key features

• Turn-based combat where every action counts. Carefully position yourself, build up and unleash your attacks at the right time!
• Upgrade your attack tiles and combo them!
• Gain new skills and build the best deck you can before facing the Shogun.
• Rogue-like: death is not the end, but the beginning of your journey towards mastery. As you play, you will unlock new characters, attacks, skills and more!

Should you have checked out Shogun Showdown in Early Access previously, then it may well be worth your while taking a look at the new content pieces that have been added with this V1.0 release on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC…

• New location (Ieyasu’s garden) & new boss (Ieyasu the Patient)
• Day 7: New elite enemy type (Corrupted) and new enemy (Corrupted progeny), True final boss after Shogun fight: the Corrupted Soul
• Lore: Small cut scenes after you defeat a new Day for the first time (can also be accessed from the main menu: Other -> Endings). Reworked a lot of boss barks and descriptions
• 7 New Skills (Rogue Retail, Seiryu’s Scale, Fenghuangs’s Feather, Two-Faced Dancer, Overflow Guard, Chilling Combo, Odd Curse)
• 6 New Quests
• 7 New Tiles (Hookblade, Nagiboku, Sharp Turn, Ki Push, Thorns, Back-Smoke Bomb, Chakram)
• New Hero: Chain Master
• New “Stats” page in camp Archive

Buy now!

Sold? You’ll find Shogun Showdown on the usual digital storefronts. For us Xbox players, it’s the Xbox Store that will take our cash – some £12.49. From there, play on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, optimised for those latter consoles. 

Alternatively, pay a visit to the stores of PlayStation, Nintendo Switch or PC, whether that be Steam or GOG. 

Our full review of Shogun Showdown on Xbox is on the way. Keep your eyes peeled. 

Shogun Showdown Description

Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!