Indie souls-like with innovative fight system where you practice your Katana on the path for endless improvement; again and again.
| App ID | 1177610 |
|---|---|
| App type | Game |
| Developer | Stas Shostak, Alexander Sitnikov |
| Publisher | Stas Shostak |
| Release date | 2020-01-28 17:13 UTC · Early Access |
| Release state | released |
| Controller support | partial |
| Content descriptors | Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content |
| Store page | store.steampowered.com/app/1177610 |
| Last store refresh | 2 hours ago |
| # | Executable | Arguments | OS | Description |
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| 0 | KatanaKata.exe | windows |
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| 2026-09-11 22:09 UTC | $14.99 | $14.99 |
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| Branch | Build ID | Description | Updated | Password |
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| public | 20511696 | 2025-10-27 12:48 UTC |
| Depot | Name | OS | Size | Download | Public manifest | Notes |
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| 1177611 | 757.98 MB | 159.35 MB | 2845003001674268057 |
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Now there are no armored enemies at the beginning of the level, so players can learn new enemy types first, and armor mechanics later; less enemies on the shortcut way through the lake shore - so now there is more sense to use it; and less armor pieces on the boss (armored samurais later in the game still have full set of armor).
Fixes in diagonal movement and draining breath while sprinting (Ctrl button, or Left Stick click on controller) Fixes in Chinese translation
This is a major update, addressing a high amount of refunds after deaths at a garden. It seems not a lot of players are ready to repeat their path from the beginning, so now Katana Kata has some kind of a difficulty choice - every time you go out from a home dojo, you can choose a level to start from (if you were there at least once of course). This will affect you ending - you can start from any level you like to explore and train, but true ending will wait for you only when you start your current run from a bath house. Except for that, there are bosses now at the Castle level. They are in a
Simplified Chinese Language is now available thanks to one of the players, AKIRA!
It seems like a small update from outside perspective, but it's actually a huge deal - from now on all in-game texts are ready for localization to any language. I made first two by myself - Ukrainian and Russian, and with others I hope I will be able to find volunteers from community. Cheers!
New shortcut to the boss has been added. Shore path now have 2 enemies instead of 3, so it should be easier than dojo and make more sense to use. I will not reset Garden leaderboards for now - level become a bit easier and not harder, so it should be fine to keep current scores. Cheers!
You should be able to use any controller to navigate all the game UI and menus (previously it worked only in fight). I'm still working on controls remapping and tutorial not only for keyboard, but also for gamepads, but now at least you can use it - if you know how to play it should be pretty straightforward to start using a controller. Please don't be shy to contact me if you find any bugs or inconvenience with controllers. Cheers!
Monk-boss on the waterfall level has been updated with a new ability - Iron skin. Whenever you damage his health, your weapon will take a big amount of damage. There will be plenty of spare basic weapons around him, so this fight should be a true test for all your skills - dodging, precise strikes and spirit management. In future Iron Skin might be added to other enemies to spice some places up (with different amount of durability damage). Since this is a big change in level balance, I will reset the leaderboard for Waterfall level. Also, I addressed smaller bug when buddha menu would not paus
Now you can compete in your katana skills with other players: after each level you'll see TOP 5 players, and your current and best result. Score is based on you time (less is better), but for every enemy left alive you'll get penalty points (their experience reward X 10), same is for taken damage during the level. I will daily monitor leaderboards to prevent cheating until I automatize this process. In case of changes in level-design or balance, or after new feature added - I will reset leaderboards entirely. It would probably happen frequently during the Early Access, so don't get too attache
Change Logs: There is proper restart after death in the home dojo, sorry if you encountered it and didn't know what to do Glitch when character would continue to run when you open Buddha menu or others, should be fixed
Hi! I know a lot of you are waiting for bugfix in general, but problems in the tutorial were keeping the new player from playing the game, so I hope you'll understand I must fix them first. I rearranged the tutorial, so series stick became optional and appears after the sparring - when player already know all the basics, and can experiment with more advanced technique. Also, I tried to address glitch when player would become frozen during fast series of attacks - I made a lot of tests after my fixes and never encountered it again, so if you still experience this behavior - please tell me. And
Change log: Timing window for series of hit increased - now it should be easier to make a series. 25% of release time after attack available for a next strike Nightmare is harder now - enemy is stronger and faster, so now it should be really challenging fight for your progress Health and spirit numbers were removed from enemies bars - they were not so informative and just spoiled overall picture A hero is wearing a hat and scarf now - because it's stylish :) Armored enemies became more resistant to damage through their blocks - if they have no spirit while blocking your attack, they get hit in
Change Log: Few stability improvements Fight radius now can be controlled with X-C keys, and not only with mouse No blood splashes and severed limbs from fist and foot strikes In resolution settings there is screen refresh rate now (to differentiate resolution duplicates) Thank you for playing, please contact me if you have any problems, I will fix them ASAP!
Five updates in two hours and tutorial should work fine now. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if something feels wrong
Right now we know some players have bug in the tutorial, we are fixing this issue, and updating the game as fast as we can. Until it fixed (and after that actually), you can skip tutorial at any moment and just go through the gates. Thank you for playing Katana Kata!
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