Released Jul 23, 2015 $24.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Way of the Samurai 4

By ACQUIRE Corp. · published by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.

Choose Your Own Adventure Action JRPG Historical Action RPG Character Customization Hack and Slash Open World Multiple EndingsSandboxExplorationRPG

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Reviews 1,951 Mostly Positive

Players yesterday 14 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Way of the Samurai 4 is a game tagged Choose Your Own Adventure, Action and JRPG by ACQUIRE Corp., released Jul 23, 2015. It has 1,951 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Way of the Samurai 3, Compass of Destiny: Istanbul and Ys X: Nordics.

Way of the Samurai 4 takes place in the humble port town of Amihama during the mid 19th Century, several years after the arrival of the “black ships” from the West ended Japan’s long history of cultural isolation.

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Way of the Samurai 3 85% match · Choose Your Own Adventure, Action, JRPG
Compass of Destiny: Istanbul 61% match · Choose Your Own Adventure, Action, Historical
Ys X: Nordics 58% match · Action, JRPG, Action RPG
After The End: The Harvest 58% match · Choose Your Own Adventure, JRPG, Action RPG
Gwiryungdan : Joseon's Twelve 55% match · Choose Your Own Adventure, Action, JRPG
The Adventure of Natsuki Hinomiya 55% match · Action, JRPG, Action RPG
Dracula - Blood Moon 55% match · Choose Your Own Adventure, Action, Action RPG
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Everything Steam lists for Way of the Samurai 4 · record updated 8 hours ago

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Overview

App ID312780

Release dateJul 23, 2015Early Access Jan 1, 1970

Last change number38679713

Last record update8 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: ACQUIRE Corp.
Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 72

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes		Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Unsupported
Controller: Partial support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily SharingPlayStation controllersPartial controller support

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
18697987	public	Jun 26, 2025

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
74842	Way of the Samurai 4	1	$24.99
23680 Bundle	Way of the Samurai Bundle	3	$67.47

ID	Name	Price (US)
333810	Not on the store yet	—
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333812	Not on the store yet	—
333813	Not on the store yet	—
333814	Not on the store yet	—
333815	Not on the store yet	—
333816	Not on the store yet	—
333817	Not on the store yet	—

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ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
229031	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
312781	—	All	6.69 GB	4.16 GB	4915030369722441240

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	18697987	Jun 26, 2025	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Way of the Samurai 4

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
WayOfTheSamurai4.exe		Windows	Launch

Space per player19.1 MB

Filesup to 100

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinMyDocuments	My Games\Ghostlight Ltd\Way of the Samurai 4	*	All

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Way of the Samurai 4

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