Daisho: Survival of a Samurai

Daisho: Survival of a Samurai

Colossi Games · June 10, 2025 · Ninja, Free to Play, Crafting, Action-Adventure, Swordplay

Daisho: Survival of a Samurai is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About Daisho: Survival of a Samurai

Daisho: Survival of a Samurai is an Action RPG with casual survival game mechanics and big village-building possibilities. You'll experience a new type of survival game with quests, continuous open world progression, monthly events and your dumb ways to die not harming your fun level.

🏹 Survival Games, casualized



Chop every tree, hunt rabbits and deer, stone and copper mining - resource management are a staple of every survival game, and Daisho is no different. However, we threw away the hunger games in favor of a replenishing stamina pool so you can start every game session on exploration instead of just preventing yourself from dying.

🏛️ Build your own Japanese village estate



From setting up your first camp to building an entire Japanese village, you'll be pretty busy making a home for yourself and all the rescued souls that turn up to settle as workers. Manage their resource refining jobs, build houses and beautify the city with fountains and other decor.

⚔️ Carry a big stick (mind the pointy end)



Craft your weaponry from a selection of clubs, katanas, bows, spears and more. Upgrade them to make pointy ends even more pointy, embellish your craft with gems and their attributes, and poke around at the Shogun armies, bandit bosses and other generally unfriendly folk.

🗺️ Explore Japan and its dungeons



Dive into dark medieval history and unravel the story of Oda Nobunaga, known as the great Japanese unifier; lead the siege to the stronghold of Kyoto, or rebuild the ancient estates and temples around Mount Fuji. Learning about history has never been more fun!

📅 Enjoy Seasonal Events



Keep coming back for freshly designed seasonal events as they happen. Missed one? Don't worry, we've put them into your game progression and keep them fresh every year.

📱 Put Japan in your pocket



Not at home? Experience Daisho: Survival of a Samurai on your phone or Steam Deck, fully optimized for the mobile gaming experience. And we're working to make your savegame available fully cross-platform.

And many more features to come:
Events ⭐ Quests ⭐ Talent Trees ⭐ Coop Building⭐ Mini Games ⭐ Achievements ⭐ Dojo PVP Leaderboards ⭐ Guilds & Chat

As developers of Daisho: Survival of a Samurai, we hope you enjoy our casual approach to the Survival RPG genre. We are always happy to get in touch directly with our players and gather feedback - hop onto our Discord: 💬 https://discord.gg/TutCRbZryR

Thanks and have fun surviving!

Daisho: Survival of a Samurai — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate the game's relaxing aesthetic and Diablo-like gameplay with building mechanics, but criticize it heavily for tedious grinding, poor progression balancing, and an exploitative monetization system where microtransactions feel mandatory to skip unfun content rather than enhance it. The consensus is that the game conflates challenge with tedious busywork—particularly after reaching higher estate levels where difficulty spikes dramatically while rewards don't scale, making the core loop feel more like a chore than entertainment.

Not recommended May 28, 2026
It's silly, grinding and really enslaving.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended May 18, 2026
It's like the Diablo with a little bit of building mechanism, still the lack of the content in this game.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended May 17, 2026
DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH THIS GAME. At estate lv1 and 2 everything ( except potions ) seemed well thought. Nice progression curve, decent loot, quests in Pine forest at daytime give about 220 gold, you get to pay decent prices for repairs and merges of gear. Potions are not worth the effort from get-go, the amount of resources and time it takes to make, collect and just sheer costs in gear repairs put potions in "just eat raw herbs" territory. I was in mood to spend some real money on game just to support. And then estate lv3 happens, you unlock Pine forest at nighttime, game triples (3X) in difficulty but loot stays the same, repairs get more expensive because you now have T2 gear in loot pool and you want T2 gear. It costs same to deconstruct T2 as T1 gear but repairs go double (2X) in price to repair T2 gear. Quests in Pine forest at nighttime give same 220ish gold for completion but game has been tripled in difficulty. Even if you remove all gear (go naked) in fight you cant make enough gold just to repair weapon you are using. game gives new herb that dont even grow on side on map that is populated with bandits (you need to kill bandits for better gear) and side that new herbs d…
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 19, 2026
How can you make a game without a map for each location, especially when you go out foraging, it doesn't make any sense. What's up with also the small inventory with no pouch/bag to increase for storage at the beginning after the fathers death?
Recommended Jun 23, 2026
Love this game when I just want to relax and enjoy playing.
Recommended Apr 27, 2026
nice and cute game

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