Death Dojo

Death Dojo

Ken Watanabe · November 9, 2016 · Action, Violent, VR

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About Death Dojo

Enter Death Dojo... A one-on-one death match to become the ultimate samurai.

Real battle is scary. Other games may lead you to believe you can slash through hoardes of foes with ease. This is not true. To beat your enemy you must face your fears. In Death Dojo you must face your nightmare and defeat him.
You have nothing but a Katana to defend yourself, the enemy comes quietly and quickly, and you must defeat him with a swift blow to the neck. Do you have what it takes to beat him?

Only Time Will Tell.

Death Dojo — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Apr 2, 2024
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9 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 10, 2025
"Death Dojo" is a badly made VR tech demo (with possibly flipped assets). What do you do in the game? Wave your arms around to hack up samurai monster assets or something. Seriously, just wave your arms around, that's it, that's the whole "game". Steam Direct was a mistake. This feels more like a tech demo or a project smacked together hurriedly to try make a kind of minimum viable product just good enough to pass the developers unambitious idea and shove it into Steam Direct to see if you can actually pay and publish junk through Steam Direct. Yeah, you can. Is this good for gamers? Nope. I'm not sure if this is an asset flip, but it's one of those cases where the assets just look much better than the rest of the quality of the game... a glaring inconsistency.  There's no evidence, but as always, the biggest problem with asset flips besides the plagiarism is the deplorably low quality of the other aspects of the game, and even if the game assets are genuinely created for the game, the quality of the rest of the game is indistinguishable from that of asset flips. It's VR exclusive, and that shows the developer failed to understand the most basic axiom of VR game design..…
2 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 2, 2023
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1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 5, 2026
Death Dojo is a compact virtual reality sword-fighting experience that concentrates almost entirely on the tension of confronting a dangerous opponent at close range. Instead of presenting the player as an unstoppable samurai capable of effortlessly defeating waves of enemies, the game reduces the concept to a much more intimate confrontation. Developed and published by Ken Watanabe, it is deliberately modest in scope, placing greater importance on anticipation, physical reactions, and the fear of being struck than on elaborate progression systems or lengthy adventures. The central idea is refreshingly straightforward. You enter a dojo armed with a katana and face an opponent who gradually approaches before launching an attack. Survival depends on observing the enemy, maintaining control of your weapon, defending yourself, and finding the right opportunity to land a decisive strike. The objective may sound simple, but virtual reality makes the situation considerably more personal. Having an armed opponent enter your immediate space creates tension that conventional third-person or monitor-based sword games rarely reproduce in quite the same manner. One of the game's most interest…
Recommended Oct 25, 2025
Игра «Death Dojo» — это неожиданно атмосферный экшен с элементами симулятора. Уникальная концепция: игрок управляет монахом, готовящимся к смертельной битве в дзюдо-дворце. Геймплей сочетает реалистичные боевые механики и юмористические моменты. Графика — стильная, с яркими цветами и динамичными анимациями. Звуковая сопровождение добавляет напряжения. Однако сюжет слегка поверхностен, а повторяющиеся уровни могут наскучить. Для фанатов экшена и ироничного подхода к жанру — достойный выбор.
Recommended Jul 25, 2025
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