Where to get it

2024 · Point N' Sheep · Beat 'em up · Adventure

Bloodless

Nintendo console exclusive

Stylish retro, action-adventure game featuring fast-paced combat centered around ronin Tomoe's signature dash-counter mechanic, fighting with nothing but her bare fists to disarm her former allies, the samurai army of Shogun Akechi.

Released: 29 August 2024
Platforms: Nintendo Switch Windows
Genres: Beat 'em up Adventure Indie
Developers: Point N' Sheep
Publishers: 3D Realms
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric Side view
Themes: Action
Engine: Unity
Age ratings: ESRB T PEGI 12
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Features: Family Sharing Full controller support Single-player Steam Cloud Steam achievements
Time to beat: 7.5hmain story9hcompletionist

›Story

The game takes place in a fictional world inspired by the Shogunate Japan.

The player takes control of Tomoe - a former captain of the shogun who became a ronin after seeing too much bloodshed and losing her sister in battle while in service of the shogun. She deserted her homeland nation, Bakugawa, and wandered the world for almost 20 years.

With newfound wisdom and resolve she returns to Bakugawa to confront her past and, finding that the problems that drove her away still permeates the land, she strives to bring bring peace to it.

To achieve her goals and face the shogun she needs to deal with his soldiers using her non-lethal disarming technique while making allies from an the apathetic people of Bakugawa.