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9 Monkeys of Shaolin

84% positive of 730 Steam reviews

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Released
2020
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Sobaka Studio. Published by ESDigital Games.

About the game

The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village. So get your trusty battle staff ready for a challenging adventure in Medieval China and for merciless fights with hordes of various enemies.

Tagged by players

  • Ninja
  • Martial Arts
  • Beat 'em up
  • Fighting
  • Online Co-Op
  • Co-op
  • 2D Fighter
  • Local Co-Op
  • Side Scroller
  • Hack and Slash
  • Third Person
  • Character Customization

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    Good combat, and that's about it. It didn't feel totally right to give the game a negative review, but I hope I can justify it well enough. The combat is well done. There's depth and plenty of combos you can produce, movement works well in most arenas, and parrying worked fine for me (having a very generous window), and you are able to move to your next action almost immediately. It's satisfying and fun. Enemies…

    1.5 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    It explores some rarely explored ideas and sometimes you really feel like a guy doing a taolu/kata fighting multiple opponents, but it seriously lacks polish. Upgrades feel meaningless and plentiful, Qi feels rarely needed, there's a lot of buttons yet the game is a walk through the park. Third of the game feels like a QTE. By all means get it if you think you'd like an easy unbalanced brawler, but for me it's on…

    3.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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