Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Overview

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is a 2025 hack and slash platform game developed by The Game Kitchen and published by Dotemu under the license of Koei Tecmo. A spin-off of the Ninja Gaiden series created by Team Ninja, Ragebound was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on July 31, 2025.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is a side-scrolling action video game. In the game, the player assumes control of Kenji Mozu, an aspiring ninja who must protect Hayabusa Village against demons. Kenji wields a katana and excels at melee combat. Most enemies can be killed with one hit, though the game also introduces enemy variants and boss characters who can survive multiple attacks. Occasionally, some enemies are highlighted with either a pink or blue color, requiring players to defeat them using certain techniques.

Ryu Hayabusa is training promising new recruits for the Dragon Ninja clan when suddenly, the barrier between the world of the demons and the world of humans is shattered. As demons start to pour through the invisible chasm, Ryu gets a letter from his father, telling him to take the Dragon Sword to America and find a certain man that will set off the events of Ninja Gaiden (1988). In his absence, Ryu's protege Kenji Mozu volunteers to defend the village from demon incursion. Meanwhile, the base of the Black Spider Ninja clan is attacked by a separate wave of demons.

The game was developed by The Game Kitchen. Dotemu was given the opportunity by Koei Tecmo to create a 2D Ninja Gaiden game, and approached The Game Kitchen as a development partner as they were impressed by their work on Blasphemous. The studio began working on the project about halfway through the development of Blasphemous II.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound received "generally favorable" reviews, on review aggregator platform Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 92% of critics. In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 32 out of 40, with each critic awarding the game an 8 out of 10.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

Developer

The Game Kitchen

Publisher

DotEmu

Series

Ninja Gaiden

Engine

Unity

Platforms

Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ACB

MA 15+

PEGI

16

ESRB

T

Release dates

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies36

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

5

Silver

9

Bronze

21

Total

36

Points

1335

Platinum time

10 to 15 hours

Difficulty

3 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Online trophies

0

• Be Always Brave Unlock all the Trophies. Platinum 7.59% of players
• Legacy Finish the Prologue. Bronze 12.85% of players
• Path of the Ninja Finish Act 1. Bronze 10.92% of players
• Path of the Spider Finish Act 2. Bronze 10.43% of players
• Bladewalker Finish Act 3. Bronze 9.32% of players
• Venom Unlock Ending A. Gold 8.61% of players
• Inner Peace Unlock Ending B. Gold 8.82% of players
• Endless Struggle Finish the secret final level. Gold 7.94% of players
• Window Shopper Visit Muramasa's Shop. Bronze 11.15% of players
• Demon Altar Interact with a Demon Altar for the first time. Bronze 10.31% of players
• Ultimate Ninja Get your first S rank. Bronze 9.55% of players
• Legendary Ninja Get your first S++ rank. Silver 8.51% of players
• Undercover Ninja Unlock a Secret Ops level. Bronze 10.71% of players
• Shadow Warriors Unlock and finish all Secret Ops levels. Silver 8.05% of players
• Gold Hunter Find a Golden Scarab. Bronze 11.98% of players
• Meliora Find a Triple Scarab. Bronze 11.07% of players
• Legendary Hunter Find all Scarabs. Silver 7.94% of players
• A Test of Valor Find a Crystal Skull. Bronze 13.15% of players
• The Fate of the Giant Find all Crystal Skulls. Gold 7.97% of players
• Better Equipped Purchase any Talisman. Bronze 11% of players
• Talisman Collector Purchase all Talismans. Silver 8.03% of players
• A Spider's Weapon Purchase any Secret Arts item. Bronze 9.69% of players
• Secret Arts Collector Purchase all Secret Arts items. Silver 7.95% of players
• Weapon Hoarder Purchase all items from Muramasa's Shop. Gold 7.93% of players
• Demon Vanquisher Slay 3,000 enemies. Bronze 8.23% of players
• The Way of the Hayabusa Clan Slay 500 enemies with Hypercharged Attacks. Bronze 8.06% of players
• High Efficiency Slay 7 enemies at once using a single attack. Bronze 8.1% of players
• Ninja Revenge! Slay any enemy that previously killed you. Bronze 11.27% of players
• The Power of Two Defeat Gurthka. Bronze 10.93% of players
• Tentacle Crusher Defeat Obsidrae. Bronze 9.64% of players
• A Colossal Warrior Defeat Deikrag. Bronze 9.43% of players
• A Fly in our Web Defeat Rhyvashi. Bronze 9.36% of players
• Art of the Inferno Finish 1-2 without taking any Fire damage. Silver 7.85% of players
• The Swiftness of the Spider Finish 2-2 after picking up all collectibles on the same run. Silver 9.29% of players
• The Challenge of the Mountain Finish 3-2 without dying. Silver 8.2% of players
• Hanging in the Bullet Finish 4-5 without falling into the abyss. Silver 8.15% of players

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

DotEmu

Developer

The Game Kitchen

Released

2025-07-31

Age rating

ESRB T

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6.5 hours