Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Developer(s)Mimimi Productions
Publisher(s)Daedalic Entertainment
Kalypso Media (console)
Director(s)Dominik Abé
Designer(s)Martin Hamberger
Moritz Wagner
Felix Friedlein
Programmer(s)Dominik Abé
Artist(s)Bianca Dörr
Writer(s)Martin Hamberger
Dennis Huszak
Composer(s)Filippo Beck Peccoz
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows, macOS, Linux
  • WW: December 6, 2016
PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • EU: July 28, 2017
  • NA: August 1, 2017
Amazon Luna
  • US: October 20, 2020
Genre(s)Real-time tactics
Mode(s)Single-player

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth-oriented real-time tactics video game developed by Mimimi Productions and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The gameplay is similar to that of the Commandos and Desperados series. It was released on December 6, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux, in July 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and for Amazon Luna on October 20, 2020.

A standalone expansion for the game titled Aiko's Choice was released in December 2021. It has five missions on new maps but adds no new gameplay features.