Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
- Released
- 2019
- Developer
- FromSoftware
- Platforms
- 4 systems
- Critics
- 88
- Steam Deck
- verified
- Download
- 25 GB
What is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 22 March 2019 |
|---|---|
| Developer | FromSoftware, Yoshitaka Suzuki |
| Publisher | Cubejoy, FromSoftware |
| Platforms | PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam Deck |
| Genres | Action Adventure |
| Languages | 13 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q54906424, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Full controller support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | full support |
| Cloud saves | Yes |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | verified |
| Download size | 25 GB |
| Add-on content | None listed |
| Age gate | 17+ |
Content descriptors
- Frequent violence or gore
- General mature content
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.
- Performance and stutter9 of 300 (3%)
Stock, it's FPS capped at 60 and locked at 16:9.
Steam review, 1 August 2026 · 55 hours played · 25 readers marked it helpfulIf I wouldn't use frame gen to play with 120 fps this would truly suck.
Steam review, 8 July 2026 · 41 hours played · 5 readers marked it helpful
A further 5 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.
Games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
24 games overlap with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition, Vampyr and Darksiders III.
Common questions about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
What platforms is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on?
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam Deck. It first released in 2019.
How much does Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice cost?
$59.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?
95% of 354,843 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Overwhelmingly Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?
88 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
Does Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice as verified on the Steam Deck, from its own testing. That means it works out of the box with no configuration.
How big is the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice download?
25 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.