The Legend of Kage
The Legend of Kage is a 1985 hack and slash platform game developed and published by Taito for arcades. The player controls the ninja Kage, with the objective being to get through five stages in order to save the princess Kirihime. These stages are littered with enemies, but Kage has various skills and weapons on his hands in order to get through them.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1986
- Developer
- Taito
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 18 April 1986 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Taito |
| Publisher | Taito |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | action game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2585558, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is The Legend of Kage? How long to beat it
Total play time for The Legend of Kage is about 0.7 hours to do everything, and around 0.3 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 0.3h | 20 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 0.5h | 2 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 0.7h | 3 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where The Legend of Kage sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where The Legend of Kage lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 38ahead of 2% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 22ahead of 67% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about The Legend of Kage
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Common questions about The Legend of Kage
What platforms is The Legend of Kage on?
The Legend of Kage is available on Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1986.
Who made The Legend of Kage?
The Legend of Kage was developed by Taito and published by Taito.
How long does it take to beat The Legend of Kage?
about 0.3 hours for the main story, 0.5 hours with the main extras, 0.7 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.