ISSEN: Samurai Slash
One breath, one perfect cut
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Breathe, focus, and unleash one perfect cut. A sumi-e samurai timing game where a single flash of the blade decides everything. Free to play.
ISSEN is a calm-then-explosive samurai timing game. Breathe, focus, and release a single perfect stroke. In the stillness of a sumi-e ink world, one flash of the blade decides everything.
THE WAY OF ONE CUT
Wait for the moment. Swipe one arc to slash every target in range. A dead-center cut becomes a True Issen - time slows, ink bursts across the screen, and your combo soars. One stroke can cut several at once.
A SUMI-E INK WORLD
Hand-painted Japanese ink-wash visuals: black sumi ink, a single stroke of vermilion, and the beauty of empty space. Stillness and motion in sharp contrast - quiet calm, broken only by the flash of your blade.
BREATH AND FOCUS
Land True Issen cuts and keep your combo to fill the Breath gauge. Release it to enter focus: the world slows, the cut window widens, and you chain huge combos in the decisive moment.
READ THE FLAMES
- Red: cut it - a dead-center hit is a True Issen
- Blue: timing targets to read and slash
- Gold: cuts only on a perfect center hit - a big bonus that restores a life
MORE TO MASTER
- Boss duels: one-on-one showdowns
- Daily Cut: a fixed daily challenge, the same for everyone
- Dojo: unlock 6 blade-trail skins
- Records and encyclopedia: chase your personal bests
- Stage select: replay any cleared stage
FEATURES
- Pure one-stroke control - easy to learn, deep to master
- Satisfying slow-motion on every perfect cut
- Original Japanese instrumental soundtrack (shakuhachi and koto)
- 12 languages supported
- One-handed, portrait play
- No internet required after install
Free to play, supported by ads.
Breathe. Focus. The world slows. Then - one flash.
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Smaller download size and smoother performance.
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- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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Information
- Seller
- Kenji Kobayashi
- Size
- 174.2 MB
- Category
- Action
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 11 more
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Frequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
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