games like
Samurai Shodown (2019)
Samurai Shodown (2019) leans Reads (Competitive PvP). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Fighting - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
Like Samurai Shodown (2019), but easier
Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.
7 games like Samurai Shodown (2019)
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.
Both lean on execution about the same (8 vs 8). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (8 vs 8). Biggest difference: variance (2 vs 3) - Revenge build and ganks add swings
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Both lean on execution about the same (8 vs 8). Biggest difference: variance (2 vs 1) - No RNG; match flow is entirely player-driven
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Both lean on execution about the same (8 vs 8). Biggest difference: reads (9 vs 8) - Human opponent adapts; throws, lows, sidesteps form mixup mind-games
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Both lean on execution about the same (8 vs 8). Biggest difference: reads (9 vs 8) - Perception and counter-burst exchanges are pure human reads
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Both lean on execution about the same (8 vs 8). Biggest difference: reads (9 vs 8) - Human opponents constantly adapt and condition you
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Both lean on reads about the same (9 vs 9). Biggest difference: execution (8 vs 7) - Crisp aim required but TTK is unforgiving.
full comparison →Game details
- Released
- 1993
- Developer
- SNK
- Franchise
- Samurai Shodown
- Platforms
- Arcade, neogeoaes, PS3, SNES, Wii, Genesis/MegaDrive, 3DO, FM Towns, PS1, PSP, Neo Geo CD, Sega CD, SFAM
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- IGDB critics
- 43/100
- IGDB users
- 73/100