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Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief

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Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief
Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief cover
Developers
Acquire
Publishers
NIS America
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 11, 2022
Reception
OpenCritic 61
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Open world, Stealth
Art styles Realistic
Themes Historical, Japan
Series Way of the Samurai
Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief on IGDB
Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief on Wikipedia
Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai 4 2015
Way of the Samurai 3 2016
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story 2020
Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief 2022

Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief is a remaster of Kamiwaza, originally released in Japan for PlayStation 2 in 2006. It is spiritually reminiscent of Acquire and Spike Chunsoft's Way of the Samurai series, but with a focus on stealth.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Kamiwaza\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1924810/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Kamiwaza\KAMIWAZA_SYSTEM_DATA.sav
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Kamiwaza\KAMIWAZA_GAME_DATA_##.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1924810/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Game options
Game options

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Key bindings
Key bindings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
"Confirm" action is mapped to B and "cancel" action is mapped to A and cannot be changed.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound effects/voices and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Japanese
Korean

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1, 10, 11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i7-4770
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 750
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-14
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-13
    Verified with the developer console via Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker.