
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Aug 25 → 0.29/day in the week after.
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Sums Steam only; GOG, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $4.99 | 983reviews | 79% | — | $104.9K |
| $2.49−50% | 63ratings | 76% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
Themes across 46 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
This game has an excellent presentation with the artwork and story cutscenes, even the in-game graphics are really cool for a 8 bit title. Sadly its the gameplay itself that is woeful and lacks polish. I am no stranger to difficult 8 bit games but something about this gameplay just feels completely off especially with the timing. Its almost as if the the developer that designed the game played it and found it too easy. instead of reworking the levels and enemy placements it feels like they just increased the speed of the game by 2. It's a real pity because there are some interesting things going on creatively. But I would rather just get my 8bit action platformer fix from NES titles like : Ninja Gaiden Shatterhand Batman
忍者龍剣伝の影響を強く感じるアクションゲー 長さ的にもショートの類だけど、操作性良く大変面白かったです。 ボス系とかもパターン覚えればしっかり攻略できるので、トライアンドエラーって点でも歯ごたえがしっかりありました。 実績難易度に関しては★2から3 最短クリア関係が先駆者の動画見て何処をゴリ押しするかとか しっかり分析しないとイケないのと 着地した瞬間に攻撃デキるなど、主人公の攻撃の特徴をしっかり理解しないと無理レベル。 ボスラッシュモードもほぼ完璧に敵の動きを読まないとダメ 一部ボスの特徴や癖など、動画見て理解した上で突破できたかも。 コンプするとしたらしっかり死にまくることになるけど、達成度は十分満足デキるかと思います。 Switch版では日本語化されてるみたいだけど ショートの類でもシナリオちゃんと読みたかったなぁ。
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 46 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Oniken is one of those retro throwbacks that proudly refuses to respect your time. Enemies spawn aggressively, mistakes are punished instantly and the game rarely explains what it expects from you. The controls are decent, the soundtrack goes hard, and the aesthetic nails the old-school vibe. Unfortunately, the difficulty often feels more annoying than challenging, like it’s daring you to quit. It has its moments, but they’re buried under frustration and trial-and-error deaths. Worth a look if you love tough games, but don’t expect mercy. [b][7/10][/b]
I think a lot of retro platformers miss what made the 8-bit era so cool. Oniken does not. It has great levels, fun action, and while it can be difficult at times it isn't frustratingly so.
Frustrating in some parts but I did enjoy it. Definitely feels like an old game. Great deal if you get it on sale.
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[b]Достоинства:[/b] + [i]Аутентичность[/i]. Игра заявлена как любовное послание эре 8-битных игр на NES, и в правдивости заявления сомневаться не приходится. Набор звуков и цветов соответствует оригиналу; здесь не встретишь неряшливых хипстерских пиксель-артов с tumblr. Есть, правда, подозрение, что некоторых боссов стандартный картридж на NES бы не вытянул: в них слишком много деталей. [b]Может не устроить:[/b] = [i]Графика, музыка, дизайн[/i]. Как уже было сказано, они "идентичны натуральному". Если вам этого мало - эта игра вам не подходит. = [i]Управление[/i] героем слегка нерасторопно. Великий мастер меча находится где-то посередине между бешеным и вёртким Рю Хаябуза из Ninja Gaiden и деревянным Джо Мусаши из Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi. Несколько раз за игру вы обязательно чертыхнётесь из-за недостатка динамики в самых сложных ситуациях. = [i]Сюжет[/i], как и положено играм данного жанра, слаб и полон клише. Впрочем, видел я и [i]намного[/i] хуже (я смотрю на тебя, Double Dragon IV). По крайней мере, здесь есть неожиданно красивые и детализированные заставки. = [i]Сложность[/i], отсеивающая казуалов почти сразу, а более опытных игроков - чуть позже. Эта игра совсем не для слабых. Желание не осилить и бросить настигало меня несколько раз. [b]Недостатки:[/b] - [i]Дизайн пятого уровня[/i] - это совсем уж перебор. Мало того, что жутко сложно, ещё и невыносимо длинно. Перепроходить этот марафон - "удовольствие" ещё то. - Местами наличествует возможность бесконечно фармить очки. Для игры с таблицей рекордов это не комильфо. Откровенно вдохновлённый классической серией Ninja Gaiden боевик получился... адекватным. Игроки, понимающие, с чем имеют дело, останутся довольны; все остальные в ужасе разбегутся через 15 минут игры. Проблема лишь во вторичности и технических ограничениях: никаких сюрпризов игра не преподнесёт, и никакой глубины не выдаст. Вы получаете то, что видите на скриншотах, и ни пикселем больше. Inessential. [b][u]Итоговая оценка:[/u][/b] 6/10.
Oniken is a fun side-scroller inspired by old pixelated games like Ninja Gaiden and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, following the same level of difficulty and challenge while being accompanied by a nice soundtrack. Unfortunately, the game has far too many inexcusable technical limitations and bugs to be truly recommendable.
Hell no! Level Design and mechanics don't feel fair. Feels like an LJN game.
if you cant appreciate this, you're just too young
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
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