Join us as we sneak by way of the shadows in the hunt for the most effective Ninja video games of 2022, wielding our katanas and chucking smoke bombs in each path!

I’ve all the time needed to be a Ninja. They’re effortlessly cool, sneaking out and in of shadows and showing in locations the place you least count on them and not using a sound.

And their expertise with a blade are second to none. Plus, they put on plenty of black, so technically they’re simply hardcore goths, proper?

Luckily for many of my household and associates, there’ll by no means be a world by which I turn out to be a Ninja. That means there’s no likelihood of me getting myself killed or bragging about the truth that I’m a stealthy legend at each likelihood I get.

The following video games embody all of the thriller and intrigue of this elite combating power, encapsulating unbelievable Japanese tales and components of folklore that may go away you eager to do extra analysis.

Hey, any video games that promote studying are okay in my ebook!

So, let’s crack on and take a look at the most effective Ninja video games of all time. Can you all simply wait whereas I fade into the background earlier than you keep on studying?

(Ok, I’m within the subsequent room. Start studying!)

Let’s kick off this checklist of the most effective Ninja video games with essentially the most Ninja sounding title on the market – Ninja Blade.

What occurs when experimental parasites create tremendous robust monsters after infecting human hosts?

The world sends a strike squad of Ninjas to type out the issue, that’s what!

This is a narrative of saving the world whereas coping with betrayal in your staff. An excellent previous revenge story, that’s what we like right here at Retro Dodo!

Play as Ken Ogawa as you progress by way of ranges that provide you with severe worth for cash. This recreation appears to go on ceaselessly!

Upgrade weapons by killing enemies and amassing gadgets. Get caught into QTE eventualities and chase the extent boss right through the extent from the very starting of every stage.

Let’s chat graphics for a second. The Xbox 360 got here out in 2005, however this recreation nonetheless appears phenomenal. I nonetheless get amazed each time I see the cityscape or discover myself within the warmth of battle, katana drawn and prepared for motion.

I may need to jot down the remainder of this text in Ninja gear, I’m getting too excited already!

One of essentially the most thrilling Ninja video games for the PS4 is the The Messenger. Like the eighth title in our checklist beneath, it boasts a retro really feel whereas championing easy gameplay and slick visuals.

If you’re into your MetroidVania titles and maybe among the titles that featured in our greatest indie video games on Nintendo Switch, then The Messenger will maintain you enthralled for a really very long time.

With components of time journey and admittedly ginormous bosses just like the one within the picture beneath, there’s lots for Ninja followers to sink their sword into.

While gamers management a Ninja all through the sport, there isn’t as a lot of a have to be stealthy and sneak up on folks. Imagine if Monster World IV had a Ninja as an alternative of Asha, and also you’ll get the final really feel of the gameplay.

This is a reasonably humorous recreation too, with comedic characters and a use of dry humour all through that make it an pleasing title to play many times.

And the music… what a soundtrack. If you possibly can choose up a replica of this soundtrack on vinyl, I positively suggest giving it a hear!

Shadow of the Ninja takes us all the way in which again to the times of the NES. Imagine if a sadistic ruler conquered New York City and also you have been the one one who may cease them.

Look on the recreation case above; Hayate has a robotic arm. Remember that while you get right down to the title in tenth spot.

This recreation has a robust Castlevania really feel to it, with gamers transferring by way of side-scrolling ranges killing enemies and squaring as much as big bosses on the finish.

Play as both Lord Hayate or Lady Kaeda, kick-ass Ninjas that somersault and slash as they choose up new weapons and discover powerups to offer them the sting over their opponents.

Though with these epic katanas, I believe they’ve received all the sting they want!

And what two essential characters means? Two-player co-op!

Next up in our checklist of the The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game, one of many video games that I do know many people grabbed without cost in the course of the Coronavirus lockdowns.

What a present; this stopped me from shedding my marbles!

A LEGO recreation about LEGO Ninjas; what’s to not love. It’s the third recreation within the Lego Movie recreation sequence and essentially the most motion packed.

Swords often make issues far more harmful, even within the LEGO world!

If you’re a fan of all the most effective LEGO video games, then there’s nothing new concerning the formulation right here. It’s the tried and examined combination of motion and comedy that makes all of the Traveller’s Tales video games so addictive.

And to say the world is made from bricks and studs, it appears fairly spectacular!

Fans of the film will know all concerning the areas within the recreation. There are 8 to play by way of, all along with your Lego sword in hand. There’s 4 participant compatibility too!

My recommendation can be to observe the film first earlier than having a go on the recreation. You’ll get pleasure from it ten occasions extra that method!

Aragami takes the eleventh spot in our checklist of the most effective Ninja video games of all time!

What is extra highly effective than a vengeful Ninja? How about enjoying as a spirit with Ninja talents and the power to manage the shadows?

Yeah, I reckon that might do it!

Aragami is alleged spirit, and over the course of the sport, you’ll uncover extra about who you might be and the way you got here to be, with plenty of combating and blood combined in alongside some fantastical fantasy components alongside the way in which.

Hide amongst the shadows that you just management and transfer silently between them as you wipe your enemies off the face of the earth.

You’ll come to grasp that you’re sure to the woman that summoned you into this world. As nicely as sneakily killing your enemies, you could battle with your complete Army of Light and rescue your maker.

The graphics are unreal on this recreation too, and Aragami may nicely be one of many coolest characters I’ve ever managed in a online game. If you’re on the lookout for a cool Halloween costume, then you definitely simply discovered one!

The graphics in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice are out of this world. Even the identify, Shadows Die Twice provides me the chills!

There’s a cause that this title received the accolade of Best Action Game. Having the minds behind the Dark Souls sequence engaged on it was all the time going to assist, however the storyline and its titular character are each extraordinary and positively turned the heads of each players and reviewers alike.

Play as a warrior known as ‘the one-armed wolf’, a fighter overcoming adversity with a disfigurement that has attracted plenty of negativity from folks you actually don’t need as enemies.

Still, a unique arm didn’t cease Hayate in Shadow of the Ninja, did it!

I don’t see why having a kick ass prosthetic arm is a weak point, and neither will you after enjoying Shadows Die Twice.

Let’s discuss concerning the arm. A loaded axe, flame vent, and Sabimuru blade are three of the issues that the one-armed wolf can convey out in battle.

Matched with insane Ninjitsu strikes all wrapped up in stealthy strikes and spectacular feats of athleticism, this recreation could have you sitting on the sting of your seat very quickly.

Crawling silently into ninth place in our Ninja video games checklist is Shadow Warrior 2. It’s additionally an extremely costly title too; you may have to sneak right into a citadel and steal some loot to have the ability to afford it.

Like the the primary recreation, gamers management the free lipped mercenary Lo Wang. If Deadpool have been a Ninja, then you definitely’d have Lo Wang.

What do you do while you reside in a world the place each demons and people are out to kill you? What occurs once they each staff as much as get you too?

Is fall in your sword an possibility?

From the Wang Cave (positively suspect) to the luscious, randomly generated areas of this fantastically open title, gamers may wander round for hours simply taking within the sights and exploring secret areas.

Let’s speak about among the weapons on this recreation too.

You can seize maintain of 70 weapons comprising of tonnes of swords and weapons. Short swords, duck blades, and naturally, the enduring katana are just some of the shut vary weapons out there for slicing up baddies.

You may even imbue weapons with magic to make your assaults extra devastating. Or, … simply chop off an arm so your opponent can’t shoot you. That’ll just do advantageous.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun doesn’t particularly appear to be a PS4 title at first look. This isometric title has a really nostalgic vibe to it, paying homage to titles like Diablo and Baldur’s Gate.

If you want enjoying video games like Risk however want that the technique components have been multiplied by about 10 million, then Blades of the Shogun is certainly for you.

The entire intention of this recreation is to infiltrate with out detection. Move silently by way of hordes of enemies as you break into castles or manoeuvre your method right into a hidden monastery with out a lot as a peep.

Each member of the staff that you just management has a unique attribute. While some dispatch unhealthy guys from afar utilizing throwing stars, others place traps or depend on brute power and bravado within the face of hazard.

Obviously, there’s a time and a spot for every of those attributes, and it’s as much as you to drag in the fitting individual for the job at any given second.

Use your tactical thoughts to beat challenges of accelerating problem.

This is one heck of an intriguing recreation and the right title for flexing your most essential muscle – that large ‘ol mind of yours!

The seventh spot in our sneaky Ninja video games checklist goes to the PS1 basic Ninja: Shadow of Darkness.

Players step into the silent sneakers of Kurosawa, a Ninja who should work his method by way of 11 spellbinding ranges defeating enemies and finishing puzzles alongside the way in which.

Rather than a particularly stealth-orientated title, Shadow of Darkness has a platformer really feel about it. Imagine Goeman crossed with Fighting Force; platforming with beat em up and weapons.

In a unique world, we might have been enjoying this recreation on the Sega Saturn. Perhaps the truth that Sega was in a downward spiral of its personal doing is why this recreation ended up on the PS1.

Either method, it positively helped to push the video games recognition tenfold.

Use throwing stars, wield spells, and pull off strikes in epic hand-to-hand fight, all by way of nicely designed ranges that also look slick on the PS1 even at the moment.

If we’re speaking about ninja video games, then we are able to’t miss out the enduring Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master.

This recreation was method simpler to play than the primary 2 Shinobi video games. Granted, it’s nonetheless not a stroll within the park, nevertheless it’s far more pleasing to play as you possibly can truly make progress with out tearing your hair out.

Return of the Ninja Master required plenty of agile ability. It was smoother, the weapons have been extra superior, and the entire thing was simply a lot nicer to play.

Take cost of Joe Mushashi as soon as extra, this time squaring off in opposition to the notorious Neo Zeed, presumably the most effective unhealthy man identify ever.

Utilise finely honed Ninjitsu expertise as you put together for a showdown with the Number 1 Zeed (see what I did there). It’s an intense and attention-grabbing recreation filled with motion and the most effective 2D video games I’ve ever performed.

A recreation a few vengeful Ninja made by a staff known as Team Ninja… Ninja Gaiden Black is the true deal alright!

Can you bear in mind enjoying this recreation for the primary time and simply feeling sheer despair at how tough it was? It made the primary two Shinobi video games appear to be early Bubble Bobble video games.

Imagine Returnal and Dark Souls-style problem combined with Ninja stealth and sneaky attacking, all set in the identical universe as Dead or Alive.

I do know, it simply will get higher, doesn’t it!

Ryu Hayabusa is, and all the time will probably be, the most effective online game characters of all time. He’s a Master Ninja, which I suppose is like being a grasp carpenter.

The essential distinction is he’s carving up enemies as an alternative of wooden.

Your mission is to avenge the fallen members of your clan, killed cruelly in chilly blood. Pull off stealthy kills, run up partitions, and do a great deal of Ninja-esque strikes and flips that may make your eyes go huge with amazement.

Fans of Zelda will love the puzzle components in NGB too. It’s received slightly little bit of every thing, however principally Ninja-stabbing motion.

Bushido Blade takes the 4th spot in our compendium of the best Ninja video games. It’s a Squaresoft title, which implies it already comes with that assure of awesomeness earlier than you even open the wrapper.

And sure, assure of awesomeness is the technical time period.

How do I describe this recreation to you? Imagine Mortal Kombat, however everyone seems to be holding a katana. Blood, blades, and Ninja clothes.

Yeah, that’s all of the advertising marketing campaign wanted to be.

One of the issues I like about this recreation is that rounds could be want in a single blow. If you time an assault proper, you actually can end an opponnent with one strike.

Of course, in case you each know what you’re doing, then matches can final a very long time. At least, when the killing blow comes, it’s often fast, albeit extremely bloody.

Characters could be wounded and start to hobble too, slowly bleeding out as you toy with them. There is not any well being bar or time restrict; the sport ends when the participant’s life does.

Whenever Retro Dodo’s Brandon has irritated me, I wish to make him endure on this recreation.

Needless to say, we play it fairly repeatedly.

If you might be incapable of being stealthy, then Tenchu: Stealth Assasins isn’t for you.

To be sincere, many of the video games on this checklist aren’t for you in case you can’t be stealthy, so I’m questioning why you’re right here?

Fans of Ghost of Tsushima want this title of their lives. It’s jam-packed filled with attention-grabbing Japanese lore and follows the transfer from Samurais to Ninjas.

Kill a variety of extraordinary enemies from Japanese mythology and fairytales too. We’re speaking every thing from males to trolls and even demons!

If you’re a fan of Metal Gear Solid, Thief, Syphon Filter, and different video games of an analogous ilk, then the Tenchu video games will probably be proper up your road.

Sometimes, it’s holding again and never making a transfer that may imply the distinction between success and failure. Picking the fitting second to strike is essential.

And, with the assistance of the greatest PS1 HDMI cables, this recreation appears epic on newer TVs too!

Shinobido: Way of the Ninja baggage the silver medal in todays Ninja video games checklist. Pre 2020, this title would have been at Number 1 and not using a shadow of a doubt.

As it stands, it’s been pushed again to a really respectable particular place. Heck, we’ll give it the Retro Dodo Game Of Honour award to make it really feel higher.

Many players say that there are a great deal of similarities between Shinbodo and the Tenchu video games, and I’d are likely to agree. The stealth components are far more intense, nonetheless; even canine can alert guards to your presence!

Levels could be performed in any order too, and the selection of mission that you just take has a direct impact on how folks reply to you.

Ninjas don’t simply use blades both. These guys are sneaky and combat within the shadows.

Use smoke bombs, take power potions, and strike from behind whereas your opponent is wanting the opposite method.

It is likely to be combating with out honour, however honour often will get you killed.

Collect magical stones that inform you what occurred in your previous as you piece collectively the occasions that led as much as your clan being killed.

The outcomes are in, and the Retro Dodo Ninja’s have delivered them to us and not using a sound. Ghost of Tsushima is formally the most effective Ninja recreation on the planet proper now!

I imply, it needed to be, didn’t it? It’s one of the vital superbly made video games of all time with a soundtrack that by no means fails to offer me goosebumps.

Ghosts lately took the highest spot in our greatest open world PS4 video games article, and for superb cause. Visually, it’s a tour de power, with a lot thriller and surprise wrapped into each single aspect of the sport.

Just searching for these birds that lead you to secrets and techniques is wonderful by itself, by no means thoughts the battles and deep storyline operating all through.

The essential character, Jin Sakai, is an honourable Samurai in a world that’s forgetting what honour and custom actually imply. Players be a part of him as he slowly turns into a Ghost in a world the place the artwork of the Ninja and stealth are paving the way in which ahead.

Fighting Mongols, battling in one-hit-kill mode, using your horse by way of the breathtaking panorama. It’s every thing we may ever dream of and extra.

The little touches make all of the distinction too. Seeing Jin flick blood from his sword after he makes a kill by no means will get previous. There’s even a standard Black and White mode too, in addition to the epic Legends recreation that gamers can dive into with associates.

Ghosts of Tsushima is a worthy winner of our greatest Ninja video games checklist, nevertheless it’s essential to keep in mind that with out most of the different titles on this checklist, we most likely wouldn’t be enjoying it at the moment.

Take a second to pay homage to Shadow of the Blade and launch the interior Ninja in you.