Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

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Step into a living comic book in this new take on the Ninja Gaiden series. Brandishing his ninja sword and the mecha weapons in his cyber arm, Yaiba slaughters zombies with brutal, over-the-top abandon.

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892 reviews
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Developer:
Team NINJA
Publisher:
Koei Tecmo Games
Engine:
Unreal Engine 3
Release date:
21 March 2014
Recent Steam reviews:
Mixed (15)
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (892)

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Description

Step into a living comic book in this new take on the Ninja Gaiden series. Brandishing his ninja sword and the mecha weapons in his cyber arm, Yaiba slaughters zombies with brutal, over-the-top abandon. Will you slice enemies to pieces, crush them with Yaiba's cyborg arm or just rip off a zombie’s arms to use as nunchucks?

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Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS:
Windows®
Processor:
Dual core CPU 2.5 GHz
Memory:
3 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 or better
Storage:
7 GB available space
Sound Card:
Standard audio device

recommended*

OS:
Windows®
Processor:
Quad core 2.7 GHz or better
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 or better
Storage:
8 GB available space
Sound Card:
5.1 audio device

User reviews

Metal Bay G2
Not recommended | 11 Oct 2025
7.0h played

Please don't pretend this is a good game after Ninja Gaiden 4 releases, even if you hate NG4. The humor aged like a piece of crap on the street, the enemy variety is absolutely poor along with damage balancing for both

Helpful: 19
digimaster7
Recommended | 27 Feb 2026
9h played

pretty fun game, I don't know why the sentiment was pretty negative back then, maybe because the gameplay is different than your typical ninja gaiden. Its exactly what you expected from the cover: 2010s cell shaded gory

Helpful: 9
isGrayson
Not recommended | 16 Jun 2025
10.5h played

Counter in this game is flucking useless. The only main reason that I mind the most, everything else's decent, but Parrying mechanic in this game just ruined it all. I'd rather Sekiro. F this. This was such a waste of

Helpful: 0
→°InQ●•
Recommended | 21 Oct 2025
19.0h played

For a game from 2014, it still holds up remarkably well. Mixed reviews likely stem from its hardware demands. I play on a Raider GE77 HX laptop, and I’ll admit I often got frustrated when the game crashed or wouldn’t

Helpful: 3
Drapii
Recommended | 18 May 2026
13.3h played

really fun game about a zombie cyborg killing actual zombies. Combat is so well designed even when some things could be changed and it dosen't feel floaty at all, your main enemy in the game is bad camera and some

Helpful: 0
xxadonisxx
Recommended | 12 May 2026
13.1h played

YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z is a chaotic hack-and-slash action game that completely abandons the serious tone and technical precision of the traditional Ninja Gaiden series in favor of exaggerated violence, comic-book

Helpful: 0