Daisho: Survival of a Samurai
Released Jun 2025
Daisho: Survival of a Samurai is an Action RPG with casual survival game mechanics and big village-building possibilities. You'll experience a new type of survival game with quests, continuous open world progression, monthly events and your dumb ways to die not harming your fun level.
69% positive · 519 reviews
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Released, ongoing live service game
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Live Service
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Released, ongoing live service game
High confidence
Live Service
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Daisho: Survival of a Samurai is a free-to-play live service Action RPG built around perpetual, rotating content. The store description explicitly advertises "monthly events," "seasonal events," and lists upcoming features still in development (co-op building, mini-games, achievements, Dojo PVP leaderboards). The game's structure — battle pass seasons cycling every 28 days, a PvP Arena that resets every two weeks, regular seasonal festivals, and an in-game currency economy — is the hallmark of a game designed to operate indefinitely rather than reach a "complete" state.
The developer has shipped a consistent cadence of major updates: version 1.5.0 (October 6, 2023), 1.6.0 (October 27, 2023), 1.7.0 (November 23, 2023), 1.8.0 (December 11, 2023), 2.0.0 (January 30, 2024), and 2.1.0 (March 9, 2024). A December 27, 2023 developer Q&A confirmed ongoing plans for new locations, story content, expanded mechanics, and features like controller support — framing the game as a long-term live product. A 2024 roadmap was also published on December 28, 2023.
The most recent activity logged is a hotfix on February 26, 2026, showing the developer is still actively maintaining the game. The Steam release date of June 10, 2025 represents this title's arrival on Steam, but the game itself has been operating as a live service with this content structure for considerably longer across platforms.
Evidence
Update 2.1.0 introduced PvP Arena with two-week cycles and ranked rewards, deepening the live service structure with recurring competitive seasons.
Update 2.0.0 added the Samurai Legends game mode, a new Lunar New Year festive season, and reworked in-game economies — continuing the pattern of major seasonal content drops.
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Developer
Publisher
Colossi Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP
About this game
Daisho: Survival of a Samurai is an Action RPG with casual survival game mechanics and big village-building possibilities. You'll experience a new type of survival game with quests, continuous open world progression, monthly events and your dumb ways to die not harming your fun level.
Chop every tree, hunt rabbits and deer, stone and copper mining - resource management are a staple of every survival game, and Daisho is no different. However, we threw away the hunger games in favor of a replenishing stamina pool so you can start every game session on exploration instead of just preventing yourself from dying.
From setting up your first camp to building an entire Japanese village, you'll be pretty busy making a home for yourself and all the rescued souls that turn up to settle as workers. Manage their resource refining jobs, build houses and beautify the city with fountains and other decor.
Craft your weaponry from a selection of clubs, katanas, bows, spears and more. Upgrade them to make pointy ends even more pointy, embellish your craft with gems and their attributes, and poke around at the Shogun armies, bandit bosses and other generally unfriendly folk.
Dive into dark medieval history and unravel the story of Oda Nobunaga, known as the great Japanese unifier; lead the siege to the stronghold of Kyoto, or rebuild the ancient estates and temples around Mount Fuji. Learning about history has never been more fun!
Keep coming back for freshly designed seasonal events as they happen. Missed one? Don't worry, we've put them into your game progression and keep them fresh every year.
Not at home? Experience Daisho: Survival of a Samurai on your phone or Steam Deck, fully optimized for the mobile gaming experience. And we're working to make your savegame available fully cross-platform.
And many more features to come:
Events ⭐ Quests ⭐ Talent Trees ⭐ Coop Building⭐ Mini Games ⭐ Achievements ⭐ Dojo PVP Leaderboards ⭐ Guilds & Chat
As developers of Daisho: Survival of a Samurai, we hope you enjoy our casual approach to the Survival RPG genre. We are always happy to get in touch directly with our players and gather feedback - hop onto our Discord: 💬
Thanks and have fun surviving!
🏹 Survival Games, casualized
Chop every tree, hunt rabbits and deer, stone and copper mining - resource management are a staple of every survival game, and Daisho is no different. However, we threw away the hunger games in favor of a replenishing stamina pool so you can start every game session on exploration instead of just preventing yourself from dying.
🏛️ Build your own Japanese village estate
From setting up your first camp to building an entire Japanese village, you'll be pretty busy making a home for yourself and all the rescued souls that turn up to settle as workers. Manage their resource refining jobs, build houses and beautify the city with fountains and other decor.
⚔️ Carry a big stick (mind the pointy end)
Craft your weaponry from a selection of clubs, katanas, bows, spears and more. Upgrade them to make pointy ends even more pointy, embellish your craft with gems and their attributes, and poke around at the Shogun armies, bandit bosses and other generally unfriendly folk.
🗺️ Explore Japan and its dungeons
Dive into dark medieval history and unravel the story of Oda Nobunaga, known as the great Japanese unifier; lead the siege to the stronghold of Kyoto, or rebuild the ancient estates and temples around Mount Fuji. Learning about history has never been more fun!
📅 Enjoy Seasonal Events
Keep coming back for freshly designed seasonal events as they happen. Missed one? Don't worry, we've put them into your game progression and keep them fresh every year.
📱 Put Japan in your pocket
Not at home? Experience Daisho: Survival of a Samurai on your phone or Steam Deck, fully optimized for the mobile gaming experience. And we're working to make your savegame available fully cross-platform.
And many more features to come:
Events ⭐ Quests ⭐ Talent Trees ⭐ Coop Building⭐ Mini Games ⭐ Achievements ⭐ Dojo PVP Leaderboards ⭐ Guilds & Chat
As developers of Daisho: Survival of a Samurai, we hope you enjoy our casual approach to the Survival RPG genre. We are always happy to get in touch directly with our players and gather feedback - hop onto our Discord: 💬
Thanks and have fun surviving!
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Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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