RONIN: Two Souls CHAPTER 1
Released May 2021
Create your own adventure with Kenji who wants to be a samurai and is trained for it. But beware, you might go out on your own way in this path, it is entirely up to your choices. Can someone else’s desire of revenge lead your purpose and choices? Or, does he decide that?
79% positive · 309 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
RONIN: Two Souls Chapter 1 launched out of Early Access on May 27, 2021. After that release, the developers announced they were working on Chapter 2 (April 28, 2021) and then paused development for a six-month military service starting July 2021, promising to return in 2022. They followed through — a Version 1.1 update arrived on May 16, 2022 with engine and gameplay improvements. However, Chapter 2 was never released. The most recent substantive communication about the game itself came on November 1, 2024, when M11 Studio announced they were making Ronin: Two Souls free to play starting November 9, 2024. In that same post, the studio stated they wanted to "focus on our new projects while staying connected with our community" — a clear signal that active development on Ronin has wound down in favor of their new title, DeTechtive 2112, which launched in January 2025. The studio's attention has visibly shifted: their December 2024 and January 2025 news posts were entirely about DeTechtive 2112, with no mention of future Ronin content. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no roadmap promises still outstanding, and no post-launch update cadence that would suggest more content is coming. The Chapter 2 announcement from 2021 was never fulfilled, but the developer's November 2024 communication effectively closed that chapter by signaling a pivot to new projects. The game is available as a free-to-play title and is considered content-complete in its current state.
Evidence
Developer announced making Ronin: Two Souls free starting November 9, 2024, citing a desire to 'focus on our new projects' — signaling a wind-down of active Ronin development.
Developer announced the January 29, 2025 launch of DeTechtive 2112. No Ronin content mentioned. This is the most recent communication from the studio.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
M11 Studio
Achievements
13
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
In this fictional world, witness the journey of Kenji, who lives on a small island in a deserted corner of Japan, meet other people and lead the story of Kenji. Kenji, who lives alone on the island of Toshi, one day had to do something he did not want, and his whole life changed. As a player, you are free to designate your enemies as friends and your friends as enemies.
In our game with FPP and TPP camera angle, you can chat with people around and learn additional information about their lives. You can make friends with your enemies and benefit yourself from these friendships in the following episodes. Build the basic structure of your character in our first episode that we release as early access, build the game on this structure in new episodes added with updates. Give life to Kenji, who takes firm steps towards becoming a samurai.
“Sometimes life becomes cruel and asks you to do something you don't want to do. You have to do it. Because you have no right to choose.”
RONIN is a RPG that focuses on the story and completely frees the player into the game’s universe. It is an action/adventure game with its own style, where there are no boring and unnecessary missions which you play on and on to win the same loots. The Kenji character which we started the game with in Episode 1 works hard to become a samurai. But with the end of the first episode trouble comes after us that we can never escape. Kenji is no longer alone, and he can’t be alone until the mission is over. With the following episodes, privacy and many more mechanics will be added to the game. We even have crazy ideas like adding Co-op and PVP modes. We think you should know that we have high hopes for the Co-op mode.
2-PART ROAD MAP
We believe that it’ll be better for us and for you to release the game in episodes. While the story will move one step further with the each episode, with the new features and localizations, we will gain more and more players and show you what we can do. Now I want all of you to be realistic, we are a small team living in Turkey and this project is a pretty big deal to us. If we want everything to be perfect, we have to be organized and move in small steps. Am I right? But we believe that this project will grow with you and turn into reality.
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Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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