SONOKUNI

Released Mar 2025

Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.

98% positive · 121 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $14.99

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Evaluation

SONOKUNI launched on March 24, 2025 as a complete action game. Following launch, the developer shipped a series of bug fix and polish patches (1.0.3 through 1.1.2) between April and December 2025. The one substantive post-launch content addition was the Gallery Update on July 16, 2025, which added a free Gallery Mode containing artwork, design notes, and music tracks. This was framed as a celebratory bonus rather than the beginning of an ongoing content cycle — the developer noted it was releasing alongside an accolades trailer to mark the warm reception the game had received. No further content has been announced since the Gallery Update. The only DLC ever listed is the soundtrack, which released on launch day. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no roadmap for future content, and no developer statements indicating additional content is in the works. The most recent communication was a bug fix patch on December 1, 2025, with no mention of upcoming content. The game appears to have shipped as a complete, self-contained experience, with post-launch activity limited to maintenance and one bonus content addition.

Evidence

Free Gallery Update released, adding artwork, design notes, and music tracks. Framed as a celebratory addition marking the game's positive reception, with no mention of further planned content.

news post · Jul 16, 2025 source content shipped

high

The only DLC listed is the soundtrack, released on launch day. No unreleased DLC entries exist.

dlc listing · Mar 24, 2025 source content shipped

medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

SONOKUNI Soundtrack

Mar 2025

Media

Details

Developer

DON YASA CREW

Publisher

Kakehashi Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

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About this game

Engage in up-close-and-personal combat against bizarre genetically mutated enemies. Attack, parry and bend time to your will to make it out clean on the other side. Fail and gain the wisdom needed to refine your strategy.

Take on the role of Takeru, a lone assassin tasked with raiding a surreal superpower empowered by biotechnology. Join in her struggle to balance the morality of extreme violence against the defence of her own people, in a story inspired by real-life Japanese mythology.

Let the intense hip hop soundscape and neon-soaked visuals assault your senses until they are raw. Every moment is punctuated with a visceral soundtrack from Japanese developer and hip hop group, DON YASA CREW.

Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026