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Samurai Blitz
Experience one of the top-rated Free games on the App Store, Samurai Blitz! Developed by the innovative team at Afterlight Collective, Inc, this Action game provides a unique gaming experience like no other. With a content rating of 12+, it’s perfect for a wide range of players. Since its initial release on 2nd July 2015, the game has seen numerous updates, with the latest version launched on 29th October 2015.
Are you a fan of Action, Casual, games? Then Samurai Blitz is right up your alley! You won’t be able to resist its appeal.
User Ratings of Samurai Blitz
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How Much Does Samurai Blitz Cost?
Good news! You can download Samurai Blitz on your iOS device absolutely free!
Samurai Blitz Release Date
Eager to know when Samurai Blitz first graced the App Store? It was launched on 2nd July 2015.
When Was Samurai Blitz Last Updated?
The latest version of Samurai Blitz was updated on 29th October 2015, ensuring a more enjoyable gaming experience for all players.
Where Can I Download Samurai Blitz?
To get started with Samurai Blitz, head over to the official Apple App Store.
A Glimpse into Samurai Blitz
Tighten your sandals and sharpen your thumbs for an endless, action-packed slash n’ dash arcade-style adventure!
Dash your way through 8 beautiful pixel-drawn environments whilst slicing and dicing as many enemies as possible. Chain together combos to receive bigger and better rewards from each enemy you slay, but watch out for the projectiles coming towards you, they hurt! The further you run, the harder it will become, although the rewards will be much more fruitful as chaining combos becomes a key element in staying alive.
Simply tap on the left side of the screen to jump and the right to attack, don’t forget you can double jump to gain more height and to save yourself from them terrible pits.
Featuring over 40 challenging quests that will keep you coming back for more and more as they entice you with greater rewards the further you get. Once you’ve mastered and completed every quest, why not restart them in a tougher advanced mode that offer double the rewards!
Achievements are fun too right? Well for all you achievement junkies, there are over 30 in here to keep you busy for a long while, some of them even offer some neat rewards!
Buy new katanas, scrolls, pets and much more from the market (With in-game coins) to power up your runs in however you see fit. Losing too many hearts? There’s a katana for that! Finding it hard to jump over pits? There’s a scroll for that too! In fact there’s just about everything you can think of to aid you for your perfect run, so choose wisely, equip smartly and decimate ruthlessly.
2 bonus games that reward coins and fancy equipment if you’re lucky. Can you find and free poor P.B.?
-Addicting (one more run) gameplay
-Super simple controls
-Satisfying combo-chaining
-8 beautiful environments
-40+ exciting quests
-Challenging Bosses
-140,000+ player combinations
-A retro soundtrack fused with modern elements
-Achievements
-Compete against friends in Game Center
Support: [email protected]
@ThunderhorseCO
What’s New in the Latest Update?
Find out what’s new in the latest version of Samurai Blitz updated on 29th October 2015:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Samurai Blitz 2.0 is here! Here is what’s new in this huge update.
PETS!
-You can now equip a pet to run with you! Each pet enhances your abilities, giving you a unique run and load out.
SWORDS!
-Swords are no longer simply cosmetic, and they improve your abilities in a specific way.
QUESTS!
-Samurai Blitz is now full of repeatable quests for you to complete and grow your coin count.
ACHIEVEMENTS!
-There are a huge amount of achievements for you to work towards to get coin rewards and unlock secret items!
CAT GAME!
-The cat statue game has been rebuilt to include new goodies and better rewards.
POT GAME!
-You’ll find a new icon in the market for the pot game. Test your skills for some nice coin rewards, and watch out for those pesky explosive pots!
STATS!
-A new stats screen has been made for you to see all your enemy slaying bragging rights.
NEW STAGES!
-Two new stages have been built with all new bosses to challenge all you samurais out there!
BUG FIXES AND OTHER!
-General bugs have been fixed
-Two new in-app purchases have been added. One to remove the need to watch video ads for deluxe ramen and the pot game, and one to purchase the frog pet for a triple jump ability.
Thanks for playing Samurai Blitz, we hope you enjoy this update!
Support: [email protected]
@ThunderhorseCO
User Reviews on Samurai Blitz
Looking for more information? Read a comprehensive review of Samurai Blitz below:
We would’ve liked if this game had iCloud or Facebook save your progress because during Christmas, we now have an iPhone 7, and this is an iPhone 5c, and we have a bunch of cool swords and stuff we would like to carry over to our new phone, so if this app were to get another update, hopefully soon, then please include an iCloud or Facebook save so we could continue to play on our new phone, because we can’t keep this one forever.
This is one of the best runners on the app store, with a dev team that is dedicated to this game. It’s not a traditional runner, as there are levels and bosses to beat, as well as a full set of swords, tunics, flare – and now the addition of animals – to collect. The update adds TONS of replayability and customization as well. We can’t recommend this enough. The coin doubler is a must-purchase, and even the frog IAP (that allows for triple jump) is a fantastic upgrade. Don’t miss out on what is already a timeless classic, just made exponentially better via this update!
This game is awesome endless side scrolling action with combos boss battles new gear to purchase and the stages and bosses are all well designed reminds us of muramasa demon blade .
Update: On older devices, game might crash. Try restarting or freeing up some memory (worked for us!). The new content, such as upgrades and achievements/rewards, make a great game even better! Original review below: A fun, stylized endless runner! Great controls, great design, challenging gameplay. The developer is committed and fixed the bugs that plagued the first release. Looking forward to more from this game and this developer!
It took a month long delay but we finally got the update. We asked for cosmetic items to have an actual affect on the gameplay, in our last review, and now we got our wish. They added more music to unlock too, not that we dislike the main track, it’s just that, that’s all we’ve ever heard. Something we feel was changed to the gameplay, something with the sword mechanic idk, but something doesn’t feel right.
Very good game would recommend.
We love the gameplay and how simple it is to control but how difficult it can be to play. The art style is beautiful and very detailed. We only wish there were platforms like rooftops, tree branches, or stone walls to run on to give more of a parkour feel to it. Also maybe enemies like ninjas that throw shurikens that you have to jump over to kill the ninja or other samurai that charge at you and you have to jump out of the way. Please think about adding these in an update, it would be so awesome.
This game, had it come out in 2012 when endless runners weren’t overdone, would have made the top of the charts. Because it’s different than the rest of the endless runners these days. Sword attacks and special moves can be done, as well as the iap’s in this game a very reasonable. You don’t even need to pay if you don’t want to because it’s fair. Lastly, this game has a great art style and amazing music. P.s. There are a few secrets hidden in the game!
We love the game and its really fun but it hasnt been updated in a while and we were wondering if you could add some more stuff to the game so yea, love the work on the game and its really fun just want more stuff that adds to the game ,plus can you make it easier to get coins.
We really like the concept of the game. Our favorite part is the music. We love Japanese anime type music, and it sounds like that but in that 8-bit arcade kind of way! So cool!!
The graphics and sounds are very nostalgic, paying a good homage to early 90s genesis games. We love the combo system, but sometimes we feel our own hit box is a little vague and getting silly hits quite often. You will be grinding a lot in this game, so coin doubler is almost mandatory. It is a game that’s totally worth paying a couple bucks. New version 2.0 update added so much more. We decided to remove the ads just because we can and we recommend all to do so. Now that almost all the things you buy add extra perks to your samurai, it makes so much more sense to get the doubler for more coins. Great job, Thunderhorse!
To be completely honest we were bored and was looking for a fun game to play but no we didn’t, we found a awesome game that has great graphics and a cool track. We felt for it when we saw it and we love it even more when we unlock the cat track it was well put. We are great full "you guys" (the developers) didn’t put a swarm of adds everywhere, we have some good apps but they are infested with adds. We’re thinking of buying some stuff in games shop so yeah.
Please make it easier to hit a 100 combo so we can get the objective and please add a special power up to the tunic.
The game was already amazing, and after the update is even better, so much better and added new swords and pet.
We like this game a lot due to the inconsistency of how the monsters arrive. You have to be quick to kill them all; its not easy and we think thats the kind of challenge games need. There are a few things like the inability to turn off the music and tutorial. There should be some settings to do this. :/ Still a great game in the long run.
Very nice update, probably the best game we’ve ever played on iOS! Couple of issues (iPhone 6 iOS 9.1): 1- we see a little shift in objects placements after 20 or so stages, e.g. The bosses completely shift to the samurai’s place when they come closer; for example, the first stage boss completely collides with the samurai. In the previous version this collision would reduce one or two hearts, but now it doesn’t. 2- When we pick crystal katana for slicing through projectiles, all of them are sliced but some do not count in combo and do not spawn coins. 3- For some reason, when we run the game for a long time, and then close it, our device gets very warm and even after cooling down, for every other (simple) task, it gets warm again. When we restart our device, everything goes back to normal. We’re not sure if it’s because of the game or the device. Awesome game! Keep up the great work StudioThunderhorse!
Studio Thunderhorse, this game is outstanding. The environments and bosses never get old, and we will say that we haven’t seen 1 bug in the game. We play it everyday, and it’s so much fun. Our only complaint is that Samurai Blitz is quite outdated. You haven’t update the game in well over a year, and the neglect is saddening. Even though it doesn’t look like it, people are still actively playing this game. We’re begging you to continually update the game once again. With enough effort, this game can climb the top charts in the blink of an eye. Other than that, the game is absolutely stunning. To any people wondering whether to get the game or not, we strongly suggest you do. You will be impressed. Thank you for your time, and strap on those sandals and run!
Im sad theres no more updates this is one of our favorite games!
This is a great game, one of our favorite games that we’ve played in awhile. But, we were just wondering how come we have not moved up in the leaderboards. A couple weeks ago we were ranked 80, but now we’re at 95 and no matter how many games we play, our kills stay the same. Is there anything you can do to fix this. Please get back as soon as possible. Still a great game all in all. Love it!
Samurai Blitz is so entertaining! From the art style to the 8-bit music, to the fun and challenging objectives it has! Best game to pass time. We also love that you can customize your samurai and have a pet to run along side you.
This game is criminally underrated. With the simple battle system and fun bonuses this game is very addicting.
Apparent the sound issue we had was due to iOS and not the devs. So here is that 5 star review!
One of the best games we’ve ever played, super fun and it feels like you make progress which is hard to do on a mobile game.
We love this game so much. We have played it for years and its a nice background game. It deserves more attention and please give some nice updates the the game.
Hands down this game is a great endless runner with attention to detail. The controls are perfect. The gameplay is excellent. The IAP is reasonable. We suggest purchasing the no ads and the coin doubler so you continue without having to watch any ads and you get coins at a great rate. There’s lots of things to do and explore. There’s a lot of levels each with their own boss and attack patterns. There are permanent scrolls and pets and different weapons! The graphics are just fantastic. The developers are communicative and actually care about the game and will talk to you on Facebook if you message them. We know because we have talked to one of them. We purchased all of the restorable IAP to show our support. You really need to give this game a good try. You will understand. You will get your panda on! Absolutely no issues using the iPhone 5s running iOS 8.4.1 Thanks Whitehorse for a great game!
Have experienced multiple crashes in the last few games.
The game crashes constantly and randomly on IOS 7. It will run perfectly fine one minute, the next it crashes when we pause the game or watch an add. Please fix!
We find it crazy how we pay to upgrade our swords and every time we’re coming down from slashing someone we get hurt, the flame sword should be easier not harder than the obsidian, can you please update it so that we can get our combos just right, this is messed up.
We love this game, but there is a bad glitch. We saved up 100,000 coins, then we bought the cat pet, and it did nothing, it says all drops = cat tokens, but we just got coins, just like normal. Please fix.
We PAID REAL MONEY FOR IN GAME CASH AND WHEN we RELOADED IT we DIDN’T GET A SINGLE COIN.
Saved up for the car pet but even with it equipped the cat tokens do not increase in frequency. Assuming it’s a glitch. Really bummed. Probably will not pick the game back up because we saved for so long to get it. Shame.
Its a charming game although fairly repetitive music, as far as we’ve played. Crucial question: Can we make the sound go away to listen to other things? Dunno. We wanted to think about trust for awhile before playing more, The main thing is… These devs have the misfortune of joining the Afterlight Collective and the developers of the photo editor came into our house and took a shirt they sold us. No? How is selling us the Afterlight photo editing app and then wiping it out of the App Store any different? We used Afterlight constantly. Any time we had a photo that was a poster or statement, something that was largely text, we added texture with Afterlight. Whoosh. Its gone. We had to reset our phone to factory settings and lo! A single app is lost to us forever. Dare we buy anything from Afterlight Collective? Dare you sit through overly long ads for games youre well aware of to earn more in-game currency or spend real money for it? We trust everyone (well… Not the GOP) and it really hurts us to not trust a company on the App Store.
This is our favorite game on the App Store. We love the art, and the music is great. It’s challenging, but also very satisfying. If you’re a fan of endless runners, or retro games definitely give this a look. Our only gripe is that sometimes when we try to revive the ad won’t load which forces us to restart from the beginning.
By far the best app game in existence… Challenging and engaging Samurai Blitz is the definition of fun. Art and design is good and it can engage the most reluctant gamer.
For an app that we found randomly, the lack of ad’s or paywalls made helped to let us give this game a small time investment lol, the game play is addictive, if not a little repetitive :), the special scrolls spice things up tho, I’d say give it a try , there is a learning curve btw.
It’s a good game but we hate the fact you get punished for using scrolls arguably the best and coolest feature in the game. The scroll points should be cut in half if you use it.
You guys should add tracks we could buy from a shop.
Samurai Blitz is a really good game and everyone should consider playing it. It offers many features like different swords, different capes and power-ups. It’s simple, yet difficult to beat. The creators of this game hits you a sense of nostalgia and adrenaline. With each boss you defeat, you enter a new stage in which you face different enemies and a new boss. We haven’t yet tried the new update, but we know we won’t be disappointed. Samurai Blitz is the first game we had ever written a review for, and it is definitely worth a try.
This game is reminiscent of why the world fell in love with app store years ago. It is simple beauty. The controls are easy to pick up and responsive. The in game store is attainable just by playing the game(a rarity in these times of greedy developers). The ads are optional(always a plus). The music… The music is PHENOMENAL. Music is what immerses us in these apps, and Samurai Blitz captures the soul with their magnificent 8-bit tracks. Even the Track that plays while in the Store menu captures the sleepiness of the interface perfectly. We NEVER write reviews but we had to say something about this incredible game.
We absolutely love this game!! It’s a great way to kill a little time and have some fun!! The controls are great and the 16-bit style is awesome! We just hope you guys put some more content into this game so we can waste more time on it!! Hahaha.
When we’re doing a combo and can’t finish we get hit by the back of a stupid head making us lose a heart which is dumb we lose our heart because we barely touch a monster and can’t hit because it’s placed awfully other than that games great never mind just played another round fix the hit detection.
The game is very fun, colorful and entertaining. The pixel style is nice as well, micro transactions are in the game but they never feel needed. It’s much more fun than other runners so, try it out.
Not a fan of how the different swords and tunics don’t do a anything. 100,000 for a sword that just looks on fire?
Thanks for fixing the bug. But the game stills lags a little right after the round starts. The lag gets noticeable when the samurai has his first strike. We lost couple of lives for this reason.
The blades shouldn’t be so expensive because it is hard to collect coins on this game fix that then totally 5 stars for sure.
This game is awesome and immersive! Great casual game that does not require wifi so you can play on the bus, at the store, in a waiting room, etc. This game is so crazy fun we give it a 10/10.