Super Shinobi Den

Super Shinobi Den is an 8-bit side-scrolling action game inspired by classic ninja games such as Legend of Kage. You wield the ultimate blade and six ninja arts to rescue a kidnapped princess across five stages, each with varied enemies and a boss battle.

Chain attacks for score

Defeating enemies, deflecting attacks and cutting through objects builds combos and earns points. You spend those points to use ninja arts, so managing your score can shape your approach. You can focus on cutting through everything, plan a high-scoring route or attempt speed runs while keeping the invincibility-and-speed Boost active.

The game takes about 30 minutes to clear, with replaying and improving your route and technique central to pursuing a higher score. You can retry immediately from where you fell during a stage or boss fight, but reviving halves your score.

Ninja arts

• Shuriken: a quick, low-cost ranged attack.
• Mega Shuriken: automatically seeks nearby enemies.
• Fire Jutsu: a slow-moving flame that also acts as a shield.
• Healing Jutsu: restores health.
• Lightning Jutsu: attacks across the full screen at a high score cost.
• Boost: grants invincibility and increased speed, but drains score over time.

Explore the stages

The ninja can leap to impressive heights, opening up vertical routes to secrets and score bonuses. Hidden destructible objects, including vending machines and signs, conceal bonus score items. The game uses custom pixel art, a custom font, sound effects and a chiptune soundtrack.