Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster is an adventure, released 9 September 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster is
Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster was released in 2026. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A classic hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania action game, it's time for revenge! Use your Beastmaster skills to unleash your inner beast, fight with your heart-devouring sword and end the threat to Arborea, you decide the ending.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 750. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster launched on 9 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
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