Way of the Samurai 4

In Way of the Samurai 4, you must take on the role of a master-less samurai looking to establish yourself in this conflicted land of opportunity and uncertainty. Set in he humble port town of Amihama during…

60 3 March 2011 ESRB M

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Open world Sandbox

Way of the Samurai 4 is an adventure developed by ACQUIRE Corp., released 3 March 2011 on PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 19 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Way of the Samurai 4 is

Way of the Samurai 4 is an adventure game developed by ACQUIRE Corp. and released in 2011. It was published by Ghostlight Ltd.. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in the port town of Amihama in 1855 a ronin interacts with, fights against, and aids a variety of people while aligned with either the pro-government forces, the anti-government rebels, or the British Navy stationed at the port town attempting to negotiate a peace treaty.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Way of the Samurai 4 holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.13GHz Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 64Mb RAM and support for v3 shaders. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Way of the Samurai 4 launched on 3 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Total War: Shogun 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Way of the Samurai 4 gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Way of the Samurai 4 — frequently asked questions

When did Way of the Samurai 4 come out?

Way of the Samurai 4 was released on 3 March 2011 for PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Way of the Samurai 4?

At minimum, Way of the Samurai 4 needs 2.13GHz Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent, 1 GB RAM, DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 64Mb RAM and support for v3 shaders graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Way of the Samurai 4?

The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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