Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder

Item: Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder
Rating: 60
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-09-06

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Summary

Enjoyable deckbuilder-tactics hybrid gameplay
Strategic depth with hex-based movement
Critical game-breaking bugs reported
Lack of content and replayability
Unbalanced difficulty and progression
High price for value

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Satisfaction27%Frustration21%Disappointment21%Enjoyment11%Excitement4%

Reviews (sample size): 156
Helpful reviews: 90%
Unhelpful reviews: 10%
Protest reviews: 0%

60%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
40%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 282
Negative points: 364
Gameplay points: 572
Perf. points: 19
Rec. points: 107
Misc points: 47

Point	Description	Importance
Enjoyable and Engaging Gameplay Description Players consistently find the game fun, engaging, and a fresh take on the genre. It offers a pleasant experience with meaningful decisions, good balance, and a quick learning curve, making it suitable for both casual and dedicated players. Many feel it's worth its price, especially on discount. Importance 85%	Players consistently find the game fun, engaging, and a fresh take on the genre. It offers a pleasant experience with meaningful decisions, good balance, and a quick learning curve, making it suitable for both casual and dedicated players. Many feel it's worth its price, especially on discount.	85%
Good Progression and Replayability Description The game offers solid upgrades, unlocks, and excellent progression between missions, providing a satisfying feeling of getting stronger. Multiple characters, optional objectives, difficulties, and challenges contribute to high replayability. Importance 29%	The game offers solid upgrades, unlocks, and excellent progression between missions, providing a satisfying feeling of getting stronger. Multiple characters, optional objectives, difficulties, and challenges contribute to high replayability.	29%
Strong Deckbuilding Mechanics Description The deckbuilding aspect is a significant highlight, described as simple yet engaging, well-designed, and offering cool, innovative ideas. It provides a delicate balance of RNG and strategy, leading to satisfying combos and a challenging experience. Importance 25%	The deckbuilding aspect is a significant highlight, described as simple yet engaging, well-designed, and offering cool, innovative ideas. It provides a delicate balance of RNG and strategy, leading to satisfying combos and a challenging experience.	25%
Strategic Depth and Player Choice Description The game offers substantial strategic gameplay with many open choices, diverse character abilities, and tactical options for card building. This variety encourages different playstyles and meaningful decisions, enhancing replayability. Importance 17%	The game offers substantial strategic gameplay with many open choices, diverse character abilities, and tactical options for card building. This variety encourages different playstyles and meaningful decisions, enhancing replayability.	17%
Distinct and Rewarding Characters Description The game features multiple distinct characters, each with unique cards, gimmicks, and strong playstyles. Players enjoy finding powerful synergies and combos, making each character feel unique and fun to play. Importance 14%	The game features multiple distinct characters, each with unique cards, gimmicks, and strong playstyles. Players enjoy finding powerful synergies and combos, making each character feel unique and fun to play.	14%
Solid Technical Aspects Description The game is generally well-made, with good overall quality, including a functional mission builder and meta-progression. It is also noted to be very playable on Steam Deck. Importance 12%	The game is generally well-made, with good overall quality, including a functional mission builder and meta-progression. It is also noted to be very playable on Steam Deck.	12%
Unique Hex-Based Movement System Description The integration of movement on a hex-based map with cards is a standout feature. This unique mechanic creates dynamic encounters and feels fresh, contributing significantly to the game's overall appeal. Importance 10%	The integration of movement on a hex-based map with cards is a standout feature. This unique mechanic creates dynamic encounters and feels fresh, contributing significantly to the game's overall appeal.	10%
Appealing Visuals and Setting Description Players appreciate the game's visual style, beautiful artwork, and pleasing medieval Japanese setting. The graphics and overall aesthetic contribute positively to the game's atmosphere. Importance 10%	Players appreciate the game's visual style, beautiful artwork, and pleasing medieval Japanese setting. The graphics and overall aesthetic contribute positively to the game's atmosphere.	10%
Effective Story and Lore Description The story, while basic, serves its purpose well by providing a cool context and moving at a crisp pace. It's considered passable and contributes to the overall experience. Importance 6%	The story, while basic, serves its purpose well by providing a cool context and moving at a crisp pace. It's considered passable and contributes to the overall experience.	6%
No Grind and Respects Player Time Description A significant positive is the absence of grinding, allowing players to progress without feeling pressured. The game is designed to respect player time, offering a focused experience. Importance 5%	A significant positive is the absence of grinding, allowing players to progress without feeling pressured. The game is designed to respect player time, offering a focused experience.	5%
Well-Implemented Time Limits Description The time limits within missions are generally well-received, with players finding them soft enough not to be frustrating and contributing positively to the gameplay experience. Importance 4%	The time limits within missions are generally well-received, with players finding them soft enough not to be frustrating and contributing positively to the gameplay experience.	4%
Good for Completionists Description The game is a great pick for completionists, as achievements are noted to be easy to obtain, adding to its appeal for this player group. Importance 3%	The game is a great pick for completionists, as achievements are noted to be easy to obtain, adding to its appeal for this player group.	3%
Accessible Challenge Level Description The game offers a challenging experience that encourages strategic thinking without being overly difficult or frustrating, making it accessible to a wider range of players. Importance 3%	The game offers a challenging experience that encourages strategic thinking without being overly difficult or frustrating, making it accessible to a wider range of players.	3%
Pleasant Audio and UI Description The game's music and user interface are considered pleasant and well-executed, contributing to a positive overall experience. Importance 2%	The game's music and user interface are considered pleasant and well-executed, contributing to a positive overall experience.	2%
Good Japanese Translation Description The Japanese translation is generally well done, despite some minor oddities, indicating attention to localization quality. Importance 2%	The Japanese translation is generally well done, despite some minor oddities, indicating attention to localization quality.	2%

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