Combat demands mastery of the slashing dash, precision parries, and powerful ninjutsus, integrating the action with a performance in front of a live audience that reacts dynamically to every impact. Bunraku allows for intense ninja battles of up to 8 players, (online or local) jumping into the action in shifting PvP arenas where every combat becomes a staging.

In this magical Japanese puppet theater, the spirits of legendary warriors come back to life to recreate ancient battles in a show full of ninja action and tactical combat movements. The audience vibrates with every attack and cheers with every parry while ninja attacks fly across the stage.

Are you ready to take your place in this grand performance? Each act is a high-precision competition where only the most talented will reach glory under the spotlights.

Gather your friends and join online or local battles of up to 8 players to discover who has what it takes to become the star of the show. Challenge your friends, spark rivalries and turn every battle into a memorable act in this grand theatrical spectacle.

Independent studio Efecto Studios announced  that Bunraku has just opened a free playtest on Steam until June 14.

To become the grand champion of the ninja puppets, you must master Ninjutsu: the art of moving, attacking, and countering with incredible speed and precision.

• Use your Dash to move swiftly across the stage and strike down your opponents in a single hit.
• The Parry blocks and stuns enemies who dash at you and can even deflect items back at the caster.
• Find Scrolls on the stage to invoke powerful and varied Jutsu that can turn the tide in your favor.

The theater is alive, changing constantly to create unique battles. Prepare for typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions, moving and destructible platforms, trampolines, portals, and much more!

For now, the theater offers three PvP and Team game modes, one biome with twelve stages, and one Ninja Puppet ready to challenge your friends. But this is only the beginning, more characters, maps, and content will join the cast in future updates as the show continues to grow.

Bunraku is in development for PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5.