Demon Slasher
A samurai climbs an endless tower cutting down demons. Every attack is a stroke you draw with your finger.
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How it plays
Most mobile action games are played with an attack button. Here you draw the cut with your finger, and the game recognises the shape: a horizontal line is a side slash, a diagonal a downward cut, a closed circle a full spin, a figure eight a double strike.
The cuts carry kenjutsu names:
| Stroke | Cut |
|---|---|
| Horizontal | Yoko Giri |
| Vertical, downward | Kiri Otoshi |
| Vertical, upward | Kiri Age |
| Diagonal | Kesa Giri |
| Arc | Iai Arc |
| Zigzag | Kenjutsu Flurry |
| Cross | Jumonji Giri |
| Circle | Enso |
| Triple | Sandan Giri |
| Figure eight | Mugen |
Above them all sits SHISUI (止水, "still water"): a window in which you chain as many cuts as you can, and they all land at once when it closes. The more varied the cuts, the higher the multiplier.
The two towers
THE TOWER — Climb floor by floor. A boss every 10.
CRIMSON TOWER — Bosses only. Every floor, a titan. Unlocks at level 8.
Runs are short and permadeath: if you fall, the run ends and you return to the menu with the gold and experience you earned, which do carry over.
On the way up you pick cards that modify the run — damage, fire, ice, poison, lifesteal, execution below a threshold, extra time to chain. Between runs, the Forge turns gold into permanent upgrades.
Customisation
The samurai dresses up. Ten outfits, nine blade trails, and two bodies: the Wandering Samurai and the General's O-Yoroi, full plate armour with a horned kabuto and menpo. Body and colour are independent: any outfit goes on any body.
Fair play
Free. No interrupting ads: the only ones are rewarded video, and you always request them by pressing a button. They never appear on their own and never cut a fight short.
There are optional cosmetics bought with gems. Nothing you buy affects combat: they are colours, trails and bodies.
No accounts. No name or email asked. Your game is saved on your own phone, and telemetry stays off until you accept it.
Demon Slasher: Adventures
On the way. Open world: a map explored with a joystick, villages to liberate, strongholds to raid, timed expeditions, and a sensei who teaches new cuts in the dojo.