Tiny Ronin 🎋

You are a tiny ronin cursed with immortality for the crime of killing 100 samurai. To regain mortality and escape the endless grind, you have sworn to kill 10,000 bandits. This is your story. It will never end.

Hold X to charge your sword and release to slash. Press Z to roll backwards and avoid incoming attacks. You can cancel your attacks with the roll or another attack.

To start a new run after death, you must clean your sword (hold X or Z).

There are eight achievements to unlock. Three of them will change the look of the game. 

Kodoku Update!

Inspired by the Netflix show Last Samurai Standing, I added a battle royale mode to Tiny Ronin. In the Kodoku tournament, you are pitted against 299 other warriors, and the goal is to be the last one standing. Every time 50 warriors are eliminated, you reach a checkpoint where you need a specific number of name tags from fallen opponents to advance. If you fail to bring enough name tags, the game is over. Try to survive the tournament for gold and fame! To participate in the Kodoku tournament, enable Kodoku Rules in the menu.

• New mode: Kodoku (Battle Royal)
• New unlock: Beat Kodoku mode to unlock a special companion
• New menu (press x on title screen)
• New option: Swap action buttons
• New option: Invert roll
• New option: Constant rain
• Moved other options to new menu
• Optimized colors for Mifune mode
• New effect: Losing your last life now triggers a screen freeze and the screen turns black and white for a few seconds
• Fixed infinit roll bug
• Optimized bodycount display for values 1000 and up
• Changed default font to puny font

Rewind Selector!

With the first update you can now toggle the rewind feature in the PICO-8 pause menu. Turn it on to make enemies back off after a successful kill.

Mifune Mode!

You can now play the game in classic Chambara black and white. Just pause the game and activate "Mifune Mode" to turn it on or off. As intended, as they say :)

Cheats menu

There is now a semi-hidden cheat menu for more options like invincibility, slow mode or hardcore mode. Access it by tapping the D-pad down during the splash screen.

Where to play

Play it right here in the browser at the top of the screen. Or download the cart and play it in your PICO-8 fantasy console. Or search for "tiny ronin" in Splore on your PICO-8 fantasy console.

A huge thank you to ArtVBurry for the cute cover image.