Hey everyone! Our game has been selected for the DevGAMM Awards 2026! 🎮 This event is a great opportunity for small teams to showcase their games and compete for a $130k prize pool. Whether you're building your next project or just launched your game, it's a great chance to get noticed! 🙌 Who can participate: 🎮 Teams of up to 50 people 🎮 Games in development (playable build required) 🎮 Or…
Hello everyone! Our demo is finally online and we are very excited to make it public! We hope you can enjoy your time while in Ashikai and we are still allowing players to send feedback to us and get credited in the game once we release! We are also part of #EMAWeek2026, check games about Asian Martial Arts in general, from China to Japan and explore a lot of amazing games! -One Isometric Man
Hello everyone! We are super pumped to announce that the demo for Ashikai will drop on the 23th of July!! It's the perfect time as we are participating in GamePavilionJP 2026 Summer (July 17th - 31st) and Eastern Martial Artists Week (July 23th - July 31st) from spiral up games! Many improvements from the last playtest have been added and content for you! Hope to see you all there! -One Isometr…
The Ashikai public playtest is now live. From June 5 to June 19 , you can step into the world of Ashikai for the first time and try the early build on Steam. This playtest is about the core feel of the game: katana combat, dodging, parrying, skills, loot, pacing, and the first taste of progression. It is still rough in places, but that is exactly why this test matters. If you have been waiting…
I’m very happy to share that Ashikai reached 1,500 wishlists in its first month on Steam. Seeing people find the game, wishlist it, talk about it, and sign up for the early playtest has been really exciting. Over the next two weeks , we’ll start sending early playtest keys to registered players but you can still sign up over here. We’re looking forward to getting the first real feedback on the…
Hello everyone! We are opening sign up for our early PlayTest! We are looking for players that can help us shape Ashikai! You will be in our credits of the game! And a few more tricks ;) With that also our forever gratitude! Check here: - One Isometric Man
Ashikai is a dark fantasy isometric action RPG set in a yokai-cursed feudal Japan. You play as Shinro, a samurai cut off from his lord after an ambush, fighting through cursed roads, caves, and ruined strongholds to find Lord Kuroda and make his way back to his family. Combat is built around precise katana timing: parries, clean hits, committed attacks, enemy tells, and mistakes that matter. En…
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