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Pure Instinct Studio · Published by Pure Instinct Studio
Content notice: Contains depictions of violence.
4 user reviews — 75% positive (4 reviews)
Last updated 9 Oct 2026
A fast paced, open world, third person, slasher action. Experience real time combat that adapts to your instinct and strategy. Explore a world of vivid fantasy and artful slaughter. Earn coins and buy a blade, outfit, or a fairy healer. Find and slay bosses to gain their fighting style and element.
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Action · 2025 · More £15 - £30 games
Discover Pure Instinct Katana's fast-paced third-person slasher action. In 2025, explore an open world where your instincts shape your battles against bosses and enemies alike.
About this game
Enter the lands of Eternal Sun, where your blade is law and your instinct is god
You are Katana
A lightning-wielding swordswoman and sorceress, blessed by the Lightning Lynx and cursed by bloodshed. Wanted dead by the Empress, you answer to none - your blade is law.
Let instinct be your guide
Embark on a journey of slaughter through an world packed with bloodthirsty inhabitants driven mad under the Eternal Sun.
Explore the Empress’ Domain
Where both nature and architecture grew to rival the ancient titans the size. Brave through portals to new worlds: from an icy and savage tundra, to a scorching desert where time stands still. Finding a hidden pathway could send you either to a secluded paradise in the ocean’s embrace, or trap you in an abyss of blood and chaos.
Easy to play endless to master
Master magic and sword in unending combos and wide arsenal of magical abilities and lethal techniques. Find your own strategy in the open world battlefield and destroy your enemies in limitless number of ways.
Damage is directly correlated with impact, and the responses to all player input are immediate.
Precision and timing of player input controls allows parrying into spectacle counter, blocking with an offensive flip kick, and maximizing your damage with positioning and fluent control of Katana's blades.
Kill the Seven Sages, Become the Master
Find hidden bosses and overcome their unique challenges to gain mastery of their magical element and fighting style.
Every style unlocked offers a whole new variation of blade and magical attacks and effects.
Unlock all styles, and prove yourself fit for the ultimate glory of the Master's Arena.
Technical features
-Nvidia DLSS support.
-Nvidia image upscaling (NIS) support.
-Machine Learning Renderer for runtime, performance oriented, optimization.
-Screen based rendering and automatic texture quality control for optimal performance, high fidelity graphics and reduced machine loads.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any DirectX 12 compatible graphics card.
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
- Additional Notes: Requires 64-bit operating system.
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Memory: 32 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / INTEL Arc A750
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
- Additional Notes: Requires 64-bit operating system.
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Autumn Patch is here! (PIK v2.2)
New skin: Autumn Assassin, unlocked automatically for all players. Full Controller Support configured and play tested, let us know if you're experiencing strugglesRead full article on Community Announcements (pureinstinctstudio)AnnouncementsOfficial
Autumn Assassin- Skin Sneak Peek
Upcoming patch will include, among other updates, a new skin Autumn Assassin, to be available upon the patch release.Coming this Autumn. Stay tuned!In the meantime, here's a sneak peekRead full article on Community Announcements (pureinstinctstudio)Patch NotesOfficial
PIK v.2.1
Technical features update: -Nvidia DLSS support. -Nvidia image upscaling (NIS) support. -Machine Learning Renderer for runtime, performance oriented, optimization. -Screen based rendering and automatic texture quality control for optimal performance, high fidelity graphics and reduced machine loads.Read full article on Community Announcements (pureinstinctstudio)AnnouncementsOfficial
PIK 2.0 - Version Release
Pure Instinct Katana Version 2 includes major new features:Gameplay:Default Player UI now includes a live character portrait that gives you real time view of the action next to your HP bar. The new UI layout also includes the pop-up bottom icon (B), a proc the player is granted for consecutive attacks, which, if hit in timing, will vary their combo with a special strike based on the elemental style currently used.Balancing:Elemental Warrior: slightly increased elemental proc frequency, and enhanced knock-back after magical effect accumulation.Champion's Arena: Mecha-armor ability has been officially joined together with Skin Change ability, and a hidden fairy (no purchase required) has been added to the arena. Design:Style effects enhancements: Lightning Lynx attacks now instantly spark lightning arcs. Visual enhancements to lightning textures on magic attacks.Fire Monkey attack trails enhanced in textures.Shadow Wolf attacks' trailing shadows emboldened.Optimizations:Reduced GPU and Memory consumption at runtime, and even faster level load ups.Note: Players who already have a cached data may experience minor hitches at first launch. This can be fixed by a restarting the game.Read full article on Community Announcements (pureinstinctstudio)Patch NotesOfficial
PIK - Version 1.2.1
Bugfixes: Removed bug of boss kill being granted to the player by entering Master's Arena.Technical:Set up Steam Cloud saves.Read full article on Community Announcements (pureinstinctstudio)
