SAMURAI SHODOWN NEOGEO COLLECTION
The ULTIMATE collection is here!
It all began in ’93, and now, the weapon-based fighting game series that swept the world is ready to be taken home in a new stellar collection! Six NEOGEO titles as well as one mysterious, unreleased game are featured! Each game features Online Battle Modes as well as a Museum Mode and Music Player. This collection is a must-have for all SAMURAI SHODOWN fans across the globe!
■ Seven SAMURAI SHODOWN titles in total!
SAMURAI SHODOWN was originally released on the NEOGEO in 1993, followed by its sequel SAMURAI SHODOWN II in 1994. The series became a trilogy in 1995 with SAMURAI SHODOWN III, followed soon after SAMURAI SHODOWN IV AMAKUSA’S REVENGE released in 1996. Seven years later the series returned with 2003’s SAMURAI SHODOWN V, and SAMURAI SHODOWN V SPECIAL released the following year on the NEOGEO… The new SAMURAI SHODOWN NEOGEO COLLECTION also includes a title never before released to the public. SAMURAI SHODOWN V PERFECT is a mysterious final version of SAMURAI SHODOWN V SPECIAL. Players can select between either Japanese or English MVS arcade versions for each title in the collection. Other features include scanlines for that retro flair, save functions, and an Arcade Mode that can be set to FREE MODE, meaning no more game overs!
■ Each title comes with online versus battle modes!
Get paired up with warriors of a similar level with Ranked Match, or just blow off some steam with Casual Match. Invite your friends (or foes) for a beat-down in Challenge Friend. Now you can take on SAMURAI SHODOWN fans across the world with the push of a button.
Online Versus Battle Modes are only available for English ver. SAMURAI SHODOWN titles.
■ A Museum Mode brimming with content!
The Museum Mode is packed with over 2,000 precious development documents and images; it is everything a SamSho fan could want! There are even hours worth of candid videotaped interviews with the developers, as they discuss what happened during development back in the day. Prepare to dive straight into the world of SAMURAI SHODOWN with this collection!
■ Over 200 tracks in the Sound Player!
Relive the excitement of the SAMURAI SHODOWN series by listening to all of the individual titles’ soundtracks. In the Music Player found inside the Museum, there are over 200 tracks to choose from, spanning all six titles.
Game Discussion
Steam User 32
If you are not buying this because of Required internet connectivity/Epic account connection. Those reviews are wrong as of 10/8/2025, It might have been true as of 2019 but it's not true in 2025. I unplugged my ethernet and turned off all wi-fi to ensure I had no internet and I was still able to access nearly everything. The only feature that was not available was...shocker ONLINE PLAY. Even when I was online, I was never asked to link up with Epic, It uses your steam profile data
Other than that. Its a collection of Classic Samsho games, I wish we got the non-neo-geo games but these are still good ol Samsho, Absolutley worth it for 6 bucks on sale.
Steam User 3
Victory!
Rad fighting games where you can be a samurai getting into sword fights with other samurai.
Save states were helpful for completing each game, which I did on the lowest difficulty. I started this series with the standalone version of V Special. I beat V Special once and had trouble understanding how to play. This collection let me start from the beginning and gradually build my skills as new mechanics were added in each game.
I'm not good enough at fighting games to evaluate anything on a competitive level. These games felt very satisfying to play.
There is a weight and pacing that feels slower and more deliberate. I have to be careful how I strike or I'll be off balance and open to attack. My opponent can knock my weapon away and I'll have to fight barehanded until I can retrieve it. If I'm lucky I can catch my opponent's weapon barehanded and disarm them too.
The theatric details add a lot of immersion and tension. When both fighters are low on health during the final round, the background changes and the music stops. Some stages and character themes are rock songs, while others feature traditional instruments, or just the sound of deafening wind and howling wolves.
Steam User 3
Must have collection for any Samurai Shodown fan. The games play great and the gallery mode is really nice. Hopefully we'll get a collection like this for Metal Slug and/or KOF.
Steam User 2
This is nice collection of SNK's classic weapon based fighting games. Also included is a little museum of documents and art. As well as a sound player to listen to some incredible music tracks. To be honest, the features and user interface is a little bare bones, but functional.
As a casual fan of fighting games back in the day, Samurai Shodown as something a bit different. It was one of the more popular fighting games to be based on the fighters using weapons. With the series taking the idea of samurai film type duels to heart. As many of the games reward creating an opening and dealing large amounts of damage with deadly weapons.
If I am fair, the series is pretty uneven. Although, by Shodown IV and V it became refined enough to be something special. The Shodown series does take a different approach to fighting games compared to its peers, but it rewards the players that figure out that approach of peace and fury.
I appreciate this collection existing. Bundling these games all into one place for an easy, and legal, way to play them. I can't comment on any of the online stuff. If I am going to play PvP here, my opponent is going to be on the other side of the couch in the same room.
I like this collection and didn't find any major faults with it. My biggest complaint is the selling price of $40 US. Which seems a tad steep. Easily solved waiting for a Steam sale to cut it to half or 3/4 off. Which feels more reasonable for ~30 year old games and modest UI and extras.
Steam User 5
Good collection, you don't need an Epic games account to play offline, It lacks a training mode and now all we need left is a collection of the Samurai Shodown 64 and warriors rage games
EDIT: this sucks for local multiplayer
Steam User 0
So far, so good. Everything seems to play well. This is a collection of 7 Samurai Shodown games. It's a wee bit pricey, imo, and I always find SNK's pricing logic strange, as it's honestly all over the place in a seemingly random way. However, their games are often on sale - so there's that.
Steam User 0
Great collection that includes most of the venerable classics that took countless quarters from my pockets in the mid 90s.