- Released
Jun 21, 2012
5,250 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- Mac
- Linux
Release dates
North America dates- Nov 25, 20125,093 days ago
- Mac
- Nov 20, 20125,098 days ago
- Linux
- Jun 21, 20125,250 days ago
- PC
About
When a global war nearly decimates humanity, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken. One day, a ninja mercenary named Zaku offers his services to the resistance for unknown reasons. His moves are lethal and now he is the resistance's only hope. Oniken is an action platform game highly inspired by the 1980s, its games and its movies. You can see this not only in the graphics and sound design, but also in Oniken's story and difficulty.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 42 players- Main story
- 3 h
- Main + extras
- 5 h
- Completionist
- 6 h
Reviews
Game info
- Released
- 2012 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
Clickteam Fusion
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBTBlood, Language, Violence
- PEGI12Violence
- CEROCViolence
- USK12No content descriptors
- GRAC12+Language, Violence
- CLASS IND10No content descriptors
- ACBMNo content descriptors
Languages
6 languagesCzech, English, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain)
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechčeština | – | ||
| EnglishEnglish (US) | |||
| FrenchFrançais | – | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil) | – | – | |
| Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal) | – | – | |
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | – | – |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Science fiction
- 1980s
- 2d
- bloody
- boss fight
- conveyor belt
- cybernetics
- death
- deliberately retro
- digital distribution
- explosion
- extreme violence
- falling object
27 more tags
- fury
- indie royale
- level selection
- mech
- moving platforms
- ninja
- original soundtrack release
- pixel art
- platform exclusive
- polar bear
- retro
- revenge
- robots
- shielded enemies
- single-player only
- snake
- snow
- steam
- steam achievements
- steam greenlight
- steam leaderboards
- steam trading cards
- subtitled silence
- temporary invincibility
- transforming boss
- unstable platforms
- year x
Story & names
In a post-apocalyptic future where global war has nearly wiped out humanity, the survivors live under the iron rule of the Oniken, a merciless cybernetic army. A small resistance led by General Zhukov fights to hold the machines back but is steadily being overwhelmed. Desperate, Zhukov turns to Zaku, a legendary ninja mercenary with a mysterious past who is said to be the only one capable of stopping the Oniken, and Zaku agrees to join the fight against the robotic legion.
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Also known as
- Oniken (オニケン)Japanese title - original
- オニケンJapanese title - original
- Oniken.exeWindows Executable
Release dates by region
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.