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The best Team NINJA games

The 24 best games from Team NINJA, ranked from 1,334 critic and player ratings.

The best Team NINJA game is Ninja Gaiden (2004), with a critic score of 92/100. Updated October 2026.

  • Ranked releases span 1996 to 2024.
  • Average critic score across the 24 ranked games: 78/100.
  • 1,334 critic and player ratings behind this ranking.

How this ranking is built

  • Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
  • A game only enters the ranking with at least 30 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
  • Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
  • Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
  • 24 games are listed on this page, carrying 1,334 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 11 October 2026.

Top 24

04 Ninja Gaiden Sigma Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2007 · 55 ratings Ninja Gaiden Sigma, stylized as Ninja Gaiden Σ, is an action-adventure game developed by Team Ninja for the PlayStation 3. It is an enhanced port of Ninja Gaiden, originally released on Xbox in 2004, and is the second expansion to the game after Ninja Gaiden Black. The game was released in the summer of 2007 to very positive reviews. In 2012, a port for the PlayStation Vita, titled Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus was released on the same day the console launched in Europe and North America. 90 /100 05 Nioh 2 Nioh 2 2020 · 61 ratings Master the lethal arts of the samurai as a mysterious half-human, half-supernatural Yokai warrior, in this challenging action RPG sequel. Explore violent Sengoku-era Japan and the deadly Dark Realm, both plagued with grotesque, merciless demons. Unsheathe your deadly weapons and cut down all enemies in your path using a revamped combat system and the ability to transform into a full Yokai to unleash devastating paranormal powers. 84 /100 06 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty 2023 · 55 ratings Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a historical fantasy action role-playing video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. Set during a fictionalised version of the fall of the Han Dynasty, the plot follows an unnamed protagonist who battles historical characters and Chinese mythological creatures corrupted by demonic qi. 84 /100 07 Dead or Alive 2 Dead or Alive 2 1999 · 73 ratings Dead or Alive 2 is a fighting game in the Dead or Alive series. The gameplay of DOA2, and all subsequent Dead or Alive games, borrows heavily from the Virtua Fighter series, but makes some key changes that drastically changes the way Dead or Alive is played in comparison to Virtua Fighter. In DOA2, the basis of the entire fighting system is the circular relationship between three types of moves: blows, throws, and holds.The other defining feature of DOA2, aside from blows/throws/holds, is its stun system. In DOA2 many attacks upon hitting will inflict a stun on the opponent. While stunned, the opponent cannot attack, and cannot guard, but they can hold. If the attacker lands a non-knockdown, non-launching attack while the opponent is stunned, the opponent will be re-stunned in a new way, depending on what attack was landed. A major difference between DOA2 and other fighters was in the safety and non-punishability of attacks, both upon hitting and upon being blocked. Most blows in DOA2 can be punished on hit and block by each character's faster throws, making blow-based offense very risky. In addition to the normal rules of juggling, each character also fits into a specific weight category, which affects how the character responds to being launched and being juggled. In DOA2, fights can occur on either water or ice; when a character is on such a surface, all non-knockdown, non-launching attacks will induce a stun on any successful hit. Walls and falls in the middle of stages are everywhere in the game. Many stages are also multi-tiered: to get to other areas of the stage, one character must be knocked off a ledge and fall into the next area. These falls deal usually fairly high damage, but cannot knock the opponent out. Other notable features included introducing CG cutscenes in line with the plot, replacing the original "Danger Zone" areas in stages with fully interactive ones, allowing players to juggle each other into walls, propelling characters from landmarks for more damage. 80 /100 08 Dead or Alive 3 Dead or Alive 3 2001 · 45 ratings Dead or Alive 3 is the third installment in the popular fighting series Dead or Alive. Dead or Alive 3 offers a host of new features, including new characters, lighting effects, muscle and clothing movement, interactive environments and more. Players can choose from a variety of new and returning characters to engage in hours upon hours of frenzied fighting. Up to four players can battle it out in multiplayer mode while single-player mode offers many expansive levels to explore. 80 /100 09 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 2009 · 35 ratings Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is an action-adventure hack and slash game, an enhanced version of Ninja Gaiden II with updated visuals, higher resolution, and reworked content. Players control the ninja Ryu Hayabusa through combat that combines melee and ranged weapons against large numbers of enemies and oversized bosses. The version adds an online cooperative mode and three additional playable characters. It was later included in the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection, and an Unreal Engine 5 remaster titled Ninja Gaiden 2 Black followed in 2025. 80 /100 10 Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes 2022 · 33 ratings Prepare for a different story set in the same universe as Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Shez, a mercenary whose team was decimated by Byleth in battle, joins the military academy of Garreg Mach Monastery and becomes a student in one of three classes, each including students from one of the three nations of the continent of Fódlan. Like in Three Houses, the game allows players to decide which class to join, leading to different story paths and playable characters. 80 /100 11 Dead or Alive 4 Dead or Alive 4 2005 · 39 ratings 80 /100 12 Metroid: Other M Metroid: Other M 2010 · 80 ratings 78 /100 13 Fire Emblem Warriors Fire Emblem Warriors 2017 · 33 ratings 78 /100 14 Rise of the Ronin Rise of the Ronin 2024 · 35 ratings 75 /100 15 Ninja Gaiden II Ninja Gaiden II 2008 · 50 ratings 75 /100 16 Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition 2018 · 40 ratings 75 /100 17 Dead or Alive 5 Dead or Alive 5 2012 · 49 ratings 75 /100 18 Hyrule Warriors Hyrule Warriors 2014 · 115 ratings 75 /100 19 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order 2019 · 40 ratings 74 /100 20 Dead or Alive 6 Dead or Alive 6 2019 · 41 ratings 73 /100 21 Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin 2022 · 45 ratings 72 /100 22 Dead or Alive 5: Last Round Dead or Alive 5: Last Round 2015 · 56 ratings 72 /100 23 Dead or Alive Dead or Alive 1996 · 32 ratings 61 /100 24 Ninja Gaiden 3 Ninja Gaiden 3 2012 · 33 ratings 49 /100
What is the best Team NINJA game?

Ninja Gaiden (2004) currently tops the ranking with a score of 92/100 across 48 ratings. Ranking updated October 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.