Kunoichi Botan Review: Stealth RPG, Steam Build and Free Patch

In short

What it is: a 2D RPG where you can sneak past or quietly remove enemies, not only fight them.
Who it's for: players who want a compact, low-grind JRPG with a stealth twist and an official way to get the adult version.
Price: $14.99 on Steam and on Kagura's store (regular price, September 2026); the patch is free.
Platforms: Windows only, on Steam or as a DRM-free download.
Big pro / big con: "Very Positive" on Steam and no grinding required, but the adult content needs a separate patch.

What is Kunoichi Botan?

It is an RPG from Enokippu, released on Steam on January 3, 2019 by Kagura Games, which also sells it on its own store. It is a finished game.

Its hook is stealth. Where most RPGs of this kind only ask you to fight, this one lets you avoid patrols or take enemies out before a battle starts. Community opinion is good: the Steam summary reads "Very Positive", with 81% of 565 user reviews positive as of September 2026.

Gameplay

At heart it is classic RPG gameplay: explore top-down maps, talk to people, fight turn-based battles. The publisher adds three things on top.

Kunoichi Botan stealth and assassination

Stealth system: lets you avoid enemies instead of fighting them. The store screenshots show a mansion "crawling with patrols" and guarded corridors to get through.
Assassin system: lets you remove enemies rather than meet them in a full battle.
Ninja skills in battle: when fights do happen, Botan uses techniques such as Shadow Clone, which creates decoys that can take hits for her.

A guarded corridor where Botan decides that walking through the centre would be suicide

Difficulty and grinding

The game includes difficulty options, and Kagura says no grinding is required. That matters in this genre: you can play for the missions and the story rather than spend hours levelling. Mixing stealth with fights also keeps the pace up, since you are not forced into every battle.

Botan's Shadow Clone skill in a turn-based fight, with the skill description on screen

Story

One day the village chief calls Botan and her fellow kunoichi to an emergency meeting. Their master has not returned from a mission, and she may have been captured. Botan still lacks skills and experience, but she is given the task of rescuing her, on a mission that even her master failed.

The story is a straightforward rescue plot. Botan learns on the job, infiltrating a patrolled mansion and gathering information from locals, and the tension comes from a novice taking on a job beyond her level. All characters are adults.

Botan scouts a mansion storeroom and notes it is crawling with patrols

Main features

Classic RPG gameplay combined with stealth and assassination systems
Difficulty options, with no grinding required
Female protagonist and a rescue-mission story
Steam features: 30 achievements and Steam Cloud
Languages: English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese

Visual style

Maps are top-down 2D, with Japanese-style rooms, courtyards and a village. Dialogue shows a large anime-style portrait of Botan beside the text box, and one store screenshot shows her in a plain grey kimono while she gathers information in the village. Steam users tag it "2D" rather than pixel art.

Platforms and how to get it

There are two official stores, and both are Windows only. We found no Mac or Linux build and no demo.

Store	Price (Sept. 2026)	Adult content	Notes
Steam	$14.99	Partial nudity; free official patch adds the rest	Achievements, Cloud
Kagura Games store	$14.99	Adult version from the publisher	DRM-free, no internet connection needed

What the official build contains

The Kunoichi Botan Steam build: the censored version. Steam's descriptors list partial nudity and strong language.
The patch: Kagura offers a free "Kunoichi Botan Steam Patch v1" under the Patch tab of the game's page. The page says it may only be used outside Japan.
Installing it: Kagura's instructions say the patcher targets the default Steam folder for the game, with a button to change it if you installed elsewhere.
DLC: none listed on Steam.

How censored builds and publisher patches work in general is covered in our guide to finding adult games on Steam, and our list of adult games on Steam notes which picks need a patch.

Is Kunoichi Botan free?

No. It costs $14.99 on Steam and on Kagura's store (regular price, September 2026). The patch is free but needs the Steam game. Kagura's store runs sales, but we do not promise sale prices.

Is it safe to download?

Buy from Steam or Kagura, and take the patch only from Kagura's own game page. Those are the publisher's channels. Avoid "pre-patched" copies on other sites, which are unofficial and may be out of date. For a downloaded DRM-free build, our Windows install guide covers setup, and the Steam safety guide covers patch checks.

Latest version and updates

Kagura's page offers the Steam Patch v1 described above. We could not confirm a date for it or a game version number. The game has been complete since its 2019 release, so do not expect new content.

Screenshots

Pros

Stealth and assassination systems add real variety to a classic RPG
No grinding required, plus difficulty options
Free official patch from the publisher
DRM-free, offline build on Kagura's store
"Very Positive" on Steam

Cons

The Steam build is censored until you apply the patch
Windows only
No controller support listed on Steam
A simple rescue plot without much depth

FAQ

Is Kunoichi Botan uncensored on Steam?

No. The Steam version has partial nudity only. Kagura Games offers a free official patch on its site for players outside Japan.

Where do I get the Kunoichi Botan patch?

From the Patch tab on Kagura Games' page for the game. The file is labelled "Steam Patch v1" and it is free.

Is Kunoichi Botan DRM-free?

The version sold on Kagura's store is. It works on Windows without an internet connection. The Steam version uses Steam as usual.

Does it have multiple endings?

Steam user tags say so, but the store page does not give a number, so we cannot confirm how many there are.

Is there a Kunoichi Botan Mac version?

No. Steam and Kagura list Windows only.

Is Kunoichi Botan worth it?

If you want a low-grind RPG where sneaking matters, yes. It is well reviewed and the patch is free. If you want a big open game or Mac support, look at other picks.

Final verdict

The stealth layer is what makes this one worth your time: it turns a standard Kagura-style RPG into a game about choosing when to fight, and the no-grinding design keeps it moving. Add a free official patch and a DRM-free build and it is an easy buy for fans of the genre. For its closest relative, a Kagura dungeon crawler, see our Fallen Makina review; for another RPG built around a single heroine, try the Cursed Armor review. More options are in our adult RPG guide and the games catalog.