Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate

Side-scrolling beat 'em up with unlockable playable enemies

Rocket Panda Games Japan · Published by Rocket Panda Games · Released Apr 17, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 220
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 2; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 11 months ago; Oct 16, 2025

What is Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate?

Four fighters travel from Tokyo across parallel worlds to rescue Nagi from Phantom. In this pixel-art beat 'em up, you fight through eight side-scrolling stages, level up to unlock skills, and play co-op or versus modes locally or online.

For you if...

+you like chaining attacks with different character movesets
+you like retro pixel art and anime-styled characters

Not for you if...

−you want a longer campaign for the price
−you dislike leveling multiple characters through repeated play

What players say

85% of 220 reviews are positive

Players praise the co-op, playable enemy characters, and remixed soundtrack. Some find the campaign too short for its price or the combat repetitive.

Screenshots and trailer

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-3210 or AMD FX-4300
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB or AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB, or Intel HD 5000
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 3 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 51
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, Japanese. Text only: French, Italian, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese.