Ninja Arashi 2 is a shadow-themed platformer for mobile gamers, featuring RPG-lite progression and boss combat.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#67
▲9Games · free
Sentiment
4.6
386k reviews
Nemesis
Swordigo
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Players use the app to satisfy a demand for high-difficulty, skill-based platforming that rewards mastery of combat mechanics.
For Mobile gamers who enjoy challenging platformers and RPG-lite progression mechanics.
What does it look like?
Key features
80-stage campaign across four acts. Compounds session frequency and completion rates.
RPG-style progression for upgrading ninja abilities. Increases long-term retention.
Equippable items that modify character stats. Encourages repeated play.
How much does it cost?
Relies on ad-supported gameplay and in-app purchases to monetize a large install base.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
Ninja Arashi 2 has entered a zombie state, with no new feature builds or events released in the last 282 days. The development history shows extreme stagnation, with the iOS platform remaining untouched for over five years. Given the lack of activity across all platforms, the app is currently in a state of total development dormancy.
Who built it?
Hung Nguyen Van
4 apps tracked · Games
Ninja Arashi
Air Combat - Sky Fighter
VoxLab: Smart Vocal TunerUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows an excited sentiment. Users appreciate the core action gameplay loop provides a highly engaging and challenging experience for dedicated players and visual design and aesthetic choices receive consistent praise from players across multiple platform versions. On the flip side, players on iOS report missing content and inaccessible levels that remain locked despite long wait times.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The core action gameplay loop provides a highly engaging and challenging experience for dedicated players
- Visual design and aesthetic choices receive consistent praise from players across multiple platform versions
- Players on iOS report missing content and inaccessible levels that remain locked despite long wait times
61 of 103 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for Ninja Arashi 2
How's the Games market?
Ninja Arashi 2 maintains a presence in the adventure category, but its 282-day update gap limits its ability to challenge top-grossing rivals. The lack of content parity on iOS creates a performance ceiling compared to the broader category norm.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Touch Foo
With over 800k reviews and a long-standing presence in the action-platformer niche, Swordigo serves as the primary benchmark for the 2D adventure experience.
- Features a deep RPG-lite progression system with equipment upgrades and spell-casting mechanics missing from this app.
- Utilizes a non-linear world exploration model that encourages backtracking and discovery beyond simple level progression.
- Maintains a consistent content update cycle that keeps the decade-old title relevant in current app stores.
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Key takeaways for Ninja Arashi 2
Where is it heading?
The adventure platformer market is consolidating around titles with high-frequency live-ops and deep RPG progression. Ninja Arashi 2 remains exposed due to its stagnant development, and failing to address platform-specific content gaps will likely result in a steady decline in active users.
- The 282-day update gap indicates a maintenance-only posture, which leaves the app vulnerable to rivals with active live-ops cycles.
- Persistent iOS content locks drive negative sentiment, which will likely accelerate churn as players reach the level-sixty cap.
The SWOT
- Shadow-silhouette aesthetic sustains organic install velocity
- RPG progression mechanics drive recurring ad-impressions
- Implement cloud-save to reduce churn during device switches
- Unlock final content act to resolve iOS progression locks
Next best moves
Ship cloud-save functionality because it is a top-requested feature → unlock data-loss frustration
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The lack of updates is a retention strategy: by limiting content…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Non-linear world exploration (available in Swordigo but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app has entered a state of total development dormancy, with the update gap reaching 282 days and sentiment confidence falling to low due to unresolved content and data-persistence issues.
Bottom line
Addressing the iOS content gap and implementing cloud-save would resolve the primary friction points currently driving negative sentiment. Prioritizing these technical fixes over new content will stabilize the retention loop against active competitors.
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Is Ninja Arashi 2 worth playing if I only play casually?
How does Ninja Arashi 2 compare to Swordigo?
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Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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