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Trace of Gladius

Trace of Gladius is an offline single-player VR sword action game. The player challenges four stages where fantasy monsters appear, using a sword to attack enemies with “Traces,” skills that activate when the sword is swung in the specified direction.

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FictLink
Publisher
FictLink
Release
December 28, 2025
217 days ago
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About the Game

Overview

“Trace of Gladius” is a VR sword action game that uses a VR device to fight monsters with a sword.
The player fights by using skills called Traces, which are activated depending on how the sword is swung.
The player challenges a total of four stages where fantasy-style monsters appear.

Game System [Trace]

In Trace of Gladius, the means of attacking monsters is limited only to the skill called Trace.
Attacks that do not use a Trace cannot deal damage to monsters.

A Trace has the following characteristics:

  • One Trace is composed of one or multiple sword strokes.

  • Sword strokes exist in eight directions: vertical, horizontal, and diagonal.
    Combined with which hand is holding the sword, there are a total of sixteen sword strokes.

  • For example, a Trace called BladeFlow consists of three sword strokes:

    • Right hand: slash from upper right to lower left

    • Left hand: slash from left to right

    • Right hand: slash from left to right

Below is how BladeFlow is actually activated.

Features

  • A single-player, VR-only offline game

  • Four-layered stages (1 tutorial stage and 3 stages where multiple monsters appear)

  • 8 types of Traces always available for selection

  • 7 types of monsters appear

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