Kusan City of Wolves Guides Hub

Welcome to the Guides Hub

Kusan City of Wolves is a hardcore top-down shooter from CIRCLEfromDOT and PQube. You play as Jin, an ex-soldier turned fixer, cutting through a neon-noir metropolis to protect Haru. Combat is fast, stylish, and merciless: one mistake often means death, so every room clear is a planned sequence rather than a spray-and-pray brawl.

This Guides Hub is the map for that skill curve. Use it to jump into beginner orientation, full combat systems, weapon deep dives, mid-run upgrades, score chasing, and demo practice. Each page below is written for real execution—movement habits, Bolts economy, Quantum Knife positioning, and S-Rank standards—not filler checklists.

Full launch is set for July 30, 2026 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch. A demo is already live on major platforms, so you can train the core loop before day-one chapters open.

Where to start

If you are brand new, begin with Getting Started. That page covers the mental model for one-hit-death arenas, how Jin’s kit fits together, and what to practice in the demo before the full 54-stage campaign.

When you are ready for systems detail, move to How to Play. It breaks down movement, parries, firearm timing, War Hand smashes, and how stylish chains feed Bolts mid-run. When defense-to-offense converts become the goal, open Parry and Combos.

Core combat pages

Quantum Knife mastery

The Quantum Knife guide focuses on the auto-targeting throw that defines Kusan’s spacing game. Positioning decides whether the knife finishes a target cleanly or leaves you exposed while the next gunner winds up. Pair it with War Hand finishers and firearm pressure for room clears that stay on S-Rank pace.

War Hand and Bolts

The War Hand and Bolts page explains the mid-run upgrade loop: smash obstacles, chain kills and parries, bank Bolts, then spend them on War Hand power and arsenal options while the stage is still hot. Upgrades are not a menu distraction—they change how the next corridor feels seconds later.

S-Rank and style

If you care about leaderboard-grade clears, read S-Rank. Speed, precision, and clean execution decide ranks. Use the on-site S-Rank Tracker to log stages you still need to polish across the 54 hand-crafted maps.

Demo practice

The Demo Guide covers what the public demo teaches well: tight arenas, boss tastes, Loptimist’s pressure soundtrack, and graphic-novel cutscenes that introduce Jin, Haru, and the city’s conspiracy tone. Treat the demo as a training ground for habits you will need on launch day—especially reset discipline after a one-hit death.

How these guides connect

Kusan’s systems stack. Bolts income rises when Quantum Knife throws and War Hand smashes stay stylish. S-Rank rewards the same flow. Demo stages rehearse the full-game rhythm without the full chapter load. Cross-link between pages as you practice:

• New players: Getting Started → How to Play → Demo
• Weapon focus: Quantum Knife ↔ War Hand and Bolts
• Convert focus: Parry and Combos ↔ How to Play
• Score chase: How to Play → S-Rank → S-Rank Tracker
• Launch news: Updates Hub → Launch Prep

Campaign context (54 stages)

The full game spreads more than fifty hand-crafted stages across chapters. Expect skill puzzles, dense room geometry, and boss fights that punish hesitation. Style scoring pushes you to go fast, hit hard, and avoid messy leftovers. Characters such as Wonny surface in the underworld plot while graphic-novel panels and pixel-art streets keep the story readable between firefights.

Keep this hub bookmarked. When a mechanic clicks in a run—parry timing, knife angle, Bolts spend timing—open the matching child guide and lock the habit with deliberate practice instead of hoping muscle memory alone carries an S-Rank.

Practice checklist

1. Clear a demo room without taking a hit.
2. Land a Quantum Knife throw that sets up a War Hand finish.
3. Smash a route for Bolts and buy a mid-run War Hand upgrade before the next arena.
4. Replay a stage for cleaner style, not only survival.
5. Log stubborn stages in the S-Rank Tracker.

Return here whenever you need the full guide index. Every child page links back to siblings so you can stay inside the Guides category while deepening one system at a time.