YouTube Shorts

Every ZANOKA Short, newest first.

Real gameplay from the work-in-progress build of ZANOKA, the action roguelike swordfighting combo game for PC: boss fights, named sword combos, and a horde that never stops. The newest Short is always at the top, and the very first one is at the bottom.

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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka cutting through the horde in round 57, with the caption The horde never stops — **Beating Chiber Knight**Short 10 · October 1, 2026
Round 57, and the horde never stops. Chiber Knight calls his guard into the fight, falls anyway, and rises again on Zanoka’s side.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka fighting Dr Cru, with the caption Round 43: Dr Cru falls — **Beating Dr Cru in round 43**Short 9 · October 1, 2026
Dr Cru, the Head of Ward, walks into the horde. At a third of his health he turns SWIFT, and the chains bring him down.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka facing Grog the Deck Breaker, with the caption A boss every 7th round — **Beating Grog the Deck Breaker**Short 8 · October 1, 2026
Grog the Deck Breaker charges in as the round 35 boss. Named combos like BRUTAL CUT wear his bar down, and TEMPEST lands the execution.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka in the middle of the horde, with the caption Unstoppable: 50 in a chain — **50 in a chain**Short 7 · September 30, 2026
Twenty-four minutes in and the horde keeps coming: RAMPAGE at 25 in a chain, UNSTOPPABLE at 50. Every kill inside the window keeps the chain alive.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka fighting Count Pudula, with the caption Drain the Count — **Count Pudula, the round 5 champion**Short 6 · September 29, 2026
Count Pudula arrives as the round 5 champion. Build the run with elemental upgrades, then drain the Count.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka fighting the Warden Champion, with the caption Zanoka vs. the Warden Champion — **The round 3 Warden Champion**Short 5 · September 29, 2026
Zanoka against the Warden Champion in round 3. Every combo has a name, and the finisher breaks the champion.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka surrounded by enemies, with the caption A storm of upgrades — **A storm of upgrades**Short 4 · September 29, 2026
Four minutes into a run, the horde keeps coming. A storm of upgrades, and every run is different.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka fighting in the Greenwood, with the caption Round 28 — **Round 1 vs Round 28**Short 3 · September 28, 2026
The same run, 16 minutes apart. Every upgrade you pick changes the fight.
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A ZANOKA Short: Zanoka facing an elite squad in the Greenwood, with the caption Zanoka vs. an elite squad — **Zanoka vs an elite squad**Short 2 · September 28, 2026
An elite squad closes in, and Zanoka cuts through it with named combos like GUARD BREAK and EXECUTION.
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The ZANOKA Short: Zanoka cuts through a wave of enemies, with the caption Zanoka chains sword combos — **The first ZANOKA Short**Short 1 · September 27, 2026
Swordplay, a boss going down, elemental upgrades, and the end card: where the Shorts began.
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Every Short plays on YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode, and nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. Everything shown is from the work-in-progress build and may change.