Warriors known as mononofu (モノノフ, localised as "slayer" in the western release) specialise in fighting oni, and form teams to hunt them.

Eight years prior to the commencement of the story, a great demon emerged from the underworld and brought an era of calamity to the land of Nakatsu Kuni, which was traditionally protected by the mononofu since ancient times.

Tecmo Koei states that the decision to create Toukiden for the PS Vita and PSP was due to Capcom releasing their Monster Hunter titles on the Nintendo 3DS, and believed that plenty of people using Sony consoles were keen for a hunting game on their systems.

[14] An enhanced game titled Toukiden: Kiwami[15] (討鬼伝 極) was released on August 28, 2014 in Japan, for the PS Vita and PSP.

[19] On January 15, 2015, it was announced that a PlayStation 4 version would be released exclusively in the west, with support for cross-save and multiplayer cross-play between the PS4 and Vita platforms.

Urasuke Ayano is writing and drawing the story that takes place several years before Tarō Diffendorfer's scenario.

[21] Within the September 26, 2013 issue of Famitsu, Producer Kenichi Ogasawara has hinted towards expanding the franchise towards anime and manga.

[39] Toukiden was the second-most purchased digital Vita game on the US PlayStation store during February 2014, which was the month of first release in the West.

[40] Koei Tecmo's financial report for the fiscal year ending March 2014 reveals that 550,000 copies have been shipped worldwide.

[32] The Vita version of Toukiden: Kiwami sold 100,073 physical copies within its debut week according to Business Famitsu, representing a 60-80% sell-through within its initial shipment batch and taking first place within that week's sales rankings; at the same time, the PSP version sold 13,518 copies.

[44] Within a November 2014 earnings report, Koei Tecmo announced that Toukiden: Kiwami shipped 200,000 copies within the Japanese and Asian regions across both PSP and Vita platforms.