 Like "Ninja Gaiden" and "Ninja Gaiden Black", "Ninja Gaiden Sigma" has received positive reviews, currently holding an average score of 87% at GameRankings and 88/100 at Metacritic, based on 58 and 46 reviews respectively.Critics varied in their views on the technical aspects of "Ninja Gaiden Sigma".Although the gaming site 1UP.com called the updated graphics "a gorgeous reworking of the modern ninja classic," Pro-G said that they were average by next-generation standards and showed occasional "tearing, jagged edges, and mismatched collision between bloodstains and walls."