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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

📅 Apr 23, 2015
WayForward
Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
92.9Rating
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User Reviews

92.9
Overall Score / 100
9.3/10
Steam

About This Game

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is a action/adventure game designed for single-player, developed by WayForward and released in 2015. With an estimated 116,000 copies sold, it is considered a mid-tier seller on Steam. With 3k reviews on Steam, it stands as a game with a solid review base on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 92.9/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 8.26 hours, with side content bringing that to 10.19 hours, and a completionist run can reach 10.56 hours. Players commonly describe it as Platformer, Metroidvania, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack and 2D.

Playtime Estimates

8.26h
🎯 Main Story
10.19h
⭐ Main + Sides
10.56h
💯 Completionist
Based on 26 player submissions

Game Information

Release Date
April 23, 2015
Developer
WayForward
Publisher
WayForward
Platforms
Windows
Controller
Full Support
Price
$19.99

Analytics & Metrics

Copies Sold (VISE)
115.7K
(92.6K 138.8K)
VRI ScoreLearning
73.4
Hard to call the data is inconsistent at this point.
VISE (VORYTHIC Intelligent Sales Estimator) intelligent predictive model estimating the number of copies sold on Steam, based on community data analysis and purchase patterns.
VRI (Vorythic Recommendation Index) a single number indicating whether the game is worth your time. Built from game data, putting real players' opinions above progressive 'critics'.

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Genres & Categories

Genres
Action
Adventure
Indie
RPG
Categories
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Remote Play on TV
Family Sharing
Tags
Platformer
Metroidvania
Female Protagonist
Great Soundtrack
2D
Pixel Graphics
Action
Adventure
Anime
Indie
Cute
Singleplayer
Pirates
Funny
Side Scroller
RPG
Difficult
Fantasy
Comedy
Sexual Content

Supported Languages

With Full Audio
English
Text Only
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain

System Requirements

🪟 Windows
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
  • Processor: Intel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows®7 or Windows®8
  • Processor: Intel™ Core 2 Duo / AMD™ Athlon 64 X2 or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce™ 200 series or higher, AMD® Radeon™ HD5000 series or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory.
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

Legal Notice

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