Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Steam Deck Verified

WayForward · Female Protagonist · Dec 20, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

90%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 126 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise50% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters, while not the most diversely designed or anything, were very enjoyable.
126 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Fantastic Visuals
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I do think it will pan wonders, because features like expansion packs, variable art styles and level progression, and fan-selected palettes, can become mainstay ingredients for creating newer, fresher titles set in the diverse land of Sequin.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
While on the topic of visuals and audio, the soundtrack to Half Genie Hero is AMAZING, easily some of the best platforming music I've heard in ages.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I played it with both the XBox Windows controller and the Steam controller, and didn't have any issues and didn't have to map anything out.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters126 reviews
Graphics75 reviews
Gameplay73 reviews
Audio63 reviews
Controls12 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty50 reviews
82%
Monetization20 reviews
65%
Combat15 reviews
93%
Interface9 reviews
100%
Performance6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
65
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.