Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 38k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

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Mimimi Games · Stealth · Dec 6, 2016

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
44
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio2 of 13
Subtitles13 of 13

Should I buy Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 113 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 93 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 51 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 38k player reviews · updated

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
73% of themes are praise9% are divided18% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
113 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics, story, characters, music, controls, gameplay, AI, level design, it's all great!
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
93 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The writing for each character is pretty decent, being likeable but again not keeping them too modern, and each was distinctive, so while the main plot of the game is humdrum, the fate of the characters really interested me, as did the general historical atmosphere of the game.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
51 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There are only 13 missions, however they are diverse, they escalate in challenge as well as length and overall the game clocks in at around 20 to 30 hours depending on what difficulty you play on (I played on Hardcore).
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The playable characters are distinct in skill set and character design... and I had nothing else nice to say about them until after a major plot twist.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting was pretty good, I only heard a little of the English VO as I chose to have the Japanese voices on instead, but both seemed good, and again characters seemed distinctive and well acted.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It might not be AAAA graphics in blistering RTX on vision, but each map is gorgeous.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay113 reviews
Story93 reviews
Difficulty51 reviews
Characters35 reviews
Audio25 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Combat14 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
67% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
67% still recommend
Controls
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$39.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $39.99

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