Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Steam Deck Verified

Mimimi Games · Stealth · Dec 6, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
38k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 132 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 38k player reviews · updated 5 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
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise 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.
132 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
On the gameplay front, I mostly found it very good.
77 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It might not be AAAA graphics in blistering RTX on vision, but each map is gorgeous.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
You quickly feel attached to the five heroes whose individuality is perfectly portrayed by very good voice acting, not only in cut scenes but throughout missions.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
+ Even the hand-drawn lightly animated menu screen is awesome lol!
7 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 characters132 reviews
Gameplay77 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty44 reviews
98%
Combat14 reviews
79%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes8 reviews
75%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
44
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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