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9 Monkeys of Shaolin cover art

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

Sobaka Studio · ESDigital Games · 2020-10-16

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 16, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 16, 2020 (Linux), Oct 16, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S)

The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.

1
playing now
86%
positive of 918 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a beat 'em up video game developed by Russian developer Sobaka Studio and published by Buka Entertainment and Ravenscourt. The game was released on 16 October 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One; and Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows via Steam.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 918 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.85 at GameBillet (2026-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 31 of 53 observed days · $16.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.852020-10-162026-08-282020-10-16 — best price $19.992021-03-08 — best price $11.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-05-16 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-04-20 — best price $19.992023-06-22 — best price $5.502023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-22 — best price $5.382023-10-05 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-01 — best price $16.892024-03-08 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $4.802024-04-11 — best price $18.332024-05-05 — best price $18.362024-06-27 — best price $4.792024-08-20 — best price $18.332024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-06-30 — best price $4.682025-09-17 — best price $19.392025-12-19 — best price $4.292026-03-14 — best price $16.572026-05-02 — best price $18.502026-05-20 — best price $19.792026-07-13 — best price $16.572026-08-01 — best price $16.562026-08-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3032026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 19 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 30 pageviews2026-07-26 — 19 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
85.6%
earned "Prologue"
25.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availablePartial Controller Support2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)6,24730%31
Xbox One (Xbox)2,76219%31
Steam (Steam)8487%31
Switch (Nintendo)320%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DCo-opNinjaRetroActionColorfulFightingAdventureStory RichBeat 'em up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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