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Mr. Shifty cover art

Mr. Shifty

Team Shifty · tinyBuild · 2017-04-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 13, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 04, 2017 (Xbox One), Jul 11, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 13, 2017 (Linux), Apr 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 13, 2017 (Mac)

Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!

Mr. Shifty is a 2017 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1732 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (161 ratings)
0.4h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Mr. Shifty is a 2.5D beat 'em up video game developed by Team Shifty and published by tinyBuild.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 43k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,733 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-80%
WinGameStore$2.99-80%
GameBillet$3.00-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Fanatical (2026-07-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 72 of 140 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720172026Week of 2017-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
620Jun 2016Jul 2024Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2017 — avg 9 · peak 34Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2017 — avg 14 · peak 66Mar 2018 — avg 16 · peak 42Jun 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Sep 2018 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2020 — avg 7 · peak 23Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492017-04-132026-10-142017-04-13 — best price $13.492018-03-11 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $9.892019-12-27 — best price $4.492020-05-31 — best price $13.392020-07-26 — best price $13.492020-09-19 — best price $11.012020-11-03 — best price $14.992020-12-08 — best price $13.392021-01-27 — best price $13.392021-03-18 — best price $3.352021-05-03 — best price $13.392021-06-24 — best price $3.262021-10-07 — best price $14.992022-01-07 — best price $13.392022-05-12 — best price $3.742022-08-07 — best price $2.832022-11-22 — best price $3.742023-01-28 — best price $12.242023-05-12 — best price $3.282023-07-20 — best price $3.082023-11-03 — best price $14.992024-01-25 — best price $14.992024-03-31 — best price $13.392024-05-28 — best price $11.512024-08-07 — best price $2.992024-09-27 — best price $3.752024-12-10 — best price $2.992025-02-17 — best price $12.712025-05-15 — best price $13.492025-08-20 — best price $2.282025-11-13 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $2.992026-04-28 — best price $2.992026-06-18 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $2.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 8 pageviews2026-09-23 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 10 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
52.3%
earned "Yippee ki yay"
26.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-04-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,0562%14
PS4 (PlayStation)6193%14

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

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeAssassinTop-DownAdventureDifficultSuperheroComic BookFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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