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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition cover art

Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

FromSoftware, Inc. · Activision (Excluding Japan and Asia) · 2019-03-21

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 22, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 28, 2020 (Google Stadia), Mar 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 22, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition is an Action and Adventure game released in 2019, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 355640 reviews).

5,942
playing now
95%
positive of 358k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
275
twitch viewers (latest)
17.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (1372 ratings)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (66,814 ratings)
42h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 51h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

5,942 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by FromSoftware. It was released in Japan by FromSoftware and internationally by Activision for the PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One in March 2019 and for Stadia in October 2020.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,942 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12,281 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,535/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,668 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 8.9M–21M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 357,712 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $26.99 at GamesPlanet US (2021-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.5k9.5k20192026Week of 2019-03-01: 9,496 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,404 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4,722 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 540 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,176 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,431 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,453 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6,965 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7,362 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5,661 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4,347 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,143 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4,251 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,481 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,176 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,913 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,354 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,506 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,934 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,016 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,045 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,810 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,516 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,146 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,495 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,446 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,870 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5,944 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 434 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,759 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,267 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,655 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,253 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3,165 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,185 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,620 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,541 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,216 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,768 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,137 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,463 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,921 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3,755 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,902 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,895 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4,491 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,637 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,504 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4,157 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,224 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,930 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,809 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,410 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,507 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,401 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3,053 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,708 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,600 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,677 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,178 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,387 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,303 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,256 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,754 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4,502 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 351 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,550 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,084 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,424 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,017 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,606 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,633 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,877 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,754 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3,001 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,209 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,005 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,634 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,981 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,762 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,029 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,728 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,121 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,439 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,371 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,092 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,244 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,464 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,501 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,128 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 63 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9.2k1.7k2026-09-15 11:00 — 5,533 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 2,617 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,213 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 6,433 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 3,753 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2,588 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 4,335 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,664 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,362 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 5,962 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 5,580 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,683 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 4,419 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 7,642 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 3,833 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 5,018 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 8,035 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3,414 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4,651 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 8,796 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4,817 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,973 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 5,942 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
69k1.6kMar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 68,632 · peak 124,334Jun 2019 — avg 3,237 · peak 6,271Sep 2019 — avg 1,913 · peak 3,586Dec 2019 — avg 5,413 · peak 13,135Mar 2020 — avg 4,563 · peak 8,538Jun 2020 — avg 3,493 · peak 8,663Sep 2020 — avg 3,166 · peak 6,853Dec 2020 — avg 4,728 · peak 11,236Mar 2021 — avg 3,896 · peak 8,593Jun 2021 — avg 4,228 · peak 16,876Sep 2021 — avg 4,207 · peak 8,681Dec 2021 — avg 5,289 · peak 14,040Mar 2022 — avg 6,161 · peak 12,736Jun 2022 — avg 3,846 · peak 9,930Sep 2022 — avg 7,454 · peak 17,837Dec 2022 — avg 7,387 · peak 17,610Mar 2023 — avg 7,855 · peak 19,799Jun 2023 — avg 4,148 · peak 10,392Sep 2023 — avg 6,610 · peak 16,308Dec 2023 — avg 7,050 · peak 14,966Mar 2024 — avg 7,731 · peak 18,708Jun 2024 — avg 6,527 · peak 16,000Sep 2024 — avg 6,304 · peak 13,845Dec 2024 — avg 5,846 · peak 11,257Mar 2025 — avg 5,897 · peak 13,093Jun 2025 — avg 5,898 · peak 11,994Sep 2025 — avg 4,133 · peak 9,629Dec 2025 — avg 4,455 · peak 8,986Mar 2026 — avg 3,865 · peak 9,369Jun 2026 — avg 4,053 · peak 9,426Aug 2026 — avg 4,410 · peak 8,307
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1661662026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 43 new positive2026-09-23: 38 new positive2026-09-24: 38 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 33 new positive2026-09-26: 65 new positive2026-09-27: 53 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 88 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 36 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 39 new positive2026-10-02: 59 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new negative2026-10-03: 83 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new negative2026-10-04: 63 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 104 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 81 new positive2026-10-06: 14 new negative2026-10-07: 78 new positive2026-10-07: 11 new negative2026-10-08: 76 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 69 new positive2026-10-09: 11 new negative2026-10-10: 84 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 94 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 115 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 166 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 58 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$66.10$26.992018-08-202026-07-092018-08-20 — best price $59.992019-04-18 — best price $56.992019-06-26 — best price $47.992019-07-24 — best price $47.992019-08-19 — best price $58.312019-09-28 — best price $60.162019-11-26 — best price $35.992019-12-06 — best price $54.992020-01-06 — best price $54.992020-01-16 — best price $38.992020-01-25 — best price $42.992020-02-04 — best price $35.092020-02-10 — best price $60.022020-02-23 — best price $54.992020-04-03 — best price $35.992020-05-25 — best price $54.992020-07-23 — best price $59.992020-10-29 — best price $38.992020-11-30 — best price $35.872020-12-13 — best price $35.872021-01-05 — best price $59.992021-02-01 — best price $59.992021-05-02 — best price $66.102021-08-23 — best price $54.992021-12-01 — best price $59.992022-04-25 — best price $29.992022-09-05 — best price $59.992023-06-29 — best price $29.992023-11-20 — best price $59.992024-03-14 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $59.992025-03-06 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $59.992026-03-19 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k7092026-05-30 — 800 pageviews2026-06-03 — 929 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,043 pageviews2026-06-11 — 891 pageviews2026-06-15 — 827 pageviews2026-06-19 — 709 pageviews2026-06-23 — 791 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,172 pageviews2026-07-01 — 961 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,066 pageviews2026-07-09 — 876 pageviews2026-07-13 — 907 pageviews2026-07-17 — 948 pageviews2026-07-21 — 875 pageviews2026-07-25 — 789 pageviews2026-07-29 — 792 pageviews2026-08-02 — 936 pageviews2026-08-06 — 910 pageviews2026-08-10 — 914 pageviews2026-08-14 — 849 pageviews2026-08-18 — 909 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,012 pageviews2026-08-26 — 908 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,042 pageviews2026-09-03 — 993 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,145 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,018 pageviews2026-09-15 — 887 pageviews2026-09-19 — 780 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,225 pageviews2026-09-27 — 935 pageviews2026-10-01 — 835 pageviews2026-10-05 — 797 pageviews2026-10-08 — 806 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.3k1012026-09-30 22:34 — 454 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 681 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 649 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 366 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 683 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 977 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 960 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 813 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 366 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 245 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 724 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 317 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 315 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 551 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 657 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 385 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 317 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 295 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 333 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 356 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 189 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 176 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 977 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 476 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 837 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 533 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 465 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 309 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 242 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 576 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 662 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 1,633 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 316 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 275 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
94%
earned "Revered Blade"
31.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

NinjaActionStealthViolentAssassinAdventureDifficultOpen WorldSouls-likeStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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