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Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

Mimimi Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2021-12-06

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 06, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Dec 06, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 06, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 18, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice is a 2021 Indie and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with Very Positive sentiment (93% of 4837 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

20
playing now
93%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.83★
PlayStation Store rating (247 ratings)
16h
to beat · completionist 16h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Aiko's Choice is a brand-new standalone expansion to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, set in Japan around the Edo period. The expansion features three fully fledged main missions, set in brand-new environments, and three shorter interlude missions. In the style of the main game, you take control of a team of deadly specialists to sneak in the shadows between dozens of enemies. Choose your approach when infiltrating enemy bases in hidden forest camps or lively Edo period towns. Set traps, poison and distract your opponents – or avoid enemy contact complet(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 152 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,113 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 97k–218k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,837 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.19 at Gamer Thor (2024-10-23) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 141 of 191 observed days · $2.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20212026Week of 2021-12-01: 1,012 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3142026-09-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 30 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
33817Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 338 · peak 1,656Feb 2022 — avg 60 · peak 151Apr 2022 — avg 79 · peak 500Jun 2022 — avg 97 · peak 348Aug 2022 — avg 45 · peak 130Oct 2022 — avg 43 · peak 119Dec 2022 — avg 71 · peak 198Feb 2023 — avg 43 · peak 97Apr 2023 — avg 33 · peak 80Jun 2023 — avg 28 · peak 88Aug 2023 — avg 40 · peak 119Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 75Dec 2023 — avg 33 · peak 68Feb 2024 — avg 28 · peak 81Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 69Jun 2024 — avg 25 · peak 69Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 52Oct 2024 — avg 19 · peak 55Dec 2024 — avg 29 · peak 81Feb 2025 — avg 24 · peak 78Apr 2025 — avg 21 · peak 57Jun 2025 — avg 20 · peak 52Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 53Dec 2025 — avg 20 · peak 46Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 46Apr 2026 — avg 18 · peak 48Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 47Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-12-032026-10-142021-12-03 — best price $16.992022-02-17 — best price $19.992022-04-08 — best price $13.592022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-07-15 — best price $9.992022-09-05 — best price $7.432022-10-24 — best price $7.992022-12-07 — best price $19.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-04-15 — best price $6.792023-06-02 — best price $14.992023-08-06 — best price $14.992023-10-27 — best price $5.442023-12-08 — best price $5.992024-02-01 — best price $19.992024-03-28 — best price $4.992024-05-13 — best price $19.992024-07-15 — best price $19.992024-09-24 — best price $3.982024-10-28 — best price $3.302024-11-26 — best price $4.992025-03-05 — best price $4.992025-04-29 — best price $19.992025-06-20 — best price $4.992025-08-14 — best price $4.302025-09-16 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $15.292026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $4.852026-04-28 — best price $19.992026-06-19 — best price $4.992026-08-15 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
61.7%
earned "Contestant"
41.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-12-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)5026%44

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSNinjaActionPuzzleStealthAssassinStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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