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Shakes and Fidget cover art

Shakes and Fidget

Playa Games GmbH · 2016-02-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jul 22, 2009 (Web browser), Feb 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2012 (iOS), Jan 18, 2012 (Android)

Shakes & Fidget is a hilarious fantasy role-playing satire and at the same time, an award-winning RPG! Sounds crazy? With over 50 million enthusiastic players, it ranks among the most celebrated online role-playing games worldwide!

Shakes and Fidget is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Massively Multiplayer game released in 2016, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 36834 reviews).

683
playing now
92%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,506
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

683 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Shakes & Fidget is a free-to-play, browser-based, massively multiplayer online role-playing video game (MMORPG) developed and published by the German company Playa Games GmbH. The game is based on a webcomic of the same name, which was created by Oskar Pannier and Marvin Clifford as a parody of World of Warcraft. It was originally released in 2009 for desktop browsers, followed by a mobile version for Android in 2011 and iOS in 2012. It is available in 9 languages – English, German, French, Italian, Slovak, Czech, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 683 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 526 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~66/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 872 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 754 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.3k02026-08-06 21:00 — 982 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 488 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,243 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,145 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 529 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,307 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,166 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 518 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,483 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,047 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 436 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,161 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,038 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 436 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,102 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,052 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 412 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,238 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,273 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 351 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 967 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,887 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 571 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2,296 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 504 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,227 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,051 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 683 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

8292026-05-29 — 32 pageviews2026-06-01 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-16 — 19 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 23 pageviews2026-07-01 — 18 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 29 pageviews2026-07-10 — 26 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-16 — 45 pageviews2026-07-19 — 22 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-25 — 17 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 30 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-06 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 16 pageviews2026-08-12 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 25 pageviews2026-08-21 — 64 pageviews2026-08-24 — 37 pageviews2026-08-26 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.6k82026-08-20 14:12 — 2,990 viewers2026-08-20 17:12 — 7,563 viewers2026-08-21 14:12 — 6,875 viewers2026-08-21 17:12 — 4,125 viewers2026-08-24 15:12 — 4,067 viewers2026-08-24 19:12 — 3,691 viewers2026-08-26 18:12 — 4,164 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 4,284 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1,022 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1,151 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 2,892 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1,315 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 2,314 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 151 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 360 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 388 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 871 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 3,760 viewers2026-08-28 16:12 — 5,158 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 3,096 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 4,883 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 2,156 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 200 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 252 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 3,688 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 2,125 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 2,031 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 1,851 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 155 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 273 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 332 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 1,640 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 1,691 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,506 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualComedyMMORPGClickerFantasyMedievalStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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