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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).

1,026
playing now
92%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,361
twitch viewers (latest)
295.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1,026 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Shakes and Fidget trailer thumbnail

Shakes and Fidget - The Adventure Official Kickstarter Trailer

≈406,421 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,026 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 2% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

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

2.2k3652026-09-14 20:00 — 1,442 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 421 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 1,169 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,016 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 478 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,242 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 2,071 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 429 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,165 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,760 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 583 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 772 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,445 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 817 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 744 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,894 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 1,033 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 461 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 1,160 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,436 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 365 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,076 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,672 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,026 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.5k463Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 4,525 · peak 9,469Jul 2016 — avg 2,384 · peak 4,471Nov 2016 — avg 1,691 · peak 3,307Mar 2017 — avg 1,830 · peak 3,698Jul 2017 — avg 1,595 · peak 2,938Nov 2017 — avg 1,874 · peak 3,596Mar 2018 — avg 2,048 · peak 4,538Jul 2018 — avg 2,097 · peak 3,771Nov 2018 — avg 2,088 · peak 4,264Mar 2019 — avg 1,526 · peak 3,067Jul 2019 — avg 796 · peak 1,350Nov 2019 — avg 539 · peak 1,025Mar 2020 — avg 1,636 · peak 3,305Jul 2020 — avg 1,908 · peak 3,260Nov 2020 — avg 2,655 · peak 4,651Mar 2021 — avg 2,707 · peak 4,930Jul 2021 — avg 1,955 · peak 3,528Nov 2021 — avg 1,803 · peak 3,228Mar 2022 — avg 2,053 · peak 4,061Jul 2022 — avg 1,895 · peak 3,345Nov 2022 — avg 1,988 · peak 4,062Mar 2023 — avg 2,115 · peak 4,307Jul 2023 — avg 1,835 · peak 3,535Nov 2023 — avg 2,014 · peak 4,770Mar 2024 — avg 2,183 · peak 4,304Jul 2024 — avg 1,445 · peak 2,766Nov 2024 — avg 1,348 · peak 2,699Mar 2025 — avg 1,358 · peak 2,752Jul 2025 — avg 1,240 · peak 2,605Nov 2025 — avg 1,336 · peak 2,726Mar 2026 — avg 1,330 · peak 2,851Jul 2026 — avg 1,034 · peak 2,108Aug 2026 — avg 1,083 · peak 2,483
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
662026-09-222026-10-142026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

64132026-05-29 — 32 pageviews2026-06-02 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 28 pageviews2026-06-18 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-26 — 29 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 17 pageviews2026-07-16 — 45 pageviews2026-07-20 — 35 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-17 — 45 pageviews2026-08-21 — 64 pageviews2026-08-25 — 28 pageviews2026-08-29 — 41 pageviews2026-09-02 — 39 pageviews2026-09-06 — 32 pageviews2026-09-10 — 28 pageviews2026-09-14 — 46 pageviews2026-09-18 — 37 pageviews2026-09-22 — 28 pageviews2026-09-26 — 30 pageviews2026-09-30 — 29 pageviews2026-10-04 — 32 pageviews2026-10-07 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.8k32026-09-30 18:34 — 2,064 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 599 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 420 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-02 15:12 — 3,454 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 554 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 1,227 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 1,987 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 1,522 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 892 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 2,021 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 344 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 735 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 202 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 1,248 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 869 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 133 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 2,805 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 227 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 2,048 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 441 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 1,527 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 2,840 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 326 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 342 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 611 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 2,361 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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