The Game Census
Shank cover art

Shank

Klei Entertainment · 2010-10-25

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 13, 2012 (Mac), Aug 24, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Oct 26, 2010 (Linux), Oct 26, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2010 (Xbox 360)

Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.

4
playing now
90%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (104 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 167 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 163k–325k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,064 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2015-10-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 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

1112026-08-06 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-16 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-13 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-12 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-06-10 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-07 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
84.8%
earned "Just getting started"
25.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21,4675%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)9,2497%12
PS3 (PlayStation)7,63010%12
PS3 (PlayStation)6,59010%12

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

Player tags

2DGoreCo-opIndieShortActionAdventureControllerPlatformerBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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