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Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

WayForward · 2025-08-19

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 19, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 19, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 19, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Aug 19, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Aug 19, 2025 (Xbox One), Aug 19, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!

85%
positive of 284 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.76★
PlayStation Store rating (127 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is a 2025 platform game by WayForward. It is the sixth game in the Shantae series, chronologically taking place between the original Shantae (2002) and Shantae: Risky's Revenge (2010). The game follows the half-genie Shantae as she explores the world of Sequin Land and attempts to prevent her nemesis Risky Boots from using a subterranean device to terraform the world.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (113 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 28,807 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 284 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $17.49 at Steam (2026-05-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 1 of 40 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
949420252026Week of 2025-08-19: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-22: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$17.492025-08-192026-10-162025-08-19 — best price $19.992025-10-10 — best price $24.992026-06-08 — best price $24.992026-09-10 — best price $24.992026-09-12 — best price $24.992026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-16 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $24.992026-09-20 — best price $24.992026-09-22 — best price $24.992026-09-24 — best price $24.992026-09-26 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $24.992026-09-30 — best price $24.992026-10-02 — best price $24.992026-10-04 — best price $24.992026-10-06 — best price $24.992026-10-08 — best price $24.992026-10-10 — best price $24.992026-10-12 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.992026-10-16 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3191002026-07-18 — 146 pageviews2026-07-21 — 167 pageviews2026-07-24 — 125 pageviews2026-07-27 — 116 pageviews2026-07-30 — 139 pageviews2026-08-02 — 123 pageviews2026-08-05 — 139 pageviews2026-08-08 — 117 pageviews2026-08-11 — 144 pageviews2026-08-14 — 153 pageviews2026-08-17 — 258 pageviews2026-08-20 — 208 pageviews2026-08-23 — 227 pageviews2026-08-26 — 158 pageviews2026-08-29 — 172 pageviews2026-09-01 — 156 pageviews2026-09-04 — 167 pageviews2026-09-07 — 191 pageviews2026-09-10 — 139 pageviews2026-09-13 — 151 pageviews2026-09-16 — 157 pageviews2026-09-19 — 143 pageviews2026-09-22 — 140 pageviews2026-09-25 — 170 pageviews2026-09-28 — 131 pageviews2026-10-01 — 127 pageviews2026-10-04 — 141 pageviews2026-10-07 — 108 pageviews2026-10-10 — 134 pageviews2026-10-13 — 108 pageviews2026-10-15 — 103 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "A less than perfect day..."
45.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-08-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2669%33
PS5 (PlayStation)16026%34
Switch (Nintendo)1120%0
Xbox Series (Xbox)7612%33
PS4 (PlayStation)4448%34

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

Census log

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

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