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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

WayForward · 2015-04-23

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 07, 2015 (Wii U), Nov 19, 2015 (Nintendo 3DS), Mar 20, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), TBD (Google Stadia), Apr 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 16, 2016 (Xbox One)

Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.

5
playing now
93%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (103 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is a 2014 platform video game developed and published by WayForward Technologies for the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U. It is the third game in the Shantae series, following Shantae: Risky's Revenge, and the first to be developed for a home console. The game follows the adventures of the eponymous half-genie Shantae as she once again has to save Sequin Land from a new foe, the Pirate Master, with help from her nemesis Risky Boots.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 94 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 77k–185k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,089 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GOG (2016-11-05) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 94 of 148 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-08-11 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.192015-04-242026-08-302015-04-24 — best price $19.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-10-28 — best price $13.992017-09-21 — best price $19.992018-08-30 — best price $14.992020-05-27 — best price $9.992021-04-20 — best price $10.192021-08-16 — best price $19.992022-03-04 — best price $9.992022-10-12 — best price $6.792022-12-05 — best price $16.572023-02-16 — best price $9.992023-06-12 — best price $10.492023-08-09 — best price $13.992023-09-19 — best price $19.992023-11-07 — best price $9.992024-01-02 — best price $19.992024-02-24 — best price $19.992024-04-19 — best price $6.302024-06-24 — best price $9.992024-08-23 — best price $9.992024-10-16 — best price $19.992024-12-05 — best price $6.192025-02-11 — best price $7.992025-04-04 — best price $6.562025-05-26 — best price $19.992025-07-29 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-11-11 — best price $15.892025-12-23 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $19.992026-03-23 — best price $13.492026-05-05 — best price $15.892026-07-01 — best price $12.992026-08-25 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

221682026-05-31 — 140 pageviews2026-06-03 — 115 pageviews2026-06-06 — 114 pageviews2026-06-09 — 102 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-15 — 111 pageviews2026-06-18 — 102 pageviews2026-06-21 — 85 pageviews2026-06-24 — 109 pageviews2026-06-27 — 189 pageviews2026-06-30 — 108 pageviews2026-07-03 — 221 pageviews2026-07-06 — 164 pageviews2026-07-09 — 141 pageviews2026-07-12 — 113 pageviews2026-07-15 — 99 pageviews2026-07-18 — 84 pageviews2026-07-21 — 105 pageviews2026-07-24 — 68 pageviews2026-07-27 — 88 pageviews2026-07-30 — 76 pageviews2026-08-02 — 110 pageviews2026-08-05 — 82 pageviews2026-08-08 — 84 pageviews2026-08-11 — 88 pageviews2026-08-14 — 184 pageviews2026-08-17 — 118 pageviews2026-08-20 — 143 pageviews2026-08-23 — 128 pageviews2026-08-26 — 94 pageviews2026-08-28 — 98 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
72.1%
earned "Ret-2-go!"
25%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)10,6524%44
Steam (Steam)10,2945%44
PS4 (PlayStation)3,30523%45
PS5 (PlayStation)50122%45
PS4 (PlayStation)42135%45
Switch (Nintendo)2140%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeFunnyIndieActionPiratesAdventurePlatformerMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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