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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

WayForward · 2015-04-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2015 for $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 3095 reviews).

8
playing now
93%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (103 ratings)
4.75★
PlayStation Store rating (1,848 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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
  • · 8 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 9% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 77k–186k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,095 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 97 of 175 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

2222026-09-15 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1835Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 43 · peak 97Aug 2015 — avg 11 · peak 31Dec 2015 — avg 32 · peak 123Apr 2016 — avg 28 · peak 78Aug 2016 — avg 17 · peak 39Dec 2016 — avg 32 · peak 168Apr 2017 — avg 26 · peak 62Aug 2017 — avg 18 · peak 47Dec 2017 — avg 23 · peak 55Apr 2018 — avg 13 · peak 30Aug 2018 — avg 9 · peak 21Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 34Apr 2019 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2019 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2019 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2020 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2020 — avg 9 · peak 25Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 17Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 38Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 22Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$6.192015-04-242026-10-152015-04-24 — 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 $19.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

195682026-05-31 — 140 pageviews2026-06-04 — 144 pageviews2026-06-08 — 140 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-16 — 112 pageviews2026-06-20 — 91 pageviews2026-06-24 — 109 pageviews2026-06-28 — 136 pageviews2026-07-02 — 118 pageviews2026-07-06 — 164 pageviews2026-07-10 — 91 pageviews2026-07-14 — 91 pageviews2026-07-18 — 84 pageviews2026-07-22 — 84 pageviews2026-07-26 — 88 pageviews2026-07-30 — 76 pageviews2026-08-03 — 75 pageviews2026-08-07 — 94 pageviews2026-08-11 — 88 pageviews2026-08-15 — 142 pageviews2026-08-19 — 134 pageviews2026-08-23 — 128 pageviews2026-08-27 — 123 pageviews2026-08-31 — 115 pageviews2026-09-04 — 111 pageviews2026-09-08 — 91 pageviews2026-09-12 — 101 pageviews2026-09-16 — 94 pageviews2026-09-20 — 99 pageviews2026-09-24 — 100 pageviews2026-09-28 — 86 pageviews2026-10-02 — 87 pageviews2026-10-06 — 91 pageviews2026-10-10 — 110 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.

Where its players are

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

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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