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Shenmue I & II cover art

Shenmue I & II

D3T · SEGA · 2018-08-21

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Shenmue · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 21, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 21, 2018 (Xbox One), Nov 22, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

SEGA®’s most requested re-release of all time finally comes to a new generation. Shenmue delivers an epic story of revenge within a unique open world that is still unrivalled in depth and detail. Return to the epic saga that defined modern gaming. The saga begins…again.

Shenmue I & II is an Action, Adventure, and RPG game released in 2018, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 3258 reviews).

21
playing now
89%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (5,067 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

"A tale of revenge. In 1986, teenage jujitsu artist Ryo Hazuki returns to the dojo of his father, Iwao Hazuki, only to witness his murder by a Chinese man, Lan Di. Lan Di steals a mysterious artifact known as the Dragon Mirror. Ryo vows to avenge his father’s death and sets out tracing Lan Di’s path. The first game in the series, Shenmue begins the tale as Ryo travels around Yokosuka, Japan, gathering clues about his father’s murder and dealing with nefarious gangsters along the way. The sequel Shenmue II continues Ryo’s quest, this time crossing the sea to Hong Kong, China. Ryo ventures de(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 81k–195k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,258 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 46 of 97 observed days · $4.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33233220182026Week of 2018-08-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3262026-09-15 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 19 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
52112Aug 2018Aug 2026Aug 2018 — avg 521 · peak 1,280Nov 2018 — avg 23 · peak 52Feb 2019 — avg 33 · peak 113May 2019 — avg 40 · peak 110Aug 2019 — avg 24 · peak 58Nov 2019 — avg 116 · peak 236Feb 2020 — avg 28 · peak 66May 2020 — avg 33 · peak 72Aug 2020 — avg 32 · peak 79Nov 2020 — avg 40 · peak 114Feb 2021 — avg 27 · peak 57May 2021 — avg 28 · peak 67Aug 2021 — avg 19 · peak 41Nov 2021 — avg 18 · peak 40Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 51May 2022 — avg 17 · peak 31Aug 2022 — avg 13 · peak 30Nov 2022 — avg 17 · peak 39Feb 2023 — avg 15 · peak 37May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 36Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 34Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 35Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 43May 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 23 · peak 54Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 60May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 40Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 50Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 50Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 39May 2026 — avg 20 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$33.12$4.492018-07-032026-10-122018-07-03 — best price $23.992018-11-04 — best price $29.992019-02-12 — best price $29.992019-06-03 — best price $28.442019-08-13 — best price $14.692019-11-15 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $10.192020-03-04 — best price $25.382020-05-25 — best price $29.992020-07-10 — best price $29.992020-08-23 — best price $25.382020-10-03 — best price $29.992020-11-11 — best price $25.382020-12-14 — best price $25.382021-01-23 — best price $29.992021-02-22 — best price $29.992021-03-24 — best price $29.992021-04-26 — best price $7.502021-06-05 — best price $29.992021-11-23 — best price $29.992022-05-17 — best price $23.872022-09-15 — best price $5.982022-12-23 — best price $4.802023-04-26 — best price $5.992023-08-07 — best price $5.092023-11-17 — best price $5.102024-02-06 — best price $4.492024-05-07 — best price $24.592024-08-15 — best price $5.992024-11-16 — best price $26.992025-03-03 — best price $5.392025-05-08 — best price $29.992025-07-25 — best price $5.402025-11-03 — best price $5.392026-02-18 — best price $5.642026-04-27 — best price $26.992026-07-18 — best price $26.882026-09-10 — best price $29.992026-10-12 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
35%
earned "Shenmue: Gacha Catcha"
10.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9527%55
Windows (Xbox)72620%55

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

RPGJRPGRetroActionClassicFightingAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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