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Shield Impact cover art

Shield Impact

Magitech Games · 2018-08-29

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shield Impact is an action survival game where a gladiator with only one shield will be challenged by rising hordes of enemies in an arena in ancient Rome.

77%
positive of 74 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 26,910 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-02-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182025Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$0.492018-01-162026-10-082018-01-16 — best price $0.592018-03-30 — best price $0.502018-07-15 — best price $2.992018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-06-26 — best price $0.502019-09-23 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $0.502020-01-17 — best price $2.992020-04-24 — best price $0.502020-07-10 — best price $0.492020-11-02 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.592021-02-15 — best price $0.992021-06-24 — best price $0.592021-09-22 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.592022-02-18 — best price $0.992022-05-16 — best price $0.592022-08-01 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.592023-02-22 — best price $0.992023-07-24 — best price $0.742024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-25 — best price $2.992024-07-12 — best price $1.992025-02-10 — best price $1.192025-05-03 — best price $1.592025-10-01 — best price $1.592026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.592026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards

2 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

3DCo-opActionArcadeCasualCombatCartoonMedievalSurvivalTop-Down

Census log

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

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