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Shing!

Mass Creation · We Dig Games · 2020-08-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 28, 2020 (Mac), Jan 21, 2021 (Xbox One), Mar 24, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 21, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 28, 2020 (Linux), Mar 18, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!

Shing! is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2020 for $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 484 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 485 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (6 downloads)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (907 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.7k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 485 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: $0.99 at Steam (2024-10-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 55 observed days · $19.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920202026Week of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.992020-08-282026-10-152020-08-28 — best price $17.992020-12-16 — best price $9.992021-01-15 — best price $4.992021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-06-04 — best price $19.992021-08-02 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-04-15 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-09-26 — best price $1.992022-12-19 — best price $19.992023-02-14 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-09-18 — best price $3.792023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-12-07 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-05-03 — best price $1.992024-06-15 — best price $19.992024-08-07 — best price $19.992024-09-11 — best price $1.992024-12-09 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-07-21 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
87.1%
earned "Put Your Back Into It"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Russian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-10-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3445%40
Xbox One (Xbox)8685%40
Switch (Nintendo)260%0

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

Player tags

PvE2.5DActionArcadeCartoonyColorfulFightingSwordplay2D FighterBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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