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Shining Resonance Refrain

SEGA · 2018-07-09

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AdventureRPG

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

Releases: Jul 10, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 29, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jul 10, 2018 (Xbox One)

Play as Yuma Ilvern and stop the Empire from exploiting the power of the ancient dragons, including the soul of the Shining Dragon within you. With the help of your friends, realize your destiny, save Astoria, and unleash the strength you’ve always had locked away.

Shining Resonance Refrain is an Adventure and RPG game released in 2018, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 1373 reviews).

3
playing now
69%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (824 downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (1,733 ratings)
37h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Shining Resonance Refrain is an action role-playing video game developed by O-Two Inc. and published by Sega. Originally developed by Media.Vision, it is an entry in Sega's Shining series of video games, and an expanded and remastered version of the Japan-only Shining Resonance released for the PlayStation 3 in 2014. While the original release was not translated into English, Refrain was released worldwide in July 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One platforms.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (125 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,373 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.00 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 40 of 91 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10510520182026Week of 2018-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1715Jul 2018Aug 2026Jul 2018 — avg 171 · peak 416Oct 2018 — avg 20 · peak 149Jan 2019 — avg 22 · peak 68Apr 2019 — avg 23 · peak 59Jul 2019 — avg 63 · peak 185Oct 2019 — avg 18 · peak 45Jan 2020 — avg 14 · peak 33Apr 2020 — avg 16 · peak 35Jul 2020 — avg 18 · peak 44Oct 2020 — avg 18 · peak 50Jan 2021 — avg 46 · peak 105Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 31Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 29Oct 2021 — avg 15 · peak 41Jan 2022 — avg 14 · peak 35Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 26Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 36Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 25Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$5.252018-05-222026-10-102018-05-22 — best price $44.992018-10-25 — best price $33.492019-02-08 — best price $49.992019-06-02 — best price $49.992019-09-09 — best price $12.492019-11-26 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $14.992020-03-10 — best price $29.992020-05-25 — best price $29.992020-07-10 — best price $29.992020-08-27 — best price $29.992020-10-09 — best price $10.192020-11-16 — best price $29.992020-12-20 — best price $26.882021-01-28 — best price $10.192021-03-01 — best price $29.992021-03-31 — best price $29.992021-05-06 — best price $23.932021-06-21 — best price $29.992021-10-11 — best price $23.992022-05-17 — best price $23.992022-10-01 — best price $29.992023-01-20 — best price $7.492023-07-13 — best price $26.992023-11-09 — best price $6.892024-02-11 — best price $6.402024-06-13 — best price $26.582024-10-19 — best price $5.992025-01-26 — best price $6.002025-04-30 — best price $5.362025-07-14 — best price $29.992025-10-30 — best price $26.652026-02-12 — best price $5.542026-04-24 — best price $5.642026-07-17 — best price $26.652026-09-18 — best price $5.352026-10-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

113482026-05-31 — 64 pageviews2026-06-04 — 62 pageviews2026-06-08 — 78 pageviews2026-06-12 — 48 pageviews2026-06-16 — 48 pageviews2026-06-20 — 48 pageviews2026-06-24 — 60 pageviews2026-06-28 — 105 pageviews2026-07-02 — 75 pageviews2026-07-06 — 102 pageviews2026-07-10 — 73 pageviews2026-07-14 — 92 pageviews2026-07-18 — 67 pageviews2026-07-22 — 60 pageviews2026-07-26 — 89 pageviews2026-07-30 — 87 pageviews2026-08-03 — 68 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-11 — 76 pageviews2026-08-15 — 72 pageviews2026-08-19 — 107 pageviews2026-08-23 — 113 pageviews2026-08-27 — 70 pageviews2026-08-31 — 86 pageviews2026-09-04 — 77 pageviews2026-09-08 — 90 pageviews2026-09-12 — 72 pageviews2026-09-16 — 59 pageviews2026-09-20 — 80 pageviews2026-09-24 — 73 pageviews2026-09-28 — 69 pageviews2026-10-02 — 66 pageviews2026-10-06 — 75 pageviews2026-10-10 — 76 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "Knight of Astoria"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)5,47021%48
Steam (Steam)3,3384%47
Xbox One (Xbox)3,1394%47
Switch (Nintendo)1120%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeActionDragonsFantasyAdventureAction RPGDating Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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