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Shining Resonance Refrain

SEGA · 2018-07-09

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AdventureRPG

Franchise: Shining · Modes: Single player

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.

9
playing now
69%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
37h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,368 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.37-82%
GreenManGaming$5.40-82%
Gamesplanet$5.79-81%
Steam$5.99-80%
WinGameStore$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 39 of 89 observed days · $0.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1922026-08-11 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$5.252018-05-222026-08-292018-05-22 — 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 $26.652026-08-29 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

123482026-05-31 — 64 pageviews2026-06-03 — 63 pageviews2026-06-06 — 63 pageviews2026-06-09 — 69 pageviews2026-06-12 — 48 pageviews2026-06-15 — 52 pageviews2026-06-18 — 53 pageviews2026-06-21 — 63 pageviews2026-06-24 — 60 pageviews2026-06-27 — 113 pageviews2026-06-30 — 84 pageviews2026-07-03 — 68 pageviews2026-07-06 — 102 pageviews2026-07-09 — 88 pageviews2026-07-12 — 79 pageviews2026-07-15 — 64 pageviews2026-07-18 — 67 pageviews2026-07-21 — 61 pageviews2026-07-24 — 81 pageviews2026-07-27 — 78 pageviews2026-07-30 — 87 pageviews2026-08-02 — 55 pageviews2026-08-05 — 72 pageviews2026-08-08 — 54 pageviews2026-08-11 — 76 pageviews2026-08-14 — 69 pageviews2026-08-17 — 64 pageviews2026-08-20 — 123 pageviews2026-08-23 — 113 pageviews2026-08-26 — 90 pageviews2026-08-28 — 88 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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