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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance

SEGA · 2025-08-28

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Franchise: Shinobi · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 29, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 29, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Aug 29, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Aug 29, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 29, 2025 (Xbox One), Aug 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance is an Action game released in 2025, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 4838 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

82%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
3,575
twitch viewers (latest)
3575.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
91/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (98 downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (5,849 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 17h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a 2025 action platform game developed by Lizardcube and published by Sega. It is a revival of Sega's Shinobi series, and the first new entry since Shinobi (2011). It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is set to be released on September 24, 2026.

Trailer

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance trailer thumbnail

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance ❘ Launch Trailer

≈151,446 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 213 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (975 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 28,275 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 99k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,965 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.46 at GameBillet (2026-05-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 40 of 72 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
79279220252026Week of 2025-08-26: 792 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 183 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 351 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$13.462025-02-132026-08-312025-02-13 — best price $23.692025-03-13 — best price $23.752025-04-30 — best price $25.992025-08-27 — best price $26.992025-09-01 — best price $28.492025-10-15 — best price $20.502025-10-22 — best price $20.982025-10-30 — best price $25.482025-11-17 — best price $26.392025-11-25 — best price $19.992025-12-11 — best price $18.472025-12-18 — best price $18.872026-01-06 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $29.992026-02-17 — best price $16.172026-02-25 — best price $29.992026-03-04 — best price $25.482026-03-20 — best price $16.912026-04-01 — best price $25.482026-04-09 — best price $29.992026-04-20 — best price $26.992026-05-07 — best price $17.992026-05-19 — best price $29.992026-05-28 — best price $29.992026-06-06 — best price $26.992026-06-26 — best price $14.792026-07-17 — best price $25.482026-07-31 — best price $14.362026-08-13 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $29.992026-08-31 — best price $26.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5671012026-06-02 — 155 pageviews2026-06-06 — 199 pageviews2026-06-10 — 141 pageviews2026-06-14 — 139 pageviews2026-06-18 — 159 pageviews2026-06-22 — 297 pageviews2026-06-26 — 153 pageviews2026-06-30 — 158 pageviews2026-07-04 — 169 pageviews2026-07-08 — 154 pageviews2026-07-12 — 133 pageviews2026-07-16 — 167 pageviews2026-07-20 — 125 pageviews2026-07-24 — 133 pageviews2026-07-28 — 135 pageviews2026-08-01 — 157 pageviews2026-08-05 — 133 pageviews2026-08-09 — 168 pageviews2026-08-13 — 109 pageviews2026-08-17 — 134 pageviews2026-08-21 — 153 pageviews2026-08-25 — 151 pageviews2026-08-29 — 176 pageviews2026-09-02 — 197 pageviews2026-09-06 — 159 pageviews2026-09-10 — 184 pageviews2026-09-14 — 149 pageviews2026-09-18 — 157 pageviews2026-09-22 — 187 pageviews2026-09-26 — 288 pageviews2026-09-30 — 164 pageviews2026-10-04 — 169 pageviews2026-10-08 — 146 pageviews2026-10-12 — 155 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
94.4%
earned "Lab Monster"
36.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-08-26, latest 2025-08-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)4,0039%30
Steam (Steam)2,5693%29
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,0793%29
Switch (Nintendo)3580%0
PS4 (PlayStation)34917%30

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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