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Shmups Skill Test cover art

Shmups Skill Test

TRIANGLE SERVICE · KOMODO · 2016-06-09

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Shmups Skill Test says you’re only as old as you shoot! Shmups Skill Test is a clever way to evaluate your shmup skills in the form of a "gamer age". Challenge and unlock shoot-’em-up-based minigames in a gauntlet of shmup nostalgia goodness.

91%
positive of 58 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.24
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 15,271 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.24-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Fanatical (2025-12-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 24 of 45 observed days · $0.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.792016-06-102026-09-142016-06-10 — best price $3.992016-10-14 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $3.992017-09-07 — best price $3.492018-01-11 — best price $3.992018-06-21 — best price $3.992018-11-21 — best price $3.992019-06-25 — best price $3.992019-12-12 — best price $3.492020-01-23 — best price $3.492020-06-25 — best price $3.242020-10-01 — best price $4.992021-03-22 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-04 — best price $4.992021-12-13 — best price $1.892022-02-02 — best price $4.992022-04-25 — best price $4.992022-06-22 — best price $1.992022-09-23 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-24 — best price $4.992023-06-23 — best price $2.492023-09-05 — best price $4.992023-11-20 — best price $2.192024-03-06 — best price $2.492024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-10-13 — best price $2.322025-12-18 — best price $2.242026-03-09 — best price $1.792026-04-30 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-09-14 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Player tags

ActionArcadeBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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