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Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate cover art

Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate

Moving Pieces Interactive · 2024-08-12

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 26, 2023 (Xbox One), Jan 26, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike. Play alone, with a friend, or as part of a four-person team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy from the forces of Entropy!

83%
positive of 127 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Shoulders of Giants is an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike designed to put your teamwork to the test. Players simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog, working alone, with a friend, or as one of a team of four. The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos through the stars, corrupting living planets and urging on the heat death of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy team of space survivors are fighting to restore the balance. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Together they must mow down waves of enemies and restore light and life (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (64 reviews).
  • · Top 57% of 13,787 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 127 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.59 at Steam (2026-08-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days · $13.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720242026Week of 2024-08-12: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-19: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$6.592024-02-112026-09-112024-02-11 — best price $19.992024-08-19 — best price $19.992024-09-30 — best price $19.992024-11-11 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-18 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-05-19 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-09-01 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-31 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-06 — best price $19.992026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-09-07 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "On the Shoulders of Giants"
28.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

3DPvERPGCo-opSpaceActionCombatSci-fiRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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