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Shu cover art

Shu

Coatsink · 2016-10-04

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 23, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 04, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 04, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jun 07, 2017 (PlayStation Vita)

Shu is a stylish 2.5D platformer set in a beautiful and engrossing world. Guide Shu and a cast of beautifully hand-drawn characters as they run, jump and glide their way across exotic lands, forever pursued by the monstrous and unrelenting Storm. CAN YOU OUTRUN THE END OF THE WORLD?

Shu is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 231 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 231 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (223 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.8k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 231 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.46 at GamesPlanet UK (2018-12-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 33 of 47 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520162026Week of 2016-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.462016-10-042026-08-212016-10-04 — best price $10.792017-09-07 — best price $5.992018-03-05 — best price $9.992018-08-02 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $6.692019-02-11 — best price $9.992020-01-15 — best price $8.512020-05-12 — best price $8.812020-08-02 — best price $8.892020-09-12 — best price $11.992020-10-15 — best price $11.992020-11-13 — best price $3.992021-01-11 — best price $8.382021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-03-16 — best price $9.992021-04-16 — best price $9.992021-05-16 — best price $9.992021-07-06 — best price $8.382021-10-05 — best price $8.382022-01-06 — best price $9.992022-03-12 — best price $4.352022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-07-20 — best price $7.822022-11-03 — best price $7.892023-03-14 — best price $2.122023-06-28 — best price $8.072023-11-17 — best price $0.842024-02-11 — best price $6.922024-06-10 — best price $0.892025-01-18 — best price $0.892025-08-16 — best price $7.892026-04-17 — best price $7.892026-07-13 — best price $6.922026-08-21 — best price $6.92
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
27.2%
earned "The Journey Begins"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-10-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8572%42
PS4 (PlayStation)82122%39
PS Vita (PlayStation)43541%39
Steam (Steam)44100%1
Switch (Nintendo)220%0

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

Player tags

2.5DIndieActionCartoonStylizedAdventurePlatformerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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