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The Rising of the Shield Hero : Relive The Animation

KADOKAWA CORPORATION · Gotcha Gotcha Games · 2019-09-23

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Based on the work of Aneko Yusagi, the popular anime "The Rising of the Shield Hero" makes its RPG debut! Not only can you relive memorable scenes from the anime, but you can experience the battle system used by Naofumi, a hero who specializes in defense.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 284 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.79
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.1k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 284 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.79-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2020-03-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.792019-09-242026-08-272019-09-24 — best price $21.242019-11-12 — best price $24.992019-12-19 — best price $11.242020-01-27 — best price $24.992020-04-09 — best price $15.992020-05-22 — best price $4.792020-07-09 — best price $15.992021-04-29 — best price $4.792021-06-07 — best price $15.992021-10-28 — best price $4.792021-11-12 — best price $15.992021-12-22 — best price $4.792022-06-20 — best price $15.992022-09-12 — best price $4.792022-10-24 — best price $15.992022-12-22 — best price $4.792023-02-20 — best price $15.992023-05-02 — best price $4.792023-06-15 — best price $15.992023-08-21 — best price $4.792023-10-05 — best price $15.992023-12-18 — best price $4.792024-02-19 — best price $15.992024-04-27 — best price $4.792024-06-10 — best price $15.992024-08-18 — best price $4.792024-10-03 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $4.792025-02-03 — best price $4.792025-03-28 — best price $15.992025-06-11 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $15.992025-08-31 — best price $4.792025-10-20 — best price $15.992025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-02-23 — best price $15.992026-03-31 — best price $4.792026-05-26 — best price $15.992026-07-16 — best price $4.792026-08-27 — best price $4.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Japanese, English

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieRPGMakerAdventure

Census log

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

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