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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 48% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 2,426
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 10h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 48% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Don't call it that!” (Defeat P.O.O.P. T.O.O.T) and “Vicious, Vile, and Vain” (Free the missing maidens!): from 92% to 78% of starters.
- 94% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 2,372 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 10.3h for positive, 8.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (93.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Magnetic Field Obtained the Magnet 97% −3
- Don't call it that! Defeat P.O.O.P. T.O.O.T. 92% −5
- Vicious, Vile, and Vain Free the missing maidens! Most players quit here 78% −14
- Mining for Minerals Obtained Copper Ore 73% −5
- A case of the olds! Discover the history of Tassel Town's brightest star. 66% −7
- Force of Darkness Obtained the Dark Shard 61% −5
- Double Trouble Sometimes two are better than one... but not this time! 60% −1
- An act of foul play Foil the heist in Cape Crustacean. 59% −1
- Champion of Light Obtained the Light Shard 55% −4
- Shantae versus the Important Squid Baron It'd sell like buns. 54% −1
- The final pieces... Obtained the Zombie Hamster and Iron Slab 51% −3
- Inventor's Assistant Finish building the Dynamo. 51%
- Pummeled Pirate Thwarted the Queen of the Seven Seas. 48% −3
- Brain Basher Put a stop to the mechanized madness! 48%
- Guardian Genie Beat the game. 48%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (65)
story milestone ending side
- Ret-2-Go! Start your day fresh! 100%
- A Magnetic Field Obtained the Magnet 97%
- Don't call it that! Defeat P.O.O.P. T.O.O.T. 92%
- Relic Seeker Obtain any magic relic. 83%
- Vicious, Vile, and Vain Free the missing maidens! 78%
- Not selling you snake oil. Make a deal with a sneaky, snakey seller of magical secrets. 75%
- Mining for Minerals Obtained Copper Ore 73%
- A case of the olds! Discover the history of Tassel Town's brightest star. 66%
- Force of Darkness Obtained the Dark Shard 61%
- Relic Hunter Obtain half of the magic relics. 60%
- Fan Favorite Unlock any door in the Art Gallery. 60%
- Double Trouble Sometimes two are better than one... but not this time! 60%
- An act of foul play Foil the heist in Cape Crustacean. 59%
- Champion of Light Obtained the Light Shard 55%
- Shantae versus the Important Squid Baron It'd sell like buns. 54%
- Cooked! Defeat 10 enemies using a Fireball. 54%
- Fully Formed Obtain all magic forms! 53%
- The final pieces... Obtained the Zombie Hamster and Iron Slab 51%
- Inventor's Assistant Finish building the Dynamo. 51%
- Key to my Heart Unlock half the doors in the Art Gallery. 51%
- The Swim Team Gather up as many friends as possible for a swim! 50%
- Pummeled Pirate Thwarted the Queen of the Seven Seas. 48%
- Brain Basher Put a stop to the mechanized madness! 48%
- Guardian Genie Beat the game. 48%
- Squish! Crush an enemy with a block. 42%
- Finders Keepers Collect all of Risky's personal possessions. 39%
- Master of Unlocking Unlock all the doors in the Art Gallery. 37%
- Magic Carpet Ride Reach the end of the race without falling off your carpet! 31%
- Relic Collector Obtain all magic relics! 29%
- Jump jump slide slide Leap over every canister as you slide down the chute. 24%
- Race to the Top Climb Tassel Tower at record speed. 24%
- In it to win it! Eliminate the competition. 21%
- Half-Genie, all Hero! Achieve 100% completion! 19%
- Back at ya! Reflect 5 attacks back at an enemy with the Mirror. 19%
- Shocking Encounter! Defeat 20 enemies with Lightning. 19%
- The Great Escape Avoid all the gears during the escape slide. 12%
- A Perfect Heist Collect your first component in Pirate Queen's Quest. 12%
- Bone Breaker Smash 10 skeletons with the Elephant. 9.7%
- The Spider Queen Defeat a Bonelegs enemy as a Spider. 9.4%
- Investi-gator Avoid detection from all the Techno Grunts. 8.3%
- Absolute Power Collect all Genie Crystals in Pirate Queen's Quest. 8.1%
- Risky's Revenge Defeat that Half-Genie brat in Pirate Queen's Quest! 7.8%
- Deja vu? Relive a past event in Friends to the End. 7.2%
- The Pirate's Curse Collect all Dark Magic in Pirate Queen's Quest. 6.5%
- Queen of the Seven... Cheese? Defeat Risky Boots as a mouse. 5.5%
- Friends to the End Save an ally with the power of friendship in Friends to the End. 3.5%
- Ninja vanish! Use the teleport ability 100 times. 3.5%
- Old-School, baby! Complete Hard Core Mode, and show it what's what. 3.5%
- Costume Party! Complete a level wearing every costume! 3.2%
- Quick Collector Achieve 100% completion as fast as possible! 3.2%
- Speed Runner Saved the day as fast as possible! 3.2%
- Kid Squids Collect all Dream Squids in Friends to the End. 2.9%
- Clear out! Complete the game Officer Mode. 2.4%
- That's using your head! Defeat 10 enemies with Rotty's head throw in Friends to the End. 2.1%
- Shinobi Shantae! Complete the game in Ninja Mode. 2.0%
- Switch it up! Defeat 50 enemies using switch blocks. 1.7%
- SPF 250 Collect 250 bottles of sunscreen. 1.6%
- Fun in the sun! Complete the game in Beach Mode. 1.5%
- Half-Wit Hero Defeat 20 enemies with Bolo's grapple attack in Friends to the End. 1.5%
- Learn to Fly Keep one of Sky's attack birds in flight for a full 60 seconds in Friends to the End. 1.3%
- Risky Revolution Obtain all win screens of Pirate Queen's Quest. 1.1%
- The perfect tan! Obtain all win screens in Beach Mode. 0.9%
- Mission Complete! Obtain all win screens in Officer Mode. 0.9%
- Revenge of Shantae! Obtain all win screens in Ninja Mode. 0.9%
- True Friends! Obtain all win screens of Friends to the End. 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.