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Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

Release DateDec 6, 2021
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)93.2% (very positive) Top 15% / 93.3%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.4% Top 4% / 89.7%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)3.2K  Top 10% / 3.8K  Top 10%
Curators54 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time10.5 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar31 minutes
Followers15.3K  Top 10%
Owners± 532K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 174.9K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.7M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice's Steam rating and reviews between December 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 90.8% (December 2021) to 93.2% (December 2023).

Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice is an AAA level success, with 3.8K reviews Top 5%. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice's reviewers. The most popular language is Simplified Chinese (41%), followed by English (30%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 13 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is not bad at all, with 17 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste. A high negative review play time (median : 10 hours) could mean that Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Interesting story
  • Multiple strategies and approaches
  • Narrated cut-scenes
  • Fluid and fast combat
  • Level design is tough and rewarding
  • Character dialogue is charming and voice acting is great
  • Ability to freeze time and prepare chains of commands
  • Innumerable options for action
  • Allows multiple approaches
  • Excellent writing and voice direction
  • Combat and strategy might get repetitive overtime

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 93.2%  Top 15% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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