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Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals. It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare!

Release DateJul 29, 2013
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.5% (very positive) Top 20% / 90.4%  Top 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.9% Top 10% / 84.9%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)469  Top 20% / 770  Top 15%
Curators65 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time10.9 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar1.1 hour  Top 20%
Followers4.4K  Top 15%
Owners± 298K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 34.2K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 132.3K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Skulls of the Shogun steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Skulls of the Shogun's Steam rating and reviews from June 2013 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (July 2013) and 89.1% (May 2019).

The 770 reviews Top 15% suggest that Skulls of the Shogun might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Skulls of the Shogun and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Skulls of the Shogun's review languages. The most popular language is English (47%), followed by Russian (17%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 25 languages represented. The game has been translated in 10 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Skulls of the Shogun percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Skulls of the Shogun depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is adequate, reaching 24 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 4.7 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Unique art style
  • Cool cast of characters
  • Funny dialogue
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Nuanced layers of strategy
  • Free-roaming movement
  • Eating skulls to restore health
  • Monks with special powers
  • Online and local multiplayer modes
  • Fresh new elements to learn or deal with
  • Clunky controls
  • Low-resolution graphics
  • Uninteresting gameplay
  • Simplistic compared to similar games
  • Not optimized for PC

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 92.5% rating  Top 20% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Skulls of the Shogun's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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