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Shiness is an Action-RPG developed by indie development studio Enigami, which will let you travel in a captivating universe doomed to destruction ever since the fragmentation of the planet Mahera...

Release DateApr 18, 2017
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)68.8% (mixed) Bottom 30% / 57.9%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)65.3% / 56.7%  Bottom 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)266  Top 25% / 480  Top 20%
Curators35 reviews  Top 20%
Median Play Time8.4 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar50 minutes  Top 30%
Followers13.2K  Top 10%
Owners± 255.8K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 17.3K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 221.9K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom's Steam rating and reviews between April 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 74% (May 2017) to 57.7% (August 2023).

The 480 reviews Top 20% suggest that Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom might be a reasonable indie success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom's review languages. The most popular language is English (54%), followed by French (15%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 20 different languages represented. The game is available in 4 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 26 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 5 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Gorgeous presentation
  • Great combat mechanics
  • Great soundtrack
  • Colorful presentation
  • Full of puzzles
  • Fun combat system
  • Lovely artwork and graphics
  • Atmospheric ambience
  • Nice action RPG combat system
  • Smooth transition in/out battle situation
  • Lacks of game time length for an RPG
  • Visual glitches
  • Game is well crafted but it offers nothing new
  • Mediocre Story
  • Invisible wall
  • No quick or/and auto save checkpoints
  • Not able to switch settings/options while in-game, not even audio
  • Missing 'promised' local and online multiplayer mode (back in 2015)
  • Camera sometimes get stucks
  • No borderless window

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 68.8%  Bottom 30% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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