Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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The ultimate edition of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero comes with all of the previously released DLC, Modes, and Costumes in one epic collection!  Includes an exclusive Blue Bathing Suit for use in Beach Mode!

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is a female protagonist, platformer and indie game developed by and published by WayForward.
Released on May 08th 2018 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.

It has received 1,088 reviews of which 965 were positive and 123 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam with a 50% discount, but you can find it for 0.86€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition into these genres:

Female Protagonist Platformer Indie Adventure Metroidvania Action Pirates Anime Great Soundtrack 2D Side Scroller Singleplayer Cute

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Processor: 2.2 GHz Dual-Core CPU with Hyper Threading
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 310 or equivalent (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 1GB of display memory
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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March 2025
Pretty good I was a huge fan of the metroidvania style in the previous games, and this one moves away from that with each location being a set of linear levels that you backtrack through to complete new objectives. Hugely increasing the runtime for a game that ultimately leads to being a set of fetch quests set in a lushly animated, lovingly rendered world. It boils down the rpg elements of the previous games into a set of purchases that can be turned on and off as the player sees fit, but also streamlines them enough that they can be completely replaced by new mechanics in the extra game modes. The transformation system is expanded into essentially different traversal options so unlocking a new one means revisiting almost every level to sniff out the secret that will lead you to the next one before returning again. The bulk of the game's runtime is in the new game plus modes that offer entirely new mechanics to traverse the levels for new items and bosses, but I personally did not find running through the levels for the dozenth time to be appealing by that point. While it's sad to see the pixel art and cartoony animation get smoothed into cel shaded production animation, overall the game carries over the personality of the previous games, with their slightly pg saturday morning cartoon tone, and discards most of the extras in favor of replay-ability and modular tinkering. It also is much easier than previous entries once you collect a few health containers. Not my favorite in the series, but easily as worthy as the others.
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Feb. 2025
How to run the game at 60 FPS on a high refresh rate monitor: Go to: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\WayForward\ShantaeHeroUltimate, change vsync=false to vsync=true. Then, go to NVIDIA Control Panel, navigate to Manage 3D Settings and limit its FPS to 60.
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Sept. 2024
its a cute game but the flappy bird like level in the main story is stupid and annoyiing and idk if ill ever finish this game cus of that but its still good and worth it if you think you wont get too angry about the flappy bird spikes level
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July 2024
This game simply lacks a lot of punch compared to the rest of the Shantae series. The base game's progression just feels more forced and railroaded than other entries and advancing simply feels inorganic. As many have pointed out, you have to visit the same couple of levels over and over, which on it's own isn't that bad, given the levels open up and you play them in different ways at times thanks to an evolving moveset. However, the issue is that a lot of the transformations are just basically keys, requiring no input to perform and offering no utility outside of opening up a couple paths. This can get really distracting when dances basically obsolete each other, like the Mermaid removing most of the use of the Crab. You also have such a myriad of niche dances you accumulate that it's hard to not look at them all and wonder why the heck there are so many. This along with the frequency the game crutches on this really hurts my longevity of enjoyment. The humor and writing I also found forgettable despite it being more common here. You get little interaction from the rest of Shantae's friends, and what bits I do remember of the writing was a lot of incongruent, out of place 4th wall breaks or baseless zaniness (hopefully I can describe this better down the line. I actually appreciate Pirate's Curse quite a lot but the jokes in here just feel as though they spring from nothing without prompting). The art style, while softer, is solid and consistent. I think it leans so cute that it loses a little bit of the tomboyish edge Shantae is known for sporting, but it's likable in its own way. There's a plethora of other game modes that I honestly enjoy better than the main game which brings some great value here! They are all more traditional platformer experiences; I'd even call them arcadey. That's kinda the thing though. They're BONUS modes. They are fun, unique, and challenging sure, but they're ultimately just self contained gameplay tweaks. They pretty much just have you play through the same levels with different movesets, which is fun for a few afternoons. While it is impressive these levels support so many different little movesets, I can't help but wonder if making them fit this format is what led them to feel so flaccid (imagine being flaccid playing a shantae game, i know). Overall, it's still somewhat fun, albeit pretty underwhelming to me, particularly after coming off the back of Pirate's Curse. It's too simple for my tastes, but it'll still suffice on other fronts
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July 2024
Played it again after a long time, and still good. To cut it a bit short, it takes place after Risky's Revenge. Where Shantae is more or less running errands until Risky's plan comes in. It gets a bit into the Genie realm as well. Platforming is also a lot better in this game, but still some issues notable from the last. There are also many more transformations. It is nice to see how a steady story line progresses like this. This game is a massive leap overall, right down to the graphics and animations. Plus, it has amazing tracks.
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 12.49€ on Steam.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition received 965 positive votes out of a total of 1,088 achieving a rating of 8.40.
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition was published by WayForward.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is not playable on MacOS.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is not playable on Linux.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is a single-player game.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition does not currently offer any DLC.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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