Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
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Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is a platformer, female protagonist and metroidvania game
developed and published by WayForward.
Released on July 15th 2014 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 1,591 reviews of which 1,366 were positive and 225 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.40€ on Eneba.
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- OS *: Windows®XP™ SP2, Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
- Processor: Intel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® Geforce 9600GT, AMD® Radeon™ HD 3870 or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
No, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut received 1,366 positive votes out of a total of 1,591 achieving a rating of 8.20.
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Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut was developed and published by WayForward.
Yes, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is not playable on MacOS.
No, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut does not support VR.
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is a single-player game.
No, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.
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Developer
WayForward
Publisher
WayForward
Release
15 Jul 2014
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