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Play as Yuma Ilvern and stop the Empire from exploiting the power of the ancient dragons, including the soul of the Shining Dragon within you. With the help of your friends, realize your destiny, save Astoria, and unleash the strength you’ve always had locked away.

Shining Resonance Refrain is a rpg, adventure and anime game developed and published by SEGA.
Released on July 09th 2018 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 1,284 reviews of which 899 were positive and 385 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Shining Resonance Refrain into these genres:

RPG Adventure Anime JRPG Action RPG Hack and Slash Singleplayer Dragons Story Rich Action Dating Sim Fantasy Female Protagonist Great Soundtrack Cute Visual Novel

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 (8.1) / 10
Processor: Intel Core i3 (2.9 GHz) or AMD equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Video card with 1 GB VRAM (Nvidia GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 5670)
DirectX: Version 11

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Jan. 2026

It's times like this I wish Steam let you give a neutral score. Shining Resonance Refrain is certainly a product of its time (and even then it felt dated), it's a reasonably enjoyable JRPG so long as you keep in mind a few key points. ◆ Choose Refrain mode, it changes nothing story-wise and gives you two extra characters to play with. ◆ Side quests are almost all repeatable, don't get caught up trying to keep them all completed. ◆ Don't accept Rapple's quest unless it specifically says it will unlock a new recipe. It's a waste of time otherwise and it locks you out of accepting a recipe unlock quest until you've handed his quest in. ◆ Sleeping refreshes the side quests available. ◆ Make use of the Dragon form in boss battles or do a little grinding beforehand otherwise you're not going to enjoy the fight. ◆ Around the end of Chapter 4 you should grind some Demon Fruits and Eggs Pouches to craft an Image Training aspect for each unused character. Demon Fruits are from Archdemon/Satan in Sleepy Hollow and Egg Pouches are from egg mobs but the old lady gives you a repeatable quest that gives you 2 each time (enough for 1 aspect). Two characters who didn't start with you will be thrown into combat and you're going to softlock yourself if you haven't levelled them up at all. In Refrain mode you need 5 Image Training Aspects, 3 if in the Original mode but why would you choose that option? ◆ Steal Aspect is crafted with 3 Electric Suckers and 2 Muting Cloths. Eletric Suckers can drop from Floating Octos and Muting Cloths are from Wraiths. ◆ DON'T USE YOUR "EGG HUNT" SIGIL IN THE GRIMOIRE WITHOUT SAVING FIRST. You want to save beforehand and reload if another Egg Hunt sigil doesn't drop from the egg mobs (3 per floor) or a Sigil Egg doesn't spawn for you to steal it off of. They are rare enemies with no reliable way of farming them outside of this method. Waste your initial sigil at your own peril. ◆ DON'T USE THE SIGILS THE TWO BONUS CHARACTERS GIVE YOU, until after you've seen their ending, otherwise you will lock yourself out of their endings and will be unable to 100% the game achievements. You use them AFTER seeing their endings for the associated achievement.

Jan. 2026

Shining Resonance Refrain is an interesting game that I really enjoyed. The game itself may not be super complex or have any advanced mechanics, but I found it to have an interesting atmosphere, characters, and a well-designed combat system that I really enjoyed. While the story may not be its strongest point, it's still manageable because it's not the worst, or at least I've seen worse. The game runs well and has no issues. As for its length, I think it's perfect—not too long or too short. The only thing I miss is fast travel, but unfortunately, you can't have everything... Therefore, I highly recommend this game.

Dec. 2025

great game!! so much fun!!

May 2025

Nice JRPG My first game played from Shining series, you don't need to play other Shining games to play this one because this game has its own world, so you don't need to worry about that. I love the characters (Designs are awesome, made by Tony Taka like other Shining games), the OST is marvelous, gameplay feels great (Feels nice to use high level skills), and the story is overall good (Not very complex, also is explained as a visual novel). If you like niche JRPGs I recommend it!! 11/10

Feb. 2025

By no means a great game, but far from bad either. I really enjoyed my time with it. Plus the soundtrack is great.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Shining Resonance Refrain is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

Shining Resonance Refrain is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

Shining Resonance Refrain received 899 positive votes out of a total of 1,284 achieving a rating of 6.77.

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Shining Resonance Refrain was developed and published by SEGA.

Shining Resonance Refrain is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Shining Resonance Refrain is not playable on MacOS.

Shining Resonance Refrain is not playable on Linux.

Shining Resonance Refrain is a single-player game.

Shining Resonance Refrain does not currently offer any DLC.

Shining Resonance Refrain does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Shining Resonance Refrain supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Shining Resonance Refrain 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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