Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:12/20/2016
- Developer:WayForward
- Publisher:WayForward
- Last Updated:9/9/2024
- Steam App Id:253840
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has 8 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 56% lower than its previous all-time peak of 18 players achieved on 2/29/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. It has received a total of 2,378 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 87 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. Right now, it costs $19.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and its growth over time. It currently has 21,932 followers on its community page.
About Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an Indie, Action, and Adventure game developed by WayForward. On 12/20/2016, it was released on the Steam Store by WayForward.
Players have rated Shantae: Half-Genie Hero as "Very Positive" out of 2,378 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 2,152 positive reviews and 226 negative reviews — an overall 90% positive review rating. Additionally, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has earned a metascore of 76 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $19.99. The game also has a total of 3 DLC add-ons including: Shantae: Pirate Queen's Quest, Shantae: Friends to the End, and Shantae: Costume Pack available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 6 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
- Remote Play on TV
From the Steam community, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Kickstarter
- 2.5D
- Great Soundtrack
- Side Scroller
- Fantasy
- Crowdfunded
- Platformer
- Metroidvania
- Comedy
- Hand-drawn
- Action-Adventure
- Cute
- Funny
- Indie
- Anime
- Action
- Adventure
- Female Protagonist
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Memes
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is referenced by 3 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shantae: Pirate Queen's Quest | DLC | 8/29/2017 | View |
 | Shantae: Friends to the End | DLC | 12/12/2017 | View |
 | Shantae: Costume Pack | DLC | 4/10/2018 | View |
Related Packages
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Shantae: Half-Genie Hero | $19.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is available in 6 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 9). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/253840
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 9). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/253840
- Metacritic. (2024, September 9). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/shantae-half-genie-hero
- WayForward. (2023, July 19). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. https://wayforward.com/games/shantae-half-genie-hero/