Shank on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.

Shank is a action, beat 'em up and indie game developed and published by Klei Entertainment.
Released on October 25th 2010 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 3,721 reviews of which 3,345 were positive and 376 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Shank into these genres:

Action Beat 'em up Indie 2D Side Scroller Local Co-Op Platformer Gore Singleplayer Co-op Controller Short Hack and Slash Adventure Multiplayer Local Multiplayer Violent Old School Great Soundtrack Cartoon

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *:Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
Processor:Intel Pentium 4 running at 1.7 GHz or Greater; Athlon 64 running at 1.7GHz or greater with support for SSE2 instructions
Memory:1 GB of ram, 1.5 GB (Vista and Windows 7) GB RAM
Graphics:ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB cards
DirectX®:9.0
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

MacOS

OS:OS X 10.6.6 or later
Hard Drive:1.5 GB HD space

Linux

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 running at 1.7 GHz or Greater; Athlon 64 running at 1.7GHz or greater with support for SSE2 instructions
Memory: 1.5 GB or more
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB cards, or better
Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

SHANK -Has great hack-n-slash mechanics. -Has a nice art style to it. -Has a cliche' revenge story. -Has a mature tone. -Has lots of gore. Great title & fun to play.

Nov. 2024

Shank is a sidescrolling beat-em-up where you play as a man trying to get revenge for his girlfriend's death. The gameplay is very straightforward, you kill the enemies, and then the bosses. You can chain combos using your light, heavy, and ranged weapons. And for boss fights, there's usually a way to stun them so that you can do heavy damage. The combat system is pretty satisfying, it does get a bit hard and annoying at times though. While the singleplayer campaign is good, the sad thing is that they have a co-op campaign, but rather than being the singleplayer with 2 characters, its a whole new backstory. Which is annoying because most people want more story but have trouble finding people to play with. Some of the cutscenes are also shortened, even though you can switch to the beta version which contains them all. Gameplay is better in the final version though, and the saves aren't compatible. Overall, if you like beat-em-up sidescrollers, you'd probably enjoy Shank. The artstyle is unique and reminds me of Klei's other games, mostly Mark of the Ninja. But I still say that having the co-op campaign doable solo or with AI would be better. Lastly, this game is playable on keyboard, but it's really recommended to use a controller, it's far smoother.

Oct. 2024

Well, I returned to it after few years when I couldn't find what to play. And it turned to be a wonderful game. I managed to accomplish solo campaign and coop with my son in one day! Moreover, I found this combat system is pretty understandable and exciting. Absolutely recommended

May 2024

hotline miami remind me i hate dogs. but this was the game that taught me that dogs are the worst, imagin rambo. with art style of samurai jack. you will have shanks. shanks is a short simple side scroller action game. the story is also simple. its all about revnge. thre is no deep plot or twist or anything like that. but it serves it purpous, it feels you with satisfcation. you come for a sweet revenge? this is the game for you. the music is good. not that amazing but it will stuck your mind and whenever you hear it you remember the game itself too. the music is tense and also epic it suits the enviorment, and about the art style, its one of the first Klei entertainment agmes. and if you played Dont starve you know how is shanks would look like. and if you dont in word i can describe it as ART. the art style will be a timelss masterpiece. remind me of 2000 animations with exgarate facial emotions but added with gore, its simply amazing. the voice acting honestly is meh and while is music is good. you cant say the same about voice actors. the sound effect also is ok . nothing speciall but nothing something be on yout nerve. the gameplay itself is amazing .while there is minimal enemy variety and you will only face 2 type of bosses(they are either agile with a nomral damage. or they act like hulk with an enermous damage but you can dodge them easily.) but there reskin and enemy behaviour make it feels unique and at least you can use various weapon such as chain saw , katana , shotgun , uzi and ... and any one of them has there own playstyle, some of the weapons are better than others but overall all of them is great. also did i told you about co-op campain? play it if you have a freind. its a fun campain with funny conversations between charecters. i enjoyed cutscenes there more IN CONCLUSION: while i consider shank a great game becuse of nostalgia but in truth shank is a medicore game. in many ways from story to sound effects(except art style. that made shanks speciall). but you definitly can enjoy it if you want have a fun afternoon ecpecially with your freind. to cut some people or shoot some soliders in a good unique art style. for a game that released more than a deacde ago it hold up well. try it wont disapoint you if you just want have a fun time. 8/10 an enjoyable game for everyone .

May 2024

Shank is a 2D side-scrolling hack and slash video game from 2010,The story of Shank is told in two parts, single-player campaign, and a cooperative campaign, which serves as a prelude to the former. It follows the character Shank (voiced by Marcel Davis) from his time as a hitman in the mob through his revenge on the same mob for the murder of his girlfriend Eva (voiced by Becky Poole).Controlling the game is not easy at first, but with the passage of stages and exercises and waiting for the appropriate moments of opportunity, playing will become possible.

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9.99€

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Developer

Klei Entertainment

Publisher

Klei Entertainment

Release 25 Oct 2010

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