Shantae and the Pirate's Curse on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is a platformer, metroidvania and female protagonist game developed and published by WayForward.
Released on April 23rd 2015 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 2,814 reviews of which 2,616 were positive and 198 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
  • Processor: Intel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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March 2025
Not gonna lie, the title wasn't lying. That Pirate does indeed Curse! In all honesty, if you ignore the difficulty spike of Mud Bog Island and how empty Frostbite Island are, this is a really good game. When people say this is the pinnacle of Shantae games, they're not wrong. Worth checking out
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Jan. 2025
★★★★☆ 正しい方向への一歩 Better art, better controls, better achievements, better writing, better overall compared to the last game. Better enough that I revised my score for Risky's Revenge to reflect how much more fun this was. It's not really a metroid-like. The level's aren't interconnected like one, but that's not why I deducted points. There's a noticeable difficulty spike on the world 4 boss and with the final level. It got frustrating. There's also a bizare, plot critical reference to the He-man cover of DJ Miko's cover of What's up by 4 non blondes. Like yeah I know that I'm めちゃくちゃゲイ.
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Jan. 2025
This game will have you saying something along the lines of "Yo, ho!" and then it's a pirate's life for thee. Though you'll have no time to dance in this entry, there's still time to get funky.
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Oct. 2024
straightforward 2d platformer good for newish players and difficulty curve is relatively light, has some speed and hitless achievements for more dedicated players. fun story
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Aug. 2024
As my first 100% completion of a Shantae game, this was fantastic. Nowhere in the game did it feel boring, and the backtracking wasn't any bad. I love how much personality the sprite work has, and just makes the game feel so lively and charming. Getting new abilities was very satisfying, and I loved looking for all the secrets. Overall, if you're a fan of the Metroidvania genre, then this is definitely for you.
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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
8.9
2,616
198
Online players
10
Developer
WayForward
Publisher
WayForward
Release 23 Apr 2015
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