Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The ultimate edition of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero comes with all of the previously released DLC, Modes, and Costumes in one epic collection! Includes an exclusive Blue Bathing Suit for use in Beach Mode!

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition is a platformer, female protagonist and indie game developed by and published by WayForward.
Released on May 08th 2018 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.

It has received 1,047 reviews of which 935 were positive and 112 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition into these genres:

Platformer Female Protagonist Indie Adventure Metroidvania Action Pirates Anime Great Soundtrack 2D Side Scroller Singleplayer Cute

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Processor: 2.2 GHz Dual-Core CPU with Hyper Threading
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 310 or equivalent (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 1GB of display memory
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

How to run the game at 60 FPS on a high refresh rate monitor: Go to: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\WayForward\ShantaeHeroUltimate, change vsync=false to vsync=true. Then, go to NVIDIA Control Panel, navigate to Manage 3D Settings and limit its FPS to 60.

Sept. 2024

its a cute game but the flappy bird like level in the main story is stupid and annoyiing and idk if ill ever finish this game cus of that but its still good and worth it if you think you wont get too angry about the flappy bird spikes level

July 2024

This game simply lacks a lot of punch compared to the rest of the Shantae series. The base game's progression just feels more forced and railroaded than other entries and advancing simply feels inorganic. As many have pointed out, you have to visit the same couple of levels over and over, which on it's own isn't that bad, given the levels open up and you play them in different ways at times thanks to an evolving moveset. However, the issue is that a lot of the transformations are just basically keys, requiring no input to perform and offering no utility outside of opening up a couple paths. This can get really distracting when dances basically obsolete each other, like the Mermaid removing most of the use of the Crab. You also have such a myriad of niche dances you accumulate that it's hard to not look at them all and wonder why the heck there are so many. This along with the frequency the game crutches on this really hurts my longevity of enjoyment. The humor and writing I also found forgettable despite it being more common here. You get little interaction from the rest of Shantae's friends, and what bits I do remember of the writing was a lot of incongruent, out of place 4th wall breaks or baseless zaniness (hopefully I can describe this better down the line. I actually appreciate Pirate's Curse quite a lot but the jokes in here just feel as though they spring from nothing without prompting). The art style, while softer, is solid and consistent. I think it leans so cute that it loses a little bit of the tomboyish edge Shantae is known for sporting, but it's likable in its own way. There's a plethora of other game modes that I honestly enjoy better than the main game which brings some great value here! They are all more traditional platformer experiences; I'd even call them arcadey. That's kinda the thing though. They're BONUS modes. They are fun, unique, and challenging sure, but they're ultimately just self contained gameplay tweaks. They pretty much just have you play through the same levels with different movesets, which is fun for a few afternoons. While it is impressive these levels support so many different little movesets, I can't help but wonder if making them fit this format is what led them to feel so flaccid (imagine being flaccid playing a shantae game, i know). Overall, it's still somewhat fun, albeit pretty underwhelming to me, particularly after coming off the back of Pirate's Curse. It's too simple for my tastes, but it'll still suffice on other fronts

July 2024

Played it again after a long time, and still good. To cut it a bit short, it takes place after Risky's Revenge. Where Shantae is more or less running errands until Risky's plan comes in. It gets a bit into the Genie realm as well. Platforming is also a lot better in this game, but still some issues notable from the last. There are also many more transformations. It is nice to see how a steady story line progresses like this. This game is a massive leap overall, right down to the graphics and animations. Plus, it has amazing tracks.

May 2024

64 hours and an unholy investment in speedrunning later, I've finally collected all 46 achievements in this game. It's definitely not as good as Pirate's Curse (which I played on console), but it's still a magnificent entry in the series. I had a good time playing it, and the humor is pretty good. There's some frustrating parts where certain inputs will drop or things will feel wrong in some way, but beyond the minor bugs it really is a good buy. Squid Baron my beloved <3

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Release 08 May 2018

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