Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition
Skip · Shooter · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 18, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Length
- 5.6h 9.3h to 100%
- Value
- $7.14/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 5,677 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Take an adrenaline-fueled journey through a mythical Japanese realm in the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, packed with new features, and enjoy an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and spectacular free-running movement.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 31 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
31 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 75 percent. AMID EVIL ($19.99, scores 68) outscores it, and so does Bloodshed ($12.99, scores 56). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition
Steam's global achievement data puts 86 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2023 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 710 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
88% start to 86% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
A nice way to end the trilogy, but not what I was expecting after 2. Surprised how fun and challenging this game was - it's more Doom Eternal, rather than the Borderlands feel the last one had. Elements of Serious Sam in there too, I guess. I wouldn't be upset if this was the way SW4 goes but I'd love a bit less platforming and QTE and a bit more exploration and RNG.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Prime example to not care about reviews this game speaks beauty and fun my god this have awesome visuals art style solid gameplay a fan of doom and this seires its a masterpiece for me it has only two bosses both bosses were good a soild game just play and have fun just a minor bad thing this game is short 9/10 for my side.
This is the worst downgrade from previous games ever. Too short. Too linear. Easy combat. This is one of the worst sequels of all the time , throwed what made the series great and chased trends instead wanting to be a DOOM clone. I couldnt wang harder,sadge Instead play SW2
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Cite this score
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition scores 18/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1036890/shadow-warrior-3-definitive-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.