Shiro
Skip · Action · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$12.99Skip
On its price record
$4.96Fair
- Length
- 1.3h 1.3h to 100%
- Value
- $9.99/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 563 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.96 or less.
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
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Shiro is an adventure platformer in which you have to find your missing sister
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 512 mb video memory, 256 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
70 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 28 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. SANABI ($14.99, scores 84) and HAAK ($17.99, scores 67) both outscore it.
More about Shiro
2 of the 392 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 323 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 65 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
49% start to 18% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 18 when we last checked, on Oct 16, 02:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
It's a really good hard game. when you pass the area you really enjoy it. must buy. it's so cheap btw ⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⡿⢋⣶⣶⣬⣙⠿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡿⢡⣿⣷⣶⣦⣥⣿⣿⣿⣷⣮⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⠿⢮⡙⣿⣿⣯⢐⡎⣿ ⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⡿⣡⡬⢿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣼⣦⠥⣖⣩⣾⣿ ⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣌⢛⣻⣿⣿⣟⣛⣿⣧⠹⣿⣿⣿ ⠏⣼⣿⣿⢏⣾⣿⣟⣩⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⡟⡿⢸⡿⣡⣿⣿⣿ ⣼⣿⣿⠇⣼⣿⣿⢸⠋⠁⠉⢽⣿⣿⣿⣟⣠⣤⣆⢃⢻⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⡞⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠸⢦⣙⡋⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠹⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⣭⣭⣭⣉⠻⡟⣩⣶⣾⣿⣿⣶⡙⣱⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣌⡛⠠⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢏⣴⣧⣴⡘⣿⣿⣿⣱⣶⣴⡜⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢃⣾⣿⣿⣿⡷⠉⢿⣿⣿⣿⢰⣾⣿⣿⣧⢸⣿
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Shiro is a fun little precision platformer that doesn't overstay it's welcome. Graphics - The pixel art is simple, cute, and the scenes are cohesive and nice to look at. Audio - The music is fine and sets the mood but you won't be humming any of the tunes afterwards. Gameplay - For the most part, the platforming feels good. Checkpoints are frequent enough that you don't feel bad for failing. Some jumps felt a little...
another backlog check If its on for 90% sale sure, regular price I would not recc. my main issues - used a controller - worked fine but no remap - needs more content, < 2 hour of gameplay - for a platformer, the whole platforming aspect was abysmal and frustrating you are supposed to use these symbols to help you move around, but a) they sometimes launch you by themselves b) there is little room for error as...
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Cite this score
Shiro scores 39/100 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/1290710/shiroReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.