Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
Fair · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $39.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 12.5h
- Value
- $3.20/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 519 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 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
A new adventure for Shiren and Koppa begins!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti or AMD Radeon RX 560, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
15 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 40 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 60 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Trials of Fire ($19.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Tangledeep ($14.99, scores 53).
More about Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
Of the 366 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 12.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
86% start to 4% 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
What players say
A great roguelike with a lot to do. Can be punishing but never feels frustrating. If you like other Shiren/Mystery Dungeon games, or other roguelikes, you'll probably like this.
2 more reviews
This game is just as addictive as the previous Shiren 5. It strays from Shiren 5 with a more classic approach, more like the Table Top mountain game from way back when. But they made this game more punishing- you can never go back. That means once you set out, the only way back is by falling and losing everything. Challenge accepted!
If you love the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. Get this! Its made by the same devs. The Shiren games also precede the Pkmn Mystery Dungeon games. This is the original series (Together with Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon) before they made all those spinnoffs/crossovers. Shiren is the father of the modern rougelike genre, was already there before the genre got so popular with games like binding of isaac etc. The start...
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Cite this score
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2178480/shiren-the-wanderer-the-mystery-dungeon-of-serpentcoil-islandReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.