65BANG SCORE
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
worth it · strategy · 2016
Solid value for the price: about 24.9h, $39.99 (~$1.61/hr), 96% positive.
Better value than 55% of strategy games
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
BANGER threshold
Becomes a BANGER at $25.79
36% off today's $39.99. Wait for that sale.
Real value
$1.61/hr over the 24.9h main story, $0.70/hr if you 100% it (57.4h).
6% of players see the credits.
Finish rate
6.2%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
24.9h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
57.4h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$1.61/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$39.99
Reviews
96%
38,294 reviews
Metacritic
85
critic score
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2016
What drives the score
Value$1.61/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews96% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
Finish rate6.2%
a top-end bonus, not the main driver
The exact weights stay secret, but these are the inputs and the direction each pushes. Length feeds the value line (price divided by hours).
Where players drop off
Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).
DeveloperMimimi Games
PublisherDaedalic Entertainment
Genrestrategy
Achievements44
Trailer & screenshots
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