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.
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Most players never reach the end. On a 24.9-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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BANGER · Strategy · 2016
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Yes. A BANGER at $3.99.
about 24.9h$3.99 (~)
Better value than 100% of Strategy games
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun scores 95/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/418240/shadow-tactics-blades-of-the-shogun<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/418240/shadow-tactics-blades-of-the-shogun"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/418240" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/418240/shadow-tactics-blades-of-the-shogun)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 2h ago.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
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Price line + bands by tier:BANGERWorth itPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $3.99, set in February 2021. It has been discounted 94 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 90 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Desperados III ($9.99, scores 96) beats it on value, while it beats Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice ($4.99, scores 75).
Steam's global achievement data says about 6 percent of players ever finish it. On a 24.9-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.