Shakes and Fidget

Shakes and Fidget

Worth it · RPG · 2016

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
92% of 36,869
Genre rank
Top 3% RPG

Holding it back: Recent reviews, Monetization

Recent reviews trending down: 82% over the last 30 days against 92% all-time.

Time and effort

Main story
7.6h
To 100%
791.2h 104.1x the story

Players and genre

Online
597 now
Recent reviews
82% 30 days
Better reviewed
96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Its score puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 96 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Hero Zero - Multiplayer RPG (free, scores 58) and IdleOn - The Incremental MMO (free, scores 42) both come in lower.

It is still busy. 597 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 5, 00:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks. Free to start. It takes its money later, through currency.

More about Shakes and Fidget

Players rate it 92 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 82 percent. Something recent has soured the room.

7.6 hours to finish it, 791 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 104 times the campaign.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach1.5M+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
Holding it back
MonetizationCurrency
In-game spending, a moderate drag
Recent reviews82% (30 days)
Trending down vs lifetime, a small dip
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score
In-app purchasesCurrencyPCGamingWiki

About the game

Shakes & Fidget is a hilarious fantasy role-playing satire and at the same time, an award-winning RPG! Sounds crazy? With over 50 million enthusiastic players, it ranks among the most celebrated online role-playing games worldwide!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX capable GPU, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Shakes and Fidget scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/438040/shakes-and-fidget
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Reviews 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 Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperPlaya Games GmbH
PublisherPlaya Games GmbH
GenreRPG
Released2016
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate