Shio
Fair · Action · 2017
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $2.39. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.9h
- Value
- $0.61/hr
- Reviews
- 79% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: GeForce GT440 or HD5570, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
“Shio” is a challenging platformer game in which you deep and moving story by jumping from lantern to lantern. If you are big fan of Super Meat Boy, you will like Shio as well!
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
The value story
September 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $2.39. It has been discounted 72 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 9 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, AtmaSphere ($3.99, scores 57) beats it on value, while it beats OneShift ($4.99, scores 42).
1 of the 300 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 72 percent of the 269 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 21 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
86% start to 3% 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
Shio is a true platformer that is challenging, beautiful and simple. If you can get it on sale ($6.78AUD) you'll get an incredible game and experience if you're a fan of the genre but you wont be ripped off if you get it at full price. It has an incredible art style, animations & level layout that offer challenge and serenity.
actually i don't really want to recommend this game but its still worth a buy in sales the things i want to clarify about this game, as a 2d platformer game, the difficulty is balanced and not even hard at all, i don't know why most of the dislike review said its too hard, since this game is easier than most of the hard 2d platformer in steam the game have 2 difficulty, easy and hard mode, i never tried easy mode...
This is one of those chinese plattformers, which looks quiet nice, has an ok level design, some interessting mechanics, but totally lacks any polish in regards of physics. One jump button, always the same the jump. No small jump, no slow or fast jump mechanics, no regrabs. No run or ducking mechanics. Nothing. This makes the game quiet easy as a plattformer, but also boring, as you click only one button the whole...
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Cite this score
Shio scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/525360/shioReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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