Shu
Skip · Action · 2016
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 3h 6.3h to 100%
- Value
- $3.33/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 231 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Shu is a stylish 2.5D platformer set in a beautiful and engrossing world. Guide Shu and a cast of beautifully hand-drawn characters as they run, jump and glide their way across exotic lands, forever pursued by the monstrous and unrelenting Storm. CAN YOU OUTRUN THE END OF THE WORLD?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series or Equivalent, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 66 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 32 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Greak: Memories of Azur ($19.99, scores 38) beats it on value, while it beats PLANET ALPHA ($1.99, scores 28).
More about Shu
Critics scored it 85, but players land 9 points lower at 76 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 5 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
The main story runs 3 hours. Doing everything runs 6, 2.1 times as long.
The drop-off
27% start to 5% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
What can I write except what a RELIEF it's over. It's not pride, not satisfation, it's just a relief I can forget about this game and I curse myself for being into achievements. Just look at my hours... if you are poor speedrunner like me - DON'T PLAY THIS GAME. I warn you, you'll lose your sanity there. Why? Because this game is so poorly developed you might want to cry. First of all, obnoxious controls. I had to...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Truly, Shu is one of the worst platforming game I ever played in my life. First of all the story is nearly non-existent, uninspriring and not presented well. Second, the game is clearly made for playing with a controller, which is not written in the Steam store page. The movement of the main character is atrocious. You always feel like ice skating. It's imprecise. Sometimes the buttons don't register, for example...
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Cite this score
Shu scores 37/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/528720/shuReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.