Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 3.1-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Worth it · action · 2010
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes, worth it at $9.99.
about 3.1h$9.99 (~)
Better value than 97% of action games
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Shank scores 68/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/6120/shank<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/6120/shank"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/6120" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/6120/shank)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 6h ago.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $1.49, set in October 2015. It has been discounted 66 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Mark of the Ninja: Remastered ($5.99, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Hot Lava ($19.99, scores 54).
Steam's global achievement data says about 7 percent of players ever finish it. On a 3.1-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.