Shenmue I & II
Worth it · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $29.99.
- Length
- 35.9h
- Value
- $0.84/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (1GB Vram) / AMD Radeon 6990, 30 GB of storage. Windows only.
SEGA®’s most requested re-release of all time finally comes to a new generation. Shenmue delivers an epic story of revenge within a unique open world that is still unrivalled in depth and detail. Return to the epic saga that defined modern gaming. The saga begins…again.
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
It has never been cheaper than $5.99. That was November 2022. 59 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 80 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition ($14.99, scores 94) beats it on value, while it beats Pathologic Classic HD ($12.99, scores 75).
This site sampled 434 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 327 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
35% start to 4% 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
Players
26 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 23:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Hasn't aged well but I played this game whenever I was just 11 years of age so I don't see what others would most likely see today through a modern lens. A beautiful, unique game with a lot of depth and plenty to miss out on if you're not diligent. The soundtrack is one of the best imho of all time. A beautiful OST from start to finish and one that I regularly listen to relax. In today's world however, this is a...
shenmue is unforgettable. played this on the dreamcast as a kid. returned because there is so much about it that is completely unique and in the current video game zeitgeist it serves as some kind of antidote. no coincidence one of the first major characters you meet teaches Ryo about patience and calmness of the mind and the environment of Buddhist antiques outside the temple, the pacing, the chores all reinforce...
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Cite this score
Shenmue I & II scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/758330/shenmue-i-iiReviews 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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