Shenmue III
Skip · Action · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 24.6h
- Value
- $1.22/hr
- Reviews
- 73% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti or better (DirectX 11 card & VRAM 2GB Required), 100 GB of storage. Windows only.
Shenmue III sees the eagerly anticipated continuation of the epic story-driven saga. Take control of Ryo Hazuki, a teenage martial artist, determined to unravel the mystery behind his father's murder and to exact revenge on the killer.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.49, set in October 2024. It has been discounted 46 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 43 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition ($19.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Xuan-Yuan Sword VII ($34.99, scores 8).
Of the 553 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 6 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 288 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 24.6 hours; clearing it takes 57, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
27% start to 2% 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
Anyone who enjoyed shenmue ansd shenmue II on the Sega Dreamcast will love this game, all three of them are great games worthy of another play through
I'm mixed on this one. It's a closure on the Shenmue story from the Dreamcast era, but it aged a bit poorly. The gameplay and acting aren't very good. On itself, not a very good game, but as the last part of the Shenmue story, I guess it's worth playing.
I can honestly say as a Shenmue fan that this game feels like a Jnrela Engine Fan game in a bad way for over half the experience. That and the cliffhanger at the end of II was not explained fully..Bailu Village is a massive disappointment story and pacing wise. It was also bizarre that NPCs do not react to rain with umbrellas like they did in Shenmue I and II. The lack of throwing in combat is also poor. The stamina...
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Cite this score
Shenmue III scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/878670/shenmue-iiiReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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