Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:12/20/2016
- Developer:WayForward
- Publisher:WayForward
- Last Updated:6/5/2025
- Steam App Id:253840
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 94% lower than its previous all-time peak of 18 players achieved on 2/29/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. It has received a total of 2,391 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 87 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and its growth over time. It currently has 21,911 followers on its community page.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Price
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero costs $19.99 in the Steam store as of 6/5/2025. At the moment, it can only be purchased as a standalone game but may be included in future bundles for a discount.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
About Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an Indie, Action, and Adventure game developed by WayForward. On 12/20/2016, it was released on the Steam Store by WayForward.
Players have rated Shantae: Half-Genie Hero as "Very Positive" out of 2,391 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 2,162 positive reviews and 229 negative reviews — an overall 90% positive review rating. Additionally, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has earned a metascore of 76 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 6 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
- Remote Play on TV
From the Steam community, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Kickstarter
- 2.5D
- Great Soundtrack
- Side Scroller
- Fantasy
- Crowdfunded
- Platformer
- Metroidvania
- Comedy
- Hand-drawn
- Action-Adventure
- Cute
- Funny
- Indie
- Anime
- Action
- Adventure
- Female Protagonist
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Memes
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is referenced by 3 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shantae: Pirate Queen's Quest | DLC | 8/29/2017 | View |
 | Shantae: Friends to the End | DLC | 12/12/2017 | View |
 | Shantae: Costume Pack | DLC | 4/10/2018 | View |
Related Packages
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Shantae: Half-Genie Hero | $19.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is available in 6 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, June 5). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/253840
- Valve Corporation. (2025, June 5). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/253840
- Metacritic. (2025, June 5). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/shantae-half-genie-hero
- WayForward. (2023, July 19). Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. https://wayforward.com/games/shantae-half-genie-hero/