
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.
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Prices
The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
13 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.71/day in the week to Aug 21 → 0.43/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,402 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Originally released for the Dreamcast in 2000 and 2001, Shenmue I & II is an open world action adventure combining jujitsu combat, investigative sleuthing, RPG elements, and memorable mini-games. It pioneered many aspects of modern gaming, including open world city exploration, and was the game that coined the Quick Time Event (QTE). It was one of the first games with a persistent open world, where day cycles to night, weather changes, shops open and close and NPCs go about their business all on their own schedules. Its engrossing epic story and living world created a generation of passionate fans, and the game consistently makes the list of “greatest games of all time”.
A tale of revenge.
In 1986, teenage jujitsu artist Ryo Hazuki returns to the dojo of his father, Iwao Hazuki, only to witness his murder by a Chinese man, Lan Di. Lan Di steals a mysterious artifact known as the Dragon Mirror. Ryo vows to avenge his father’s death and sets out tracing Lan Di’s path.
The first game in the series, Shenmue begins the tale as Ryo travels around Yokosuka, Japan, gathering clues about his father’s murder and dealing with nefarious gangsters along the way.
The sequel Shenmue II continues Ryo’s quest, this time crossing the sea to Hong Kong, China. Ryo ventures deeper into the criminal underworld, meeting martial arts masters who aid him on his journey and offer insight into his father’s death, and unravels the mysteries of the Dragon Mirror that his father kept hidden.
Take the role of Ryo Hazuki.
Explore a 3D open world searching for clues, examining objects, and talking to NPCs.
Battle enemies and bosses making full use of the moves of Hazuki-style jujitsu.
Beat quick-time events (QTEs) and mini-games.
The best Shenmue experience
Pioneering Dreamcast classics available for the first time on PC
Updated user interface
Choice of modern or classic controls
Japanese audio available for the first time for a global audience
Fully scalable screen resolutions
An epic legend
A tale of revenge on a grand scale
Solve the mystery of your father’s murder
An experience never to be forgotten
The world feels alive
Talk to anyone, scour the world for clues
NPCs live independent lives on their own schedule
Faithful recreations of 1980s Japan and Hong Kong, China
Distract yourself with arcade games, collectibles, duck racing, and more
Sums Steam only; Xbox publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $29.99 | 3.3Kreviews | 89% | — | $2.1M |
| $29.99 | 1Kratings | 86% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 82 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
true japan man
All Time Good Classic!
进入一个世界,如何生活在一起,这是所有游戏阿宅的梦想。 不同游戏有不同的做法,比如老滚,设定的复杂,一大堆不同的路线。也比如荒野之息,整个世界都仿佛活着的。 而莎木使用了一套完全不一样的方法,我惊讶于这个游戏,用极少的剧情,却给我留下对于这个城市的极为深刻的记忆!!! 伟大!
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13 on sale2 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 2 “not sold” markets are read from the Steam price pass of Sep 19: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price in those. The 13 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
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Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, German, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 83 reviews with recorded playtime.
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这是一个绝对会在3D开放世界名垂青史的游戏,但这也同样是一个让人难以坚持玩下去的游戏,弱引导,完成任务你必须得向街坊路人询问线索,再根据线索去寻找任务或完成任务,但除了街坊路人可以询问,你也可以敲门询问线索,在第二部到了香港你所看到的一切建筑,只要有门,你几乎都可以进去。莎木对香港建筑的刻画,超乎我的想象,及其还原的同时也把香港生活的百姓细节做的非常到位,也让看到如今不存在的九龙城寨。到了桂林,剧情节奏放慢,和莎花一起漫步在桂林的山路,令我对桂林心驰神往,我虽是广西人,但对桂林以前的景色了解甚少,也只是去过最出名的阳朔,并没有深入走进过桂林的大山,但我在这游戏感受到了。但有时候我还是要吐槽一下这个游戏的QTE,有时候实在是太恶心了,特别是打BOSS的时候,最后的QTE没弄对,只能重新打,虽然莎木作为QTE鼻祖,但在QTE 的设计并不是特别优秀,但有时候也很有趣,但更多时候是无语,总之这是一个不符合现今游戏主流的游戏,但如果你静下心来,去体验莎木其中蕴含的武德,你能感受到中华五千年上下的武术魅力
내가 무슨 부귀영화를 누리겠다고 이 게임을 끝까지 하고 있는 건지 모르겠다 고전식 그래픽이 취향이라서 열심히 하고는 있는데 할 수록 시간낭비라는 생각밖에 안 든다.. 마땅히 할 컨텐츠도 없으면서 몇십 분 기다리게 하고 맵도 활용 안 하고,;; 일일이 npc클릭하거나 오락실 빠칭코에서 죽치고 앉아있어야 하는 것도 짜증나고.. 지게차 시뮬을 5일째 하다가 빡쳐서 평가남기는 중이다. 차라리 포켓몬마냥 깡패 나타나서 때려잡는 액션요소나 채워주지... 솔직히 고전게임을 지금껏 많이 안 해봐서 그 당시 혁신이었던 게임을 내려치고 있는 걸 수도 있겠지만 이러나 저러나 현대유저한텐 안 맞는 것 같다. 그리고 캐릭터들도 딱히 매력이 없다. 료 얘는 뭔 목석이냐 감정이 없다. 노조미 불쌍해
True classics. Two of the best games ever made
Shenmue ist ein absolutes Meisterwerk, mit brutalen Alterserscheinungen. In meinen ersten fünf Spielstunden, litt ich wirklich stark, unter dem klobigen Movement, der unberechenbaren Kamera und der sehr dubiosen Steuerung. Doch es lohnt sich trotz, des holprigen Anfangs, dran zu bleiben. Die Story hinter diesen beiden Spielen ist super spannend und bietet viel Tiefe. Die Charaktere sind wunderschön geschrieben und die künstlerische Darstellung der Locations ist einfach nur atemberaubend. Dieses Spiel war seiner Zeit voraus und war der Wegbereiter ganzer Genres und Franchises, welche heute noch unsere Herzen höher schlagen lassen. Der Umfang dieses Spiels ist kaum zu begreifen, wenn man dran denkt, aus welchem Jahr es stammt. Riesige Städte, unzählige Dialoge, Minispiele, Sidequests, Secrets, Collectables, realistische Zeit- und Wetterverhältnisse und und und. Am meisten fiel mir beim spielen auf, wie entschleunigt Shenmue doch ist. Es spiegelt den radikalen Kontrast in dieser ach so schnelllebigen Welt da. Kaum Schnellreisen, Timeskips, schnell wechselnden Szenen und dazu diese ewig langen Dialoge und Cutscenes. Teilweise wurde ich als Gen Z Spieler sehr ungeduldig, aber solche Medien tun auch mal gut. Eine klare Empfehlung für all diejenigen, welche eine schöne Geschichte erleben möchten und dabei keinen Wert auf heutige Standards legen.
Amazing game. Despite being over 25 years old, the atmosphere in this game assisted by the scenery, music and sound design is just fantastic and makes for a memorable gameplay experience. The quirky dialog adds another fun layer to it as well. The storyline is just great too. A must play!
In terms of the first game, it's old but has a lot of charm. It can take some getting used to but give it time and you can get sucked in. Finding your next objective through locating where you need to go next and gaining a better understanding through talking to NPC's is very much at an all time high here. For a 2000 game, truly brilliant. Definitely not for everyone, but still a banger very much deserving of a remaster.
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