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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
#1431 most played
Playing now
130
7d trend
+21%
140 vs 116
24h peak
228
low 74
7d peak
275
All-time peak
275
Feb 2021 · now 47% of peak
Avg 30d
130
Hours played
38,421
30d
Best rank
#1210
now #1431
Top sellers
#3,226
Positive reviews
96%
38,357

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Live player count and Steam charts

96% positive · 38,357 reviews
24h low 7424h high 228

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

DeveloperMimimi Games
PublisherDaedalic Entertainment
ReleasedDec 6, 2016
Runs onWindows, macOS, Linux
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Verified · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Verified
Price$3.99

Player history

2018202020222024

Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 13, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *125+7+5.9%275
Jun 2026118+12+11.3%275
May 2026106+2+1.9%273
Apr 2026104-10-8.8%230
Mar 2026114+7+6.5%301
Feb 2026107-20-15.7%255
Jan 2026127+5+4.1%299
Dec 2025122+5+4.3%276
Nov 2025117-13-10.0%267
Oct 2025130+12+10.2%290
Sep 2025118-2-1.7%275
Aug 2025120-18-13.0%246

* current month, data so far

Recent updates

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When people play

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53
241avg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 16 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 14:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in East & Southeast Asia. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

Chinese (Simplified)
40%
English
38%
French
3%
Russian
3%
Spanish (Spain)
3%
Chinese (Traditional)
3%
Other
9%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 40 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

Achievements

Achievements
44
Median earned by
12%
Rarest earned by
1.5%

Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.

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