
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 2,400 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 81 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
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 game that you'll either take to or won't and I don't take offense to anyone who won't since the controls are from a past time that take a lot of getting used to. But if you can look past it, an enthralling memorable story awaits for all to enjoy.
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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 Aug 17: 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 82 reviews with recorded playtime.
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je peux comprendre le coté revolutionaire de ce jeux en sont temps. mais aujourdhui c'est tres tres tres lent a joué chaque action mais des plombe et on parle constament en fesant des allez retours. il n'y a absolument aucun choix a faire en gros c'est un tres bon visual novel.
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莎木是一款神奇的游戏,见证了世嘉DC的没落。多年前第一次见识到莎木时,就被游戏的画面和写实特点所震撼。也许它的玩法在现在看来有些枯燥,但结合时代背景,这是一款划时代的游戏,包括现在还有很多游戏借鉴部分玩法。很庆幸能够玩到莎木1和2这样伟大的作品,致敬铃木裕先生及莎木系列制作团队。
very lovely game. i have a love for early 3d environments, so the game's style is what initially got me interested. one of the things it does best is having such lively locations, with so much to explore. it definitely isn't perfect, and i don't see everyone enjoying it like i did, but i think it was exactly the right game for me. it has so many little details that are just really fun if you slow down to check them out. the voice acting isn't good but it's just so funny and charming that i can't understand how people dislike it
Shenmue 1: Comecei Shenmue como "vamos ver como é desse jogo que originou a franquia Yakuza" e terminei como "jogão da porra pqp" Me impressiona como um jogo de 1999 pode ser tão ambicioso, eu já pensava que Metal Gear Solid 1 em 98 era cinematográfico, mas isso aqui elevou o nível em apenas 1 ano após o lançamento de MGS. O jogo não só tem ângulos de câmera muito bem feitos, mas tem muitas inspirações em filmes de ação (principalmente os de Kung-fu). Me venderam ele com antecessor de Yakuza, mas Shenmue é na verdade um dos melhores jogos de detetive que já joguei. Sendo o lugar que Ryo vive, uma pequena cidade no Japão de 1986, tendo uma forte influencia da cultura norte americana. A história começa com uma tragédia na vida do Ryo, e ele passa o resto da sua jornada biscando vingança. Falando na sua busca pela vingança, uma das partes centrais da gameplay consiste em falar com os npcs da cidade, onde você sai pela cidade perguntando de pessoa em pessoa sobre algo, até encontrar a informação, e depois pega o que descobriu e sai perguntando de novo sobre aquilo, até alguém falar que escutou algo sobre em outra parte da cidade, então você vai lá para progredir mais (por isso disse que é como se fosse um jogo de investigação). A ação do jogo é composto por duas partes, pelos QTE (Quick Time Events) e pelo combate real, que é baseado em Virtua Fighter, mas adaptado para um jogo singleplayer. O jogo tem sessões de QTE bem legais, e certamente dá para ver de onde Yakuza se inspirou kkkkkkkkkkk Outra coisa que o jogo me surpreendeu foi a interatividade, como poder olhar em armários, gavetas e cômodas, poder pegar os objetos e interagir com eles. Durante o jogo você vai encontrar velas em alguns lugares importantes da história, e o que você pode comprar nas lojas? Fósforos! Apesar das lojas não ter muitos itens, você pode usar todos eles, e até usar eles em momentos da história. Um dos momentos mais legais foi quando eu estava vasculhando as gavetas da casa, e encontrei dentro da gaveta na cômoda que a tv estava um Sega Saturno, e mais tarde quando fui na loja, vi que um dos prêmios do sorteio eram fitas de Sega Saturno que você pode ganhar e jogar em casa. Ah, caso você não consiga ganha-las, os mesmos jogos do sorteio podem ser jogados no arcade da cidade (do mesmo jeito que tem os arcades em Yakuza kkkkkkkkkk). Um jogo mega completo e bem amarradinho para a época, onde tudo conversa com tudo e as coisas se interligam de forma natural. Unica coisa que eu devo deixar atento para quem assim como eu, é fã de Yakuza e está pensando em testar, é que como já devem ter notado, esse jogo é bem mais cadenciado e devagar em ritmo que Yakuza, não tem metade da ação de Yakuza e nem batalhas aleatórias pelas ruas. Se Yakuza é mais arcade, Shemue por outro lado é mais próximo de um Life Sim, com ciclos de dia e noite, trabalho, hora de voltar para casa e etc.... Esse jogo é uma homenagem aos filmes de ação e de Kung-fu da época, então se for testar, não vá jogá-lo comparando com Yakuza ou algo assim, recomendo ir de cabeça aberta. Se você acabar curtindo, vai ser uma experiência muito legal. 10/10
Sou um enorme fã da franquia Yakuza, e por meio da, acabei conhecendo esta verdadeira obra de arte. História maravilhosa, um jogo que como todos dizem, realmente muito à frente de seu tempo, é impressionante que esses jogos tenha sido lançados para Dreamcast, principalmente o segundo, que é um jogo muito grande. Fiz questão de fazer o 100%, amei o jogo, assim que puder jogarei o 3, espero que haja sequência e que essa história linda se conclua.
30fps cap is dire but Shenmue 1&2 are still class almost 30 years later. The well developed story and childhood nostalgia make these games super enjoyable. Plus save scumming takes 10 seconds which is a huge improvement from the Dreamcast days.
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