Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• Amazon Fire TV

• Nintendo 3DS

• Wii U

Genres

• Metroidvania

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• platform game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Wii U^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

• Nintendo 3DS^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Wii U^*

  Classification

  E10+ - Everyone 10+^*

• ESRB · Nintendo 3DS^*

  Classification

  E10+ - Everyone 10+^*

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  E10+ - Everyone 10+^*

Series

• Shantae

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Indie^*
• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• Platformer^*

  Votes · historical

  161^*

• Metroidvania^*

  Votes · historical

  148^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  146^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  108^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  103^*

• Pixel Graphics^*

  Votes · historical

  98^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  90^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  81^*

• Anime^*

  Votes · historical

  79^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  77^*

• Cute^*

  Votes · historical

  74^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  67^*

• Pirates^*

  Votes · historical

  58^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  49^*

• Side Scroller^*

  Votes · historical

  39^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  14^*

• Sexual Content^*

  Votes · historical

  11^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

• Comedy^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Intel® HD Graphics^*

  Graphics API

  Version 11^*

  Storage

  1 GB available space^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel™ Core 2 Duo / AMD™ Athlon 64 X2 or higher^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA® GeForce™ 200 series or higher, AMD® Radeon™ HD5000 series or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory.^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  42^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

Developers

• WayForward Technologies

• WayForward^*

Publishers

• WayForward Technologies

• WayForward^*
• Rising Star Games^*

• 2014-10-23

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Nintendo 3DS

  Market

  North America

• 2014-12-25

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Wii U

  Market

  North America

• 2015-02-05

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Nintendo 3DS

  Market

  PAL region

• 2015-02-05

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Wii U

  Market

  PAL region

• 2015-04-23

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows

• 2015-10-22

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Amazon Fire TV

• 2015-11-19

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Nintendo 3DS

  Market

  Japan

• 2016-03-16

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2016-04-19

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  North America

• 2016-04-20

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  PAL region

• 2016-09-07

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Wii U

  Market

  Japan

• 2018-03-20

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2018-10-25

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Japan

• 2022-09-27

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2014-12-25 · Wii U^*

  Release date

  2014-12-25^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Wii U^*

• 2015-04-22 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2015-04-22^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2014-10-23 · Nintendo 3DS^*

  Release date

  2014-10-23^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Nintendo 3DS^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Apr 23, 2015^*

Detailed specifications