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Shank
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“I love this game! It's awesome,however the censoring is annyoing and 100% pointless. You can fix it,but god. It removes important things like how shank got his weapons,why the guys in the bar were attacking shank,etc. WHY??? If you want it uncensored,heres a simple guide to do…”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played“The real magic of going through your gaming backlog is stumbling across those little gems you didn't know you had. Such was the case with Shank. I'm not sure when I purchased it, but there it was sitting in my library covered in e-dust. I watched the trailer, and it gave me a…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Shank is the very fast-paced slasher/shooter in classic 2d sidescrolling. You're running, jumping, dashing, slashing, shooting "el mariachi style" and that's the whole game. Oh, and there is some dramatic story applied! About some mobster Cesar who run the whole town but made…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Beat 'em up · Indie · 2D · Side Scroller · Local Co-Op · Platformer · Gore · Singleplayer · Co-op · Controller · Short (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Remote Play Together |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Official site | http://www.shankgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 Processor: Intel Pentium 4 running at 1.7 GHz or Greater; Athlon 64 running at 1.7GHz or greater with support for SSE2 instructions Memory: 1 GB of ram, 1.5 GB (Vista and Windows 7) GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB and the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB cards DirectX®: 9.0 Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space