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Shift'n Slay

Shift'n Slay

Shift’n Slay is an amped-up turn-based tactical roguelike, where you fight your way through a cyberpunk hell step by step, trying to break a time loop engineered by corporate bastards.

Released Feb 27, 2025 Developer DREBOT game studio Platforms Windows StrategyTacticalTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatCyberpunk
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

80.8%positive99 reviews
Recommended · 31 found this helpful

“RANKING: AVOID | FLAWED | MAYBE | WORTHWHILE | COMPELLING | UNMISSABLE SYNOPSIS: ASSESSMENT: Shift’n Slay is a TBT version of Ruiner with a Groundhog day format, in a 2000AD Dredd inspired setting. It is a very short-lived tactical turn-based roguelike with a restrictive…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“It's fun for the price. Just don't expect XCOM. Some UX problems are quite annoying. just some examples: * Movement stimulus does not show how much +X movement will get added * Hovering over unit in initiative bar highlights the 3d enemy, But hovering over 3d enemy does not…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Feels more like a puzzle game than a tactical rpg.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2025-03 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

26all-time peak
0 2 5 3 avg · Mar 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

12achievements
9.5%median completion
2.4%rarest: A real son of a...
84.3% of players 47.1% of players 38.5% of players 27.3% of players 13.1% of players 12.0% of players 9.5% of players 8.3% of players 7.2% of players 6.1% of players 5.5% of players 2.4% of players 84.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.3%Something went off plan. — End the tutorial.
47.1%I'll be back! — Revive for the first time.
38.5%Meat Grinder — Kill 25 enemies. Keep the blood flowing.
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%A real son of a... — Hidden achievement
5.5%You son of a… — Hidden achievement
6.1%One More Time — Defeat the Shifter Twice.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 09, 2025
PATCH v. 1.00.07

Fixed a critical bug (black screen) that caused the game to freeze on the intro screen for some players.

Mar 04, 2025
PATCH v. 1.00.05

Minor Changes The tutorial level has been refined. Added hints about restarting the level and viewing character information. Fixed Bugs Fixed a visual bug where bullets could remain suspended in the a

Mar 02, 2025
PATCH v. 1.00.04

Gameplay Changes: Added a new character upgrade — "Ram Attack". If an object collides with another during PUSH, the second takes 2 damage instead of 1. Minor Fixes: Increased the time between the hero

Mar 01, 2025
DAY ONE PATCH (Part 2) v. 1.00.03

Optimization Fixes (Entire Game): Adjusted lighting settings. Reduced polygon count of background scene objects. Removed minor background scene objects. Updated texture rendering settings. Gameplay Ch

Feb 28, 2025
DAY ONE PATCH (Part 1) v. 1.00.02

Hello! Thank you for playing the game. I'm glad you're enjoying it. However, there were—and still are—some issues and bugs. That’s why I’m here to fix them. Stay tuned! Optimization Fixes (first 5 lev

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresRPG, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Tactical · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat · Cyberpunk · RPG · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Dark · PvE · Difficult · Violent (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian * , Korean, Japanese, Polish, Turkish *
Achievements12
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X DirectX: Version 12