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Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate
Simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike. Play alone, with a friend, or as part of a four-person team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy from the forces of Entropy!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“It seems similar to Risk of Rain, which isn't my cup of tea but if you like that game you should give it a try!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-02 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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.
Latest official news
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Patch 1.9.6 is Released
- Drop-in camera now stops moving when you pause the game - Fixed bug where magnifying glass could hit robot in best friend mode - Fixed bug where the Spear air attack could get stuck inside enemies w
Update 1.9.5 is Live
- Fixed a networking issue that could cause butterfly shot to not work for client players - Updated some English ability descriptions for clarity - Deployed turrets now consistently orient properly fo
Patch 1.9.3 is live
Another small set of fixes and improvements. Fixed a bug where input rebindings would not get saved (big goof on our part here--this worked in development builds but not in the real installed game🙃) A
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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.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | Action · Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Online Co-Op · Rogue-lite · 3D · Sci-fi · Space · Atmospheric · Combat · PvE · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.5 GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 760, AMD Radeon R7 270 Storage: 10 GB available space