Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
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| Developers | |
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| WayForward Technologies | |
| Engines | |
| EngineBlack | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 23, 2015 |
| Reception | |
| OpenCritic | 81 |
| IGDB | 82 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Scrolling, Side view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Metroidvania, Platform |
| Art styles | Anime, Pixel art |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Shantae |
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| Shantae | |
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| Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut | 2014 |
| Shantae and the Pirate's Curse | 2015 |
| Shantae: Half-Genie Hero | 2016 |
| Shantae and the Seven Sirens | 2020 |
| Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution | 2024 |
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is a singleplayer scrolling and side view metroidvania and platform game in the Shantae series.
General information
Availability
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- Soundtrack is available for free at composer's Bandcamp, you can also pay what you want.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\options.txt[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/345820/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| GOG.com | <path-to-game>\Shantae and the Pirate's Curse.save |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\345820\remote\save |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/345820/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General Options
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | 16:9 only. Limited resolution selection (1920x1080 is maximum). | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Game runs too fast above 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Key binds
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music and Sound sliders (0-100). | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Pauses when focus lost, no audio while paused. If on the main menu, music will continue to play when focus lost. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | Added in the 1.03 patch, not showing up on the Steam page. | |||
| German | Added in the 1.03 patch, not showing up on the Steam page. | |||
| Italian | Added in the 1.03 patch, not showing up on the Steam page. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Translation. | |||
| Spanish | Added in the 1.03 patch, not showing up on the Steam page. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7 | 7, 8 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz with Hyper Threading | Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon 64 X2 |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 200 series ATI Radeon HD 5000 series 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/345820/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (345820) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.