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Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
Developer Enigami
Shiness is an Action-RPG developed by indie development studio Enigami, which will let you travel in a captivating universe doomed to destruction ever since the fragmentation of the planet Mahera... From the Steam store page
185 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 24, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
40
Mixed
70 positive · 106 negative
95% range 33–47%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 70 | 106 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 1 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
140 of 277 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
40% recommend · 72 yes, 109 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 181 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (294 of 508 positive).
Players praise the game's beautiful, colorful graphics and charming world. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the combat as clunky, unfair, or frustrating. [3][4][5] Some players note the story feels unfinished due to the developer's bankruptcy. [6][7][8]
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- [1]
It's obvious Shiness was made with love and a lot of time was invested in imagining it's world and lore, but is it a game worth your time? The story revolves around a conflict between two kingdoms situated on "meteoras", parts of a broken up planet who's pieces float in space, and Shiness - four spirits to represent the elements of fire, earth, water and air. Many different species inhabit the world; including Wakis …
- [6]
Another of those cases where I wish we had more than a boolean choice to express our opinions. This is... a 6/10 sort of game. Moderately entertaining, but also with quite the share of flaws. It seems like there were probably supposed to be follow-up games to this, but the devs went bankrupt as they released this... so... yeah. No patches, no DLC, no bug-fixing. Upsides: Colourful, creative, kinda fun cutscenes, …
- [4]
Man this game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks yo. The combat is ♥♥♥♥ it's like Jamie Oliver's paella. Melee has no range and you have to be right next to the enemy to hit them, while magic is just spamming projectiles 90% of the time. Meanwhile you move slower than the enemies and they just run away half the time and spam projectiles back at you. Better get good with parrying them too cause they can fire them infinitely and stunlock …
- [5]
Let me start by this… The combat system is awful. And this is always a big minus if combat is one of the game’s main elements. It is especially bad at the beginning and gets slightly better and more interesting later on, but it isn’t amazing. It is even far from being good. The art style is… cute? I don’t know. It might appeal to kids, but it wasn’t my cup of tea. The story is okay, nothing extraordinary. Quite bad …
- [9]
Would have been a charming game but too many bugs and no fixes for over 6 months. Some are annoying, just play through, but there are game breaking, can't advance bugs, that have been known since within a month of release with no fix. Feels like this has been abanoned by devs. Might be worth $5 if you only plan to play a few hours and ditch. Otherwise, save your money and your time. My actual play time is about …
Summarised from 34 of the 193 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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The crowd is split on Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom: 72 recommend it, 109 don't. Which camp are you in?
Reactions
60 of 185 · most liked firstI was meant to do a review about this game but this game kicked me right in my feels (or nuts in this case). Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom have a very intresting gameplay, story, graphic and not to forget, language. Yes, the game has it's own language called "maherian". Shiness: The Lightning Kingdoms story is about a young boy named Chado who are traveling with his bestfriend Poky. Shado have a nature spirit called shiness who he can communicate with but the thing is, he is the only one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Developers need to remember that some people have dyslexia and can't read as fast as others. This is the number 1 problem in some games as I miss information because of a simple disability. All you need to do is leave it a little bit longer, add voice acting, or have a button prompt. it's not rocket science. pretty much 99% of games can do this, why can't you?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's obvious Shiness was made with love and a lot of time was invested in imagining it's world and lore, but is it a game worth your time? The story revolves around a conflict between two kingdoms situated on "meteoras", parts of a broken up planet who's pieces float in space, and Shiness - four spirits to represent the elements of fire, earth, water and air. Many different species inhabit the world; including Wakis the smaller furries, Shelks - their bigger counterparts, Gromiz the nasty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros 🟢 Cons 🔴 📈 Fun and accessible combat 📉 Game and story are slow to pick-up 📈 Great soundtrack with a vibrant world 📉 Controls and design lack subtle polish 📈 Provides a nice blend of puzzles and platforming 📉 Skill and item systems needlessly deep Overview: Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom (StLK) is a third-person action-RPG based in the magical yet fragile planet of Mahera. Your journeying…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would have been a charming game but too many bugs and no fixes for over 6 months. Some are annoying, just play through, but there are game breaking, can't advance bugs, that have been known since within a month of release with no fix. Feels like this has been abanoned by devs. Might be worth $5 if you only plan to play a few hours and ditch. Otherwise, save your money and your time. My actual play time is about ~20hrs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was very disappointed in this game. I backed it on Kickstarter, but honestly it did not live up to the hype generated initially. The characters are cringe and the design incomplete. Feels like something that go thrown out the door half baked just to relieve themselves of the development cycle. Wouldn't have minded but I gave them many years to patch it up, just found out the dev went bankrupt. Which doesn't surprise me, consdiering the game was genuinely just not very good.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very different take on the action RPG, and while I like some of what's here, I just can't overlook the flaws. The world is colorful and interesting and there's an interesting combat system, so I still might consider getting the sequel, should they ever finish the story... but this game has a handful of issues I really can't get over. The writing is... weak, and the voice acting doesn't do it any favors. The characters are, for the most part, pretty one-dimensional, if they're even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another of those cases where I wish we had more than a boolean choice to express our opinions. This is... a 6/10 sort of game. Moderately entertaining, but also with quite the share of flaws. It seems like there were probably supposed to be follow-up games to this, but the devs went bankrupt as they released this... so... yeah. No patches, no DLC, no bug-fixing. Upsides: Colourful, creative, kinda fun cutscenes, multiple endings (very similar though), moderately fun gameplay. Downsides:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is so genuine! A few years ago I played a game called Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom, a janky, overambitious indie RPG that was meant to be a multi-game epic but left unfinished when the game didn't sell. It always stuck with me because the world and design are so charming and...
positive · AI labelView post →Man this game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks yo. The combat is ♥♥♥♥ it's like Jamie Oliver's paella. Melee has no range and you have to be right next to the enemy to hit them, while magic is just spamming projectiles 90% of the time. Meanwhile you move slower than the enemies and they just run away half the time and spam projectiles back at you. Better get good with parrying them too cause they can fire them infinitely and stunlock you. You can level melee and magic by equipping and using the skill to learn…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“The past is never where you think you left it.” ~Katherine Anne Porter Sometimes, the weird things happen. But let's not start with that. Instead, let me ask you a question. Do you like retro games? Well, most of us do. Even those who aren't old enough to remember the days when those were originally released, with most of the modern AAA games being pretty much the same exact movie-like experience, more and more people begin to look into the past for some thrills. And you know what? It's a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Generally incomplete, can't skip some dialogues/cutscenes. Managed to insta-skip some starting text by accident. And I've gotten stuck/slowed on the environment several times. Story-telling is littered with awkward exposition.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i gave this game 6 hours, waiting for it to be enjoyable. combat is dull, with wonky camera. puzzles are so easy, you wonder what was the point of it. music gets repetitive real fast, especially in the first forest area. it had a background loop that repeated every 6 seconds... story... not captivating, but then again i'm a jaded 45 years old now. i did like the odd gag jokes here and there, esp. the saber- tooth squirrel reference. from what i understand, this game went over…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The battle mechanic is just ok, nothing really special. the world is confusing and difficult to navigate. Most frustratingly, the environment seems like it's built for platforming, maybe not as a main gameplay mechanic but certainly as a way to get around faster. Unfortunately, jumping is barely functioning, so this goes nowhere. Nothing really exciting about this game, I guess you'd like it if you were a furry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me start by this… The combat system is awful. And this is always a big minus if combat is one of the game’s main elements. It is especially bad at the beginning and gets slightly better and more interesting later on, but it isn’t amazing. It is even far from being good. The art style is… cute? I don’t know. It might appeal to kids, but it wasn’t my cup of tea. The story is okay, nothing extraordinary. Quite bad for an RPG game. And the worst is that it feels horribly long and boring. You…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unpleasant controls and terrible combat. In addition I would like to mention that furries are disgusting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+looks nice -voice acting -story -combat is clunky +move speed out of combat -move speed in combat -the game starts you off over new game, had to alt f4 and reset a few times meh puzzles ran into an empty fight? was pulled into a battle with nothing to fight unable to leave circle or use any combat abilities. 3/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combat is a bit unfair sometimes, the enemies will often bombard you with attacks and often time you'll be left confused as to what is happening in combat. The game is very pretty and its hard not to ignore the views and atmosphere. I would recommend if the combat system was a bit better. The artstyle is really impressive and reminds me of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I think the cel shading style was very nice and the color palette is nice and easy on the eyes. The dialogue is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just found out that the Shiness developers (or at least the art director) are salvaging the assets to make a new game/spiritual successor and I'm all for it! And not-Nashoba is the main character, yay! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUbq...
neutral · AI labelView post →Normally I write sh*tpost copypasta reviews, but this game was pretty special. Let me first start off by saying that Shiness is admittedly a bit rough around the edges, so don’t go comparing it to it’s AAA counterparts. By rough I mean: - Fighting difficulty alternates between very easy, very hard, then very easy again. - Probably the most confusing UI and menu design I’ve recently experienced in a game (until you just get used to it). - Story isn’t explained at all? And seems pretty hard to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just boring and unpolished feeling. it has potential with a cool idea just horrible execution
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are a PC user and not owning or not liking to play on a Controller, don't buy this. Not getting past the "use a potion" part due to wrong standard key bindings, this game is all but not playable. I tried to reconfigure the key bindings according to the one post from a dev (which is incomprehensibe) and trying it myself, I gave up after 2h of research on the keybindings and 18min of game time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is a nice game. +Beautiful and colorful graphics +RPG and JRPG. +Action Indie +Gameplay(combat is a little frustrating at times)(the rest of the mechanics are easy to learn) +Story is ok Must Play! 9/10 Good Game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Technically an overall good looking graphics with a map design that allows you to wander a bit off the road. The indepth mechanics were surprisingly advanced and there is a lot to adjust. So, basicly good potential. But Ive noticed I was struggling with 2 things that turned out frustrating. The first was a part of the map when switching to Poky for the first time were you had to jump over a couple of platforms. Ofc I fell down and there was a regular map with a locked entrance and monsters.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was... an ordeal. As you can see from my playtime, I didn't give it much time, because I had seen enough. Let's start with the very first thing you see: "Controller recommended" Here's the problem with that. Don't make a game available for PC and not optimize it to be played on all platforms its released on; ESPECIALLY PC. Whewn your controls are so bad you can't fit it onto PC, you have a problem. Let's move on, because that's just a small nitpick of mine. The game itself is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good at the beginning, once you're drawn by the pretty-done graphics for Zelda orphans and the Dragonball-inspired Combat. However, when you realize the game gives you no reward for levelling up and one random unbalanced enemy can make you lose all your progress in one single fight (unless you are willing to keep looking for saving points every single time) it makes you wanna stop playing, and that's what I did. Combat needs more polishing, way more balancing, and logic. Don't get it unless…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game does not deserve my time. For neither playing nor for editing my review. So here are some gripes instead. Camera can be as much of an event as any other enemy. I regularly cannot see myself when the fight begins because the camera decides it's too scary and hides in the bushes. Color of the arena only adds unnecessary complexity to an already complex combat system. It wants to do everything but can't do anything well enough. Combat is not only over complicated but also janky.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝕊𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕞𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 ℙ𝕊𝟙 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣. Fans of Furries, gather 'round, it's a party up in here... Welcome to Gendys, a land where humans and furry-like humanoids co-exist in complete harmony, until the princess of Adorya escaped her own father, claiming he was evil, and everything went down the drains. You assume the role of Chado, a Waki (squirrel-like humanoid) who can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not a "bad" game, it just feels like they rushed it out and as a consequence, the story and gameplay suffer. The script could use a rewrite and the gameplay pacing goes from too difficult to too easy, as you level up and learn new abilities the monsters don't seem to scale up alongside you enough. Giving this game a "No" because I backed this on Kickstarter and the devs disappeared after the game released and never fulfilled any of the backer rewards. This franchise was supposed to have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its like Jade Empire: Furry Edition.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game as part as the Humble Bundle Monthly. This game looked interesting so I decided to give it a shot. As far as art goes, the game generally looks really good, the animation is smooth and nice looking, although when it flip-flops between 3D and 2D, I don't really care for that too much, it doesn't look like the two styles belong together. When I first looked at this game, I assumed it was an RPG. And for most intents and purposes it is, but it is an action RPG. This wouldn't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not really fun and the controls are a mess
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good visual, great character design, beautiful cutscenes, interesting gameplay (it's basically a fighting game with some RPG aspects) The only (big) downside is the story; they've totally dropped a large part of it, the part that started it all. I was actually shocked when I saw the closing credits. I'd recommend this game anyway, if you're okay with spending 20-30 hours on a nice little game without expecting any decent closure to the storyline.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good god the combat is awful. timing is split second and you have about 1/4 of a second to assess and hit a key. prepare to spend most of your combats dying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it a few years ago and liked it quite a lot. The story is sadly unfinished and the game is generally a bit buggy/sloppy in some feedback during combat. But the mechanics themselves with combos, area effects and parry meter are fun. Each character has various abilities that were also relevant outside of combat in puzzles and exploration. I feel this game could've been great with a bit more money thrown in it's direction. As is it's still a fun game and I occasionally think of replaying…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a nice RPG with beautiful graphics and a cute original setting. Reminds me of the older Final Fantasy games. The combat system is... nice but confusing and sometimes frustrating, especially when fighting bosses. The game has a few things that could and should be better, but it also has a detailed open world with a good story that will suck you into the action. It's also cheap (too cheap imo) so it's definitely worth what you pay for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring combat. Dumb story. Ugly annoying main character. Crashes sometimes for no reason. And here's an idea, how about making the controls not suck, instead of just being lazy and having a message in the beginning about controllers? This is the PC version of the game, PCs have keyboard and mouse controls. If you're not willing to adapt, don't publish such a lazy port! And you have the nerve to charge $30 for this garbage? It's just some indie game from some no-name company, how could this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has lots of bugs, and apparently the studio has already folded, so dun expect any support. As much as there's a lot of bugs, I have only encounter 1 game breaking bug, which freezes the input at the character with the train, "3 Arrows" specifically, which will stop you from progressing through the game. So beware of that if you are going to play the game. The game lacks QA, as there are many obvious bugs. Amateurish mistake can be seen from the translation. The game environment…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had high hopes for this game but it felt a bit lacking, the graphics were nice and while the story seemed interesting but odd ultimately the gameplay was very plain and got old very quick it felt like a ps2 game i played awhile ago and considering how new this game still is, i cannot recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely recommend for fans of action RPGs, best on a sale. +Graphics, world and characters have a lot of charm. +Fun exploration, combat, and puzzles that use each character's skills +Fairly unique in its kung-fu style combat for an RPG +Great pacing, always a new skill or move to learn -Feels a little short if bought at full price -Story feels rushed and confused at times, especially at the end. -Combat is only 1 on 1 at a time
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat is uninspired and boring. Exploration and general character controls feel clunky.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat system is awful at the beginning. Once you get used to it and you can understand what is going on then it's when you start enjoying the game. After the initial parts you get to a small open world and that's where the story really takes off. The story it's ok, nothing amazing. The train area was super buggy and full of glitches. After the last battle you cannot skip the credits due to a post credit scene where the story doesn't end. Meh. It's an enjoyable game overall. Buy ONLY it if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game, but there's just too much wrong with it. The combat is awful, it's very hard to control and the combos don't reliably activate. It's incredibly easy to get stun-locked and die when you shouldn't. I mad it about 15 hours in and just couldn't finish it. The voice acting was okay, but the overall writing was all over the place in terms of quality, it started to show a lot later into the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately it's what of those games that is so busy trying to be for everybody (E rated) it end up not being for anybody, it's bland, uninspired and my gods the dialogue makes me want to claw my ears off, who speaks like that? Cannot recommend, even just your time is worth more, let alone your wallet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most of the time you will feel as if you have litte to no control over your character druing combat. Game is unneccessary complicated. Cam is broken. Completely unbalanced. Some enemies are easy to neutralize....others again are way too hard. If an enemy strikes a serties of hits....you have no chance to break the combo. And: except from the start there is no effing voice acting what makes this an autist experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like everyone else says. The game is kinda visually appealing. There's neat voice acting and performance is decent. However, the game revolves around combat/action, and the combat system is truly awful. You get stunlocked to death immediately. Completely unfun. What a waste. No difficulty levels either.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A beautiful game with a great soundtrack, completely ruined by possibly the worst combat system an action rpg could have with characters becoming stunlocked in combat and killed by a single string of enemy attacks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is getting down voted because the developers not allowing the changes made to the game to persist after the game is quit. Most infuriating game settings I've ever dealt with. I do not want the game to run in full screen and due to this BS I cannot make this change. Uninstalled
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even for less than $2 it's so awful it's not worth the risk of anyone thinking you're a furry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like your game with a side dish of game breaking bugs? Then look no further, this is the one for you! Have you ever wondered what it feels like to play a few hours of a game only to find out that by chance, you've triggered a bug that literally makes it impossible to progress? By all means, spend your hard earned money on this one. As that's exactly what happened to me. During the quest "A balanced diet", theres this part where you have to fix the elevator. After fixing it, I suddenly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →enjoyable if janky exploration ultimately ruined by a horribly balanced and implemented battle system. combat has a number of elements that seem on paper like they should make for a fairly deep and strategic take on real-time combat, but in practice, the more advanced techniques either require button inputs that don't work reliably, or require keeping track of things around you that are all but impossible to keep track of due to the fast-paced and chaotic nature of the battles. for a while, you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great stoy, nice combat and visually appealing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Installed it to check if the game was as bad as it looks. It was
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I kickstarted this a while back and left it on the docket. I finally got around to it and while there are some good points, the overall experience is a bit of a slog. I could only stomach an hour of the game, but millage may vary. I think the combat and movement feels clunky, the early environments seem kinda unmemorable, and there are just too many menus. Overall, it feels like they wanted to add many things, systems, and mechanics from games in the late 2000's era, but couldn't decide and it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clunky controls, no rebinding, and no checkpoints, idk the game seems alright, and i like the real-time combat aspect of it, however i can't really get over the control scheme, i normally use B for dodge, A for parry, and X + Y for attacks and a separate button for guarding like RB, so having B for Block + Dodge, Y for Parry, then A + X for Attacks really throws me off, simple thing could have been helped or fixed by rebinding, but cannot do that, controls are important and it makes it harder…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In 34 hours playtime, finally I finished the game. The game plot quite interesting but the ending is not really satisfying. For the cutscene, comic style delivery doesn't give enough "punch" or feeling to the story. It just "Ok". What makes this game interesting is the combat. I think the combat is quite similar to naruto game and it is quite hard and challenging. Overall I enjoyed playing this game and recommend it. Maybe the total score will be like 7.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat sucks I had no idea just what to do : Parry attack of the enemy and fight back Or block and then find a opening Had 2 blue screen crash while playing this and refunded it Cutscenes are in comic book style
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clunky and hard to control. Fights are unpolished and varying in difficulty. It's also overpriced and received it's last update three weeks after release. It is abandoned for more than two years now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those games that makes me wish steam had a conflicted option for recommending games. Graphics are fine Combat, is something you kind of need to understand for yourself to enjoy, it's also kinda rough around the edges. Story, I honestly can't give an explanation about what is going on. $30 for the game is too much, if you want to try it, get it on sale. The developers are no more so there won't be any fixes to the game in the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is a furry/anime crossover 3D platformer/puzzle/brawler console game. Unsurprisingly the developers went bankrupt. Shiness is a furry neckbeards wet dream come true. Apart from this niche target audience who are probably all too busy on the website f-o-u-r chan or watching hentai (Valve censors a community name but not hentai? Really??), the game isn't really aimed at PC gamers and was ported across shoddily. Controls aren't the worst but still clunky, the…
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