Shamania

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Shamania is a single player and multiplayer role playing game. It was developed by Totem Keepers Games and was released on September 1, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Shamania is a cooperative RPG where players explore, build, and battle together in a shared world. Customize and upgrade your base, develop skills in professions like Mining and Herbalism, and craft powerful gear to overcome dangers. Survival is more fun with friends as you unlock recipes and face challenges side by side.

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Audience ScoreBased on 74 reviews

graphics5 positive mentions

grinding5 negative mentions

The game has a cozy atmosphere and beautiful graphics, making it enjoyable to explore.
Combat is straightforward and accessible, allowing players to engage without feeling overwhelmed.
The developers are active and responsive to player feedback, indicating a commitment to improving the game over time.

The game is currently too easy, with excessive resources making certain mechanics, like cooking, feel unnecessary.
There is a lack of content and variety, with biomes feeling repetitive and the overall gameplay experience being short.
Essential features like manual saving, offline play, and a pause option are missing, which detracts from the overall experience.

gameplay
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is generally well-received, featuring a clean and straightforward core loop focused on resource gathering, crafting, and progression, though some players desire controller support and a dedicated block or guard mechanic. While the game offers a cozy vibe, smooth performance, and character customization, it currently has a limited content offering and some monotonous survival mechanics. Overall, players appreciate the developers' responsiveness to feedback and the potential for future growth, making the current gameplay experience worthwhile for its price.
- “Its core gameplay loop is clean and easy to understand: gather resources, unlock new recipes and upgrades at the obelisk, and steadily grow stronger through progression.”
- “Things Shamania does well: relatively good graphics, smooth performance, character customization, lots to gather, adjustable difficulty, cozy vibe, dependable item drops, non-grindy gameplay, solid crafting focus, reasonable price point.”
- “For only $11.99, the amount of gameplay here is already well worth the price, and it leaves plenty of room for growth.”
- “Need the game to have controller gameplay instead of just keyboard and mouse.”
- “Gameplay is a bit 'floaty', the way the character floats while moving.”
- “The survival mechanics are monotonous, and there is nothing new to see.”
story
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in the game is considered intriguing with a solid foundation, but it requires further development and clearer communication through cutscenes and NPC interactions. While the quest line is engaging, players feel that the narrative could benefit from better integration with gameplay mechanics, such as tutorials and NPC interactions, to enhance the overall experience. Additionally, there are concerns about the repetitiveness of quests and the need for more meaningful engagement with the game's world and characters.
- “The story needs work but is intriguing.”
- “I really like the character design inspirations, the story premise; it has a really solid foundation and I look forward to seeing what Totem Keepers does with it!”
- “Please think about the story you're trying to tell and share that with the player through the cut scenes and interactions with NPCs.”
- “Please think about the story you're trying to tell and share that with the player through the cut scene(s) and interactions with NPCs.”
- “There were NPCs around but they were all locked with no quests to show you what to do to unlock them.”
- “The first quest to punch trees and collect berries is quick, but soon you will be killed over and over again with no equipment because you didn't look at your map and run to a town to hide.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game are generally well-received, featuring a cartoonish style reminiscent of World of Warcraft, with beautiful character modeling and a simple user interface. While many players appreciate the solid performance and cozy aesthetic, some feel that the graphics could be improved and are not particularly outstanding. Overall, the visuals contribute positively to the game's relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere.
- “Graphic that reminds me of WoW, action RPG open world, simple UI plus beautiful character modeling.”
- “This is a steal for $15, and the WoW-like aesthetic adds a great sense of familiarity, especially with the movement style this engine uses.”
- “Easy combat, easy crafting system and adorable graphics.”
- “Graphics could be better.”
- “Graphics - cartoonish, solid.”
- “Graphics remind me of World of Warcraft; simple UI but beautiful character modeling.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, players find the grinding aspect of the game to be a mixed experience; while combat is accessible and progression is well-structured, some resources require tedious grinding. The game is praised for its non-grindy gameplay and solid crafting focus, making it suitable for those who prefer a more relaxed approach rather than an emphasis on action and combat-based progression.
- “Resources are tedious.”
- “For those looking for something somewhat more grindy and with more emphasis on action and combat-based progression, this probably isn't a great title for you yet.”
- “Did a lot of grinding so my chests are filled to the brim with materials for the future.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the game's optimization is generally solid, with smooth performance and no significant bugs reported. However, some users express disappointment regarding the game's content length and suggest that optimization could be improved further, despite the absence of performance or bug issues.
- “Things Shamania does well: relatively good graphics, smooth performance, character customization, lots to gather, adjustable difficulty, cozy vibe, dependable item drops, non-grindy gameplay, solid crafting focus, reasonable price point.”
- “On a good note, I have not run into a single bug or performance issue; the game runs nice and smooth.”
- “Two things I was disappointed about are that you can enjoy all the content in about 18 hours right now and the optimization is not good.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviewers highlight that "Shamania" suffers from low replayability due to its lackluster combat, minimal enemy variety, and a small world map. Additionally, issues like poor discoverability, limited crafting options, and a sense of worldbuilding contribute to a less engaging experience, making it difficult for players to find motivation to revisit the game.
- “The combat is uncompelling, and the minimal enemy variety makes replaying the game feel tedious.”
- “With poorly tuned leveling and a small world map, the game lacks the depth needed for replayability.”
- “The few crafting choices and poor replay value really diminish the overall experience.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is highly praised, with players noting its quality and expressing a desire to keep it on rather than mute it, highlighting its integral role in the overall experience.
- “The music is wonderful; this is one of the few games in which I would not mute the music.”
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Reviewers appreciate the character design and story premise, noting that the game has a strong foundation for character development, which raises anticipation for how it will evolve in future updates.
- “I really like the character design inspirations and the story premise. It has a really solid foundation, and I look forward to seeing what Totem Keepers does with it!”