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Game entry

Shenmue III

2019 · Action RPG, Fighting, Beat 'em up, Action-adventure · PC, PlayStation 4 · Shibuya Productions

Shenmue III is ranked no. 3,120 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,453 and 36% of duels won. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 134 out of 224 (2019).

World rank

no. 3,120

ELO score

1,453

Wins

36%

Duels played

121

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About Shenmue III

Shenmue III is an action-adventure video game and the sequel to the 2001 game Shenmue II. It follows teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki in his quest to find his father's killer in 1980s China. In 2015, Suzuki launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to help fund Shenmue III and the campaign met its initial target of $2 million USD in under eight hours. The campaign ended in July having raised over $6 million, becoming the most funded video game in Kickstarter history.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,453 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Shenmue III sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 3,117 The Operative: No One Lives Forever 1,453
  2. 3,118 Infamous: Festival of Blood 1,453
  3. 3,119 Indivisible 1,453
  4. 3,120 Shenmue III 1,453
  5. 3,121 Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered 1,453
  6. 3,122 The Blackwell Epiphany 1,453
  7. 3,123 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 1,453

Released in 2019

The standing

Where Shenmue III ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Shenmue III stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 134 out of 224 (2019).

Where Shenmue III ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 3,120 5,110
Action RPG 342 528
2010s 1,304 2,044
2019 134 224

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