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Create a comic fantasy hero, take timed quests, battle monsters, improve your gear, and compete with other players and guilds.
Released 24 Feb 2016
Create a Comic Hero
Complete Timed Quests
Battle Monsters and Heroes
Shakes & Fidget is a hilarious fantasy role-playing satire and at the same time, an award-winning RPG! Sounds crazy? With over 50 million enthusiastic players, it ranks among the most celebrated online role-playing games worldwide!
Developed by Playa Games GmbH · Published by Playa Games GmbH
Shakes & Fidget is a comic fantasy RPG satire where you create a hero, choose a class, and take quests from a tavern. Your character sets out on adventures and faces monsters in automatically resolved battles.
Quests use a limited adventure allowance, with waits between activities. Earn gold and equipment, improve your character’s stats, and take on dungeons or other players in PvP. Premium mushrooms can be used to speed up some activities.
Join a guild to contribute to shared bonuses and take part in guild battles. Other long-term activities include developing a fortress, raising pets, and pursuing further character progression.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its comic fantasy humor and art, nostalgic feel, and gradual progression that fits short, casual sessions. Some also like the range of long-term activities, events, and guild play. Criticism repeatedly focuses on premium-currency pressure and slow, repetitive, time-gated progress; some reviews also describe account access or language-support problems.
Shakes & Fidget is a hilarious fantasy role-playing satire and at the same time, an award-winning RPG! Sounds crazy? With over 50 million enthusiastic players, it ranks among the most celebrated online role-playing games worldwide!
Create your own comic hero and conquer the top spot in the hall of fame! No easy feat, as real players have set their sights on the same goal. But together with your guild companions, you'll become stronger, more invincible, and win a ton of epic loot! Accept quests, embark on exciting adventures, brawl with monsters and other heroes, grow stronger, earn honor, and become a living legend!
Poisons enemies with a toxic tincture for several rounds.
Blocks attacks with the shield, can heal or deal more damage.
Summons undead minions who sacrifice themselves in battle.
Takes the form of an eagle or a bear.
Strengthens in battle by playing the harp.
Has an elixir that can revive.
Carries two weapons and always strikes with both.
Can dodge enemy attacks.
Gets into a frenzy and can therefore attack several times in a row.
Carries a shield that can be used to block attacks.
Negates the special abilities of most other classes.
Unleashes an arcane comet at the opponent at the beginning of each battle.
Unique comic look and humor
Thousands of weapons and epic equipment
PVE alone and with friends and also PVP against other players
Exciting quests and scary dungeons
Free-to-play and regular free updates
A one-time registration via Steam, Facebook Connect or an email address and password is required, unless you already have a user account.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | Shakes and Fidget supports online asynchronous multiplayer across platforms. Players can fight other players in PvP, join guilds, participate in guild-related activities, and play PvE content alone or with friends. It is presented as an MMO/MMORPG with server-based competition, rankings, and a large player population. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No mod support or multiplayer mod interaction is mentioned. |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
