Shantae and the Seven Sirens

Shantae and the Seven Sirens is a 2019 platform game by WayForward. It is the fifth game in the Shantae series, following Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (2016). The game follows half-genie Shantae on the tropical Paradise Island, which she must explore to rescue other half-genies kidnapped by the eponymous Seven Sirens. The game was released via Apple Arcade for iOS (including versions for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV) in September 2019, for macOS in October 2019, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2020, and for PlayStation 5 in March 2022. The game was released on Android and re-released on iOS by Crunchyroll as part of its Games Vault offerings in November 2024.

Seven Sirens returns to the metroidvania style of the first three entries in the series, and follows the half-genie Shantae as she explores an interconnected world. During her journey, Shantae visits towns with non-player characters to interact with, and traverses dungeon-style labyrinths containing new abilities to unlock and bosses to defeat. Shantae retains her ability to transform into other creatures, now utilized via an ability called "fusion magic" that allows her to instantly transform and use a creature's ability with a button press instead of having to select it like in past games, functioning similarly to the Pirate Gear in Pirate's Curse. Additional special abilities can be performed by dancing, such as revealing hidden objects or healing wilted plants. Defeated enemies will sometimes drop collectible Monster Cards bearing their image. By finding a certain number of a given card, Shantae can equip it to augment her abilities, providing bonuses such as increased movement speed or magic automatically refilling over time. Up to three cards can be equipped at once, with a total of 50 different cards to collect. Like other games in the series, completing the story awards the player with bonus artwork based on their final time and completion percentage. A New Game Plus mode allows the player to replay the game with higher magic but lower defense.