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Genre: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Shenmue III

Shenmue 3 Patch Notes

Dear Shenmue family,

we've collected your feedback on various issues that were occurring in the Steam version of Shenmue III. Please see below the fixes that have been implemented.


An issue with achievements not unlocking in the following three DLCs has been fixed.

  • "Battle Rally"
  • "Story Quest Pack"
  • "Big Merry Cruise"

The achievements will now unlock by restarting with a saved game.
Due to game save specifications, some achievements cannot be determined by the saved game data even if the achievement conditions have been met. In these cases, it will be necessary to replay the relevant DLC again with a main game cleared save to unlock the achievements.


Issues with the UI not displaying correctly while playing using a keyboard have been fixed.
The game will now function as follows:

  • Starting the game by using keyboard inputs from the main menu will now display the keyboard UI during play.
  • Starting the game by using controller inputs from the main menu will display the controller UI during play.
  • Input switching is available only from the main menu.



We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your continued support of Shenmue III.

Hotfix Coming Soon

We are working on the following two changes for Shenmue III on Steam:

1) Achievements not unlocking for the "Battle Rally", "Story Quest Pack" & "Big Merry Cruise" DLCs.
2) Keyboard UI display: Keyboard UI will properly display when playing using a keyboard.

The update is planned for January 2021. We ask for your patience until we can get these issues resolved.

Shenmue 3 FAQs

Dear Shenmue Fans,

The Shenmue 3 FAQ is now live with answers to various game-related, technical and pre-order questions.

We recommend taking a look at it right here!

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to let us know in the comments and we will do our best to assist you.