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Shakes & Fidget is a free-to-play, browser-based, massively multiplayer online role-playing video game (MMORPG) developed and published by the German company Playa Games GmbH. The game is based on a webcomic of the same name, which was created by Oskar Pannier and Marvin Clifford as a parody of World of Warcraft.[1] It was originally released in 2009 for desktop browsers, followed by a mobile version for Android in 2011 and iOS in 2012.[2] It is available in 9 languages – English, German, French, Italian, Slovak, Czech, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish.[3]

The game features satirical and humorous elements, parodying many games, books, films, television shows, myths and fairy tales.[4]

Gameplay

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Players interact with the game by clicking on various elements on the screen to perform an action, such as completing quests, travelling to dungeons, or purchasing items. Many activities require a waiting period before completion, making Shakes & Fidget partially an idle game.[5] Each player can create one or more characters, which gain experience levels during play, acquire new equipment, and improve their attributes: strength, dexterity, intelligence, constitution and luck.[6]

In the game, there are two primary currencies: gold and mushrooms. While gold is earned exclusively through in-game activities, such as completing quests or selling items, mushrooms can be purchased in the in-game store with real-world money.[7]

Classes

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When a player creates a new character, they can choose from several different classes, each offering a unique gameplay experience.[8][9]

List of classes
Class Main attribute Abilities
Warrior Strength Can block attacks with a shield.
Scout Dexterity Has a chance to evade attacks.
Mage Intelligence Attacks cannot be blocked or dodged.
Assassin Dexterity Attacks twice per round.
Battle Mage Strength Unleashes an arcane comet at the start of a combat.
Berserker Strength Has a chance to attack again.
Demon Hunter Dexterity Has a chance to be revived after dying.
Druid Intelligence Can transform into a bear or eagle to gain bonus damage.
Bard Intelligence Plays a melody to increase weapon damage.
Necromancer Intelligence Can summon undead minions.
Paladin Strength Can switch to defensive stance to heal.
Plague Doctor Dexterity Deals bonus poison damage.

Races

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When choosing character's appearance, players can select from eight different races. Although the races are primarily a cosmetical feature, they also provide small bonuses or penalties to certain attributes.[10]

List of races
Race Strength Dexterity Intelligence Constitution Luck
Human 0 0 0 0 0
Orc +1 0 -1 0 0
Elf -1 +2 0 -1 0
Dark Elf -2 +2 +2 -1 0
Dwarf 0 -2 -1 +2 +1
Goblin -2 +2 0 -1 +1
Gnome -2 +3 -1 -1 +1
Demon +3 -1 0 +1 -3

Tavern

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Tavern is the location where players can accept expeditions, which are quests that grant experience points, items, or gold upon completion. Each expedition consumers a certain amount of thirst, which can be refilled either by drinking a beer or by waiting for the daily reset at midnight, when thirst is fully restored.[11]

Dungeons

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When a character reaches level 10, players gain access to dungeons. Each dungeon consists of ten different creatures that can drop powerful items when defeated. As of 2025, the game features 33 different dungeons, many of which include encounters based on famous characters or fantasy settings.[12]

List of dungeons
Number Dungeon Based on
1 Desecrated Catacombs Archetype of a fantasy dungeon
2 The Mines of Gloria Mines of Moria, a place in Middle-earth
3 The Ruins of Gnark Lost Ruins of Arnak
4 The Cutthroat Grotto Archetype of pirates in popular culture
5 The Emerald Scale Altar Reptilian humanoids
6 The Toxic Tree Archetype of poisonous monsters in fantasy
7 The Magma Stream Archetype of fire and lava monsters in fantasy
8 The Frost Blood Temple Archetype of frost monsters in fantasy
9 The Pyramid of Madness Archetype of a pyramid in fantasy
10 Black Skull Fortress Archetype of a castle in fantasy
11 Circus of Terror Archetype of various circus performers
12 Hell Hell in Abrahamic religions
13 Dragon's Hoard Different types of dragons
14 House of Horrors Horror films
15 The 13th floor Playa Games GmbH itself
16 3rd League of Superheroes Different superheroes
17 Time-honored School of Magic Harry Potter film series
18 Hemorridor The Hobbit film series
19 Easteros Game of Thrones series
20 Dojo of Childhood Heroes Cartoon and anime characters
21 Tavern of the Dark Doppelgangers Shakes and Fidget itself
22 City of Intrigues Game of Thrones series
23 School of Magic Express Harry Potter film series
24 Nordic Gods Nordic mythology
25 Ash Mountain The Lord of the Rings film series
26 Playa HQ Playa Games GmbH itself
27 Mount Olympus Greek mythology
28 Monster Grotto Characters from different films and shows
29 Arcade of the Old Pixel Icons Characters from different video games
30 The Server Room Playa Games GmbH itself
31 Workshop of the Hunters of the Undead Characters from different video games, films and shows
32 Retro TV Legends Characters from different films and shows
33 The Meeting Room Playa Games GmbH itself

Tower

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Once a player defeats the first nine dungeons, they gain access to the Tower. The Tower features 100 unique encounters inspired by famous fairy tales, fables and folklores. The player's character is accompanied by three non-player companions when fighting the enemies within the tower.[13]

List of tower encounters
Floor Encounter Based on
1 Living Cake Man Gingerbread man
2 Green Fairy Drinkerbell Tinker Bell
3 Tinvalid Tin soldier
4 Harmless Teddy Bear Teddy bears
5 Flowerlina Thumbelina
6 Tooth Fairy Tooth fairy
7 Ugly Chick The Ugly Duckling
8 Warbling Birdie The Nightingale
9 Well-Meaning Fairy Fairy godmother
10 Trickeribook's Cheatinchild Mowgli
11 Singing Dumpling Little Round Bun
12 Puppeteer's Right Hand puppets
13 Grinning Cat Cheshire Cat
14 Ambitious Frog The Frog Prince
15 Pinociwhatsit Pinocchio
16 3x3 Wishes The Three Fairies
17 Bootlegged Puss Puss in Boots
18 Dotty from Kansas Dorothy Gale
19 The Last Airgazer Avatar: The Last Airbender
20 A Rabbit and a Hedgehog The Hare and the Hedgehog
21 Holger Nilsson The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
22 High-Spirited Ghost Casper
23 Blood-Red Riding Hood Red Riding Hood
24 Snowflake Snow Maiden
25 Star Money The Star Money
26 Miss Match The Little Match Girl
27 Ice Queen The Snow Queen
28 Badly Raised Boys Max and Moritz
29 Lambikins and Fishy The Lambkin and the Little Fish
30 Donkey Shot Don Quixote
31 Street Thief with Monkey Aladdin
32 Alice in Wonder Alice in Wonderland
33 Penterabbit Easter Bunny
34 Dynamic Peter Peter Pan
35 Foolish Princess Snow White
36 Pleasure Addict Mad Hatter
37 Amnastasia Rubliovka Anastasiya Romanova
38 Useless Livestock Town Musicians of Bremen
39 Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty
40 King Chinbeard King Thrushbeard
41 Sandman Sandman
42 John or Tom? Rumpelstiltskin
43 Scarecrow Scarecrow
44 Mirrored Fool Till Eulenspiegel
45 Three Little Pigs The Three Little Pigs
46 Goose in Luck The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
47 Simpleminded Chicken Thief Jack and the Beanstalk
48 Baba Yaga Baba Yaga
49 Merlin Merlin
50 Julio and Romy Romeo and Juliet
51 Prince in Shepherd's Skin The Swineherd
52 Robin the Redistributor Robin Hood
53 Ali the Sesame Opener Aladdin and the King of Thieves
54 Freshly Dressed Emperor The Emperor's New Clothes
55 Dumbo The Golden Goose
56 Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel
57 Bear Fear Goldilocks and the Three Bears
58 Pokerhontas Pocahontas
59 Mass Fly Murderer The Brave Little Tailor
60 Cinderella Cinderella
61 The Enchanting Genie Genie
62 Bronycorn My Little Pony
63 Hulda the Cloud Fairy Mother Holle
64 Leprechore Leprechaun
65 Robber Hopsenplops The Robber Hotzenplotz
66 Thorny Lion Androcles and the Lion
67 Aquirella the Dazzler The Little Mermaid
68 Prince Charming Prince Charming
69 B. O. Wolf Beowulf
70 Peter the Wolf Peter and the Wolf
71 Beautiful Princess Jasmine
72 Fearless Wanderer The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
73 Red&White Forever Snow-White and Rose-Red
74 Friendly Snowman The Snowman
75 Parsifal Perceval
76 Brother Barfly Friar Tuck
77 King Arthur King Arthur
78 Sigi Musclehead Siegfried
79 The Pied Piper of Jamelin Pied Piper of Hamelin
80 The Guys from Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
81 "Little" John Little John
82 The Easter Bunny Santa Claus
83 Honey Robbear Winnie-the-Pooh
84 Shirk the Ogre Shrek
85 Cozy Bear Baloo
86 Number Nip Rübezahl
87 Three Hungry Bears Goldilocks and the Three Bears
88 Seven Hostages The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats
89 Seven Dwarfs Seven Dwarfs
90 Respectable Dragon Slayer Saint George and the Dragon
91 Ducat Donkey The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack
92 Bean Counter The Princess and the Pea
93 Happy Dragon Tabaluga
94 Shockheaded Jack Shock-Headed Peter
95 Papa Frost Father Frost
96 Dream Couple Beauty and the Beast
97 Three Ghosts A Christmas Carol
98 Sleepy Princess Sleeping Beauty
99 Nanobot Porridge Sweet Porridge
100 Barbpunzel Rapunzel

Continuous Loop of Idols

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After reaching level 222, players unlock the Continuous Loop of Idols, an area featuring 21 opponents based on famous streamers and YouTubers.[14]

Floor Encounter Origin
1 DoctorBenx German content-creator[15]
2 Zakreble Polish content-creator[16]
3 Golden Gianpy Italian content-creator[17]
4 Willyrex Spanish content-creator[18]
5 Alvaro845 Spanish content-creator[19]
6 Paul Terra German content-creator[20]
7 Spieletrend German content-creator[21]
8 FattyPillow Czech content-creator[22]
9 Gimper Polish content-creator[23]
10 Unge German content-creator[24]
11 KeysJore German content-creator[25]
12 Aypierre French content-creator[26]
13 Mandzio Polish content-creator[27]
14 Boruciak Polish content-creator[28]
15 Fifqo Slovak content-creator[29]
16 Zsoze Polish content-creator[30]
17 ZeboPL Polish content-creator[31]
18 Dhalucard German content-creator[32]
19 Earliboy German content-creator[33]
20 Skate702 German content-creator[34]
21 Dorzer   German content-creator[35]

Reception

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The game won the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis award for the Best Casual Game in 2009,[36] and received the Best Browser Game award from GameStar in 2010.[37]

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References

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