Shining Resonance Refrain

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Play as Yuma Ilvern and stop the Empire from exploiting the power of the ancient dragons, including the soul of the Shining Dragon within you. With the help of your friends, realize your destiny, save Astoria, and unleash the strength you’ve always had locked away.

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Developer:
O-TWO Inc.
Publisher:
Sega
Release date:
09 July 2018
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (918)

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Description

Play as Yuma Ilvern and stop the Empire from exploiting the power of the ancient dragons, including the soul of the Shining Dragon within you. With the help of your friends, realize your destiny, save Astoria, and unleash the strength you’ve always had locked away.

In the original game, previously released only in Japan, Imperial Princess Excella was an unplayable character, but in the new “Refrain Mode” in Shining Resonance Refrain, both she and Dragonslayer Jinas can be added as party members for a new experience – just be sure to save this for your second playthrough to avoid any spoilers! As an added bonus, all of the extra cosmetic items and side quests are included in this remaster.

Dragons were long thought to be extinct, and because Yuma holds the ability to transform into the Shining Dragon, he was taken as a captive of the Empire. With the help of the Dragoneers, Sonia, princess of Astoria, pleads with Yuma to aid them in their fight to save their land from the Empire’s dominion. Typically timid, will Yuma find the courage to realize the strength he has within him?

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 (8.1) / 10
Processor:
Intel Core i3 (2.9 GHz) or AMD equivalent
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Video card with 1 GB VRAM (Nvidia GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 5670)
DirectX:
Version 11

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 (8.1) / 10
Processor:
Intel Core i5 (3.4 GHz) or AMD equivalent
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
Video card with 2 GB RAM (Nvidia GeForce 660 Ti or AMD Radeon R9 270)
DirectX:
Version 11

User reviews

Cernunnos
Recommended | 23 Oct 2025
53.2h played

It's times like this I wish Steam let you give a neutral score. Shining Resonance Refrain is certainly a product of its time (and even then it felt dated), it's a reasonably enjoyable JRPG so long as you keep in mind a

Helpful: 70
berzha101
Not recommended | 12 Feb 2025
8.6h played

I generally enjoy playing JRPGs, and I gave Shining Resonance Refrain a try to scratch that itch. However, I was disappointed with what I got. The story was all over the place and highly unmemorable and the characters

Helpful: 15
The Punchening
Recommended | 06 Oct 2025
59.4h played

Someone stapled an incredibly robust JRPG combat system onto this dating sim. Not untrue, but not terribly kind either. I can do better: I'm a sucker for games whose primary mechanics or world building invoke heavy

Helpful: 9
SoulSolDieR74
Recommended | 28 May 2025
46.9h played

Nice JRPG My first game played from Shining series, you don't need to play other Shining games to play this one because this game has its own world, so you don't need to worry about that. I love the characters (Designs

Helpful: 9
Kakeru1
Not recommended | 28 Feb 2025
54.0h played

TL:DR: Game is at best a 3/10 do not play it, or buy it unless you have a morbid curiosity or are masochistic. Interesting music, but game play, story, and characters are mediocre to bad at best. Do yourself a favor and

Helpful: 6
💗Kawaii💗 ☠ Dark ☠
Recommended | 19 Jan 2026
24.7h played

Shining Resonance Refrain is an interesting game that I really enjoyed. The game itself may not be super complex or have any advanced mechanics, but I found it to have an interesting atmosphere, characters, and a

Helpful: 5