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Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic

Ithaqua Labs · 2015-11-02

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2015 (Linux), Nov 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 02, 2015 (Mac)

Brilliant Shadows is a visual novel that follows the story of Veronica Ashmar, a new graduate of the Mountain and a necromancer. Tradition dictates that upon graduation, necromancers and paladins are to perform the pairing ritual.

Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic is a $6.99 Adventure, Casual, and Simulation game released in 2015, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 191 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 191 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320152025Week of 2015-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$2.162015-11-022021-02-152015-11-02 — best price $5.942015-12-22 — best price $4.892016-02-06 — best price $5.872016-03-28 — best price $3.492016-06-23 — best price $3.492016-10-28 — best price $3.492016-11-23 — best price $3.492016-12-22 — best price $3.492017-03-30 — best price $4.542017-06-22 — best price $4.192017-09-28 — best price $3.002017-11-22 — best price $3.492017-12-21 — best price $3.492018-02-07 — best price $4.892018-02-15 — best price $4.892018-06-21 — best price $3.492018-08-06 — best price $4.892018-10-30 — best price $5.592018-11-21 — best price $3.142018-12-21 — best price $3.142019-02-04 — best price $5.592019-04-04 — best price $4.542019-06-25 — best price $3.842019-10-11 — best price $4.542019-10-28 — best price $4.542019-11-26 — best price $2.442019-12-19 — best price $2.442020-01-23 — best price $4.542020-03-03 — best price $3.492020-06-25 — best price $2.792020-10-29 — best price $3.142020-11-25 — best price $3.142020-12-22 — best price $2.162021-02-11 — best price $3.842021-02-15 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-09-27, latest 2020-07-01 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CasualLGBTQ+FantasyRomanceAdventureSimulationVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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