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Cyber Shadow cover art

Cyber Shadow

Aarne "MekaSkull" Hunziker · Yacht Club Games · 2021-01-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 26, 2021 (Xbox One), Jan 26, 2021 (Mac), Jan 26, 2021 (Linux), Jan 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jan 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

4
playing now
84%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Cyber Shadow is a side-scrolling action-platform game developed by Finnish indie studio Mechanical Head Studios and published by Yacht Club Games. Using an 8-bit aesthetic, the game follows a cybernetic ninja named Shadow who sets out to rescue his clan in a world overrun by machines.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (264 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,547 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at GOG (2024-06-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 15 of 34 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21021020212026Week of 2021-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-08-07 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992021-01-262026-08-302021-01-26 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $17.992021-09-01 — best price $19.992021-10-22 — best price $17.992021-11-03 — best price $19.992021-12-13 — best price $15.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-06-28 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $17.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-12 — best price $14.992023-01-07 — best price $19.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-07-07 — best price $13.992023-08-21 — best price $19.992023-11-24 — best price $11.992023-12-22 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-06-14 — best price $9.992024-06-28 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $11.992024-12-23 — best price $11.992025-05-27 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-20 — best price $11.992025-12-01 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-29 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
78.6%
earned "Saving the clan"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)6,9103%40
Steam (Steam)1,3025%40
PS5 (PlayStation)99715%41
PS4 (PlayStation)51720%41
PS4 (PlayStation)20823%41
Switch (Nintendo)1070%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieNinjaRetroActionAdventureCyberpunkDifficultPlatformer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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