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Cyber Shadow

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Cyber Shadow is a 2021 Action, Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (84% of 1547 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (4 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (482 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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
  • · 2 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 12% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,556 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 38 of 76 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

702026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2521Jan 2021Aug 2026Jan 2021 — avg 252 · peak 435Mar 2021 — avg 16 · peak 48May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 32Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 12Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Sep 2025 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992021-01-262026-10-142021-01-26 — best price $19.992021-06-29 — best price $19.992021-09-10 — best price $17.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-13 — best price $15.992022-02-01 — best price $13.992022-04-19 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $16.992022-10-24 — best price $17.992022-11-23 — best price $14.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-07-07 — best price $13.992023-09-18 — best price $13.992023-12-06 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $19.992024-06-14 — best price $9.992024-07-14 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $10.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-05-27 — best price $11.992025-08-14 — best price $11.992025-10-29 — best price $19.992025-11-28 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-05-16 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $15.992026-09-15 — best price $15.992026-09-20 — best price $15.992026-09-25 — best price $13.992026-09-30 — best price $13.992026-10-05 — best price $13.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

320182026-06-01 — 320 pageviews2026-06-05 — 151 pageviews2026-06-09 — 118 pageviews2026-06-13 — 71 pageviews2026-06-17 — 72 pageviews2026-06-21 — 51 pageviews2026-06-25 — 39 pageviews2026-06-29 — 50 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-07 — 36 pageviews2026-07-11 — 51 pageviews2026-07-15 — 38 pageviews2026-07-19 — 30 pageviews2026-07-23 — 30 pageviews2026-07-27 — 45 pageviews2026-07-31 — 32 pageviews2026-08-04 — 39 pageviews2026-08-08 — 38 pageviews2026-08-12 — 23 pageviews2026-08-16 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-24 — 45 pageviews2026-08-28 — 28 pageviews2026-09-01 — 27 pageviews2026-09-05 — 34 pageviews2026-09-09 — 29 pageviews2026-09-13 — 24 pageviews2026-09-17 — 34 pageviews2026-09-21 — 21 pageviews2026-09-25 — 34 pageviews2026-09-29 — 27 pageviews2026-10-03 — 24 pageviews2026-10-07 — 24 pageviews2026-10-11 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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