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In The Shadows

Colorspace Studio · 2017-10-20

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!

93%
positive of 59 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$15.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 20,072 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 59 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2D1980sVoxelCasualPuzzleColorfulRelaxingAdventurePlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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