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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet cover art

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Shadow Planet Productions · Xbox Game Studios · 2012-04-17

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 28, 2014 (Mac), Oct 28, 2014 (Linux), Apr 17, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 03, 2011 (Xbox 360)

In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is a 2012 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 909 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 915 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is a shooter puzzle video game developed by Shadow Planet Productions and published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. A self-published DRM-free version with soundtrack included was featured in the Humble Indie Bundle 13.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 915 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2014-08-28) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 16 of 33 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
901Jul 2012Jan 2026Jul 2012 — avg 90 · peak 408Nov 2012 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2013 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2013 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2014 — avg 45 · peak 134Mar 2015 — avg 8 · peak 23Jul 2015 — avg 7 · peak 19Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 23Mar 2016 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 4Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-06-10 — best price $3.752015-09-10 — best price $10.042016-02-05 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-06-20 — best price $4.502017-11-16 — best price $5.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $3.742019-05-10 — best price $4.492019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-04-02 — best price $3.742020-08-28 — best price $5.242021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-06-13 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-05-05 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-23 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-03-20 — best price $3.742025-06-16 — best price $14.992025-11-06 — best price $14.992026-01-21 — best price $2.992026-04-30 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $14.992026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5832026-06-01 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 12 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 13 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 16 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-28 — 19 pageviews2026-09-01 — 19 pageviews2026-09-05 — 19 pageviews2026-09-09 — 9 pageviews2026-09-13 — 16 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 13 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-11 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
45%
earned "Complete Homeworld"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)10,3862%17
Steam (Steam)4,0072%17
GFWL (Xbox)1,0874%17

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionPuzzleSci-fiAdventureControllerAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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