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Shadow King

Johan Peitz · Apskeppet · 2023-11-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 15, 2023 (Mac), Sep 15, 2023 (Linux)

Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!

92%
positive of 38 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 75% of 13,939 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820232026Week of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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