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Shadow Vault

Mayhem Studios · Strategy First · 2024-01-06

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RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 14, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shadow Vault is a Strategy RPG that will pit you against an evil government army of mutants hell bent on world domination. Set during a violent time in Earth's alternate history, you must battle the heavily armed forces of the Contingent government and take back your planet!

Shadow Vault is a 2024 RPG priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 18 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 18 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadow Vault (2004) is a strategy RPG set in an alternate 1958 Earth, where a resistance force battles the Contingent, a menacing mutant government from the future. Amidst a backdrop of time travel and technological disparity, players lead a squad to uncover the invaders' secrets and fight to reclaim the planet. The story weaves a tense conflict with a dark edge, as the resistance confronts overwhelming odds in a bid to reshape history.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 84% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-04-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 18 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420242026Week of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992024-01-062026-08-212024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-01-23 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-04-11 — best price $1.992024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-10-15 — best price $9.992024-12-03 — best price $9.992024-12-30 — best price $1.502025-01-06 — best price $9.992025-02-03 — best price $1.502025-03-02 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-04-14 — best price $9.992025-05-06 — best price $1.502025-06-19 — best price $9.992025-07-11 — best price $1.992025-07-25 — best price $9.992025-09-08 — best price $9.992025-09-19 — best price $1.502025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-16 — best price $9.992025-11-29 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-22 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $2.002026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-07 — best price $2.002026-04-14 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $2.002026-07-09 — best price $2.002026-07-23 — best price $1.992026-08-14 — best price $2.002026-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DRPGNoirCrimeActionStylizedAdventureCyberpunkIsometricCapitalism

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.