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Shadowgate cover art

Shadowgate

Zojoi · 2014-08-21

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 11, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Aug 21, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 11, 2019 (Xbox One), Apr 11, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 21, 2014 (Mac)

Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.

Shadowgate is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 709 reviews).

1
playing now
87%
positive of 709 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11,447
twitch viewers (latest)
11447.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.25★
PlayStation Store rating (84 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 709 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2015-12-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 39 of 79 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.242015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-04-16 — best price $14.992015-06-16 — best price $14.992015-10-29 — best price $3.742016-01-15 — best price $2.242016-06-08 — best price $2.992016-09-26 — best price $2.992017-01-03 — best price $14.992017-06-21 — best price $14.992017-09-26 — best price $14.992018-01-25 — best price $14.992018-07-30 — best price $14.992018-12-03 — best price $2.992019-04-22 — best price $3.742019-11-04 — best price $3.742020-01-23 — best price $3.742020-08-31 — best price $3.742020-12-22 — best price $3.742021-05-10 — best price $14.992021-11-15 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-08-19 — best price $3.742022-12-22 — best price $3.742023-04-04 — best price $14.992023-10-09 — best price $14.992024-02-29 — best price $14.992024-05-07 — best price $3.742024-09-10 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-08-15 — best price $3.742025-11-05 — best price $14.992026-02-12 — best price $2.242026-06-25 — best price $2.242026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-09-29 — best price $14.992026-10-11 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
36.8%
earned "Wizard's Friend"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2812%60
PS4 (PlayStation)1229%60
PS5 (PlayStation)225%11
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

RetroPuzzleRemakeAdventureAtmosphericCult ClassicDark FantasyFirst-PersonSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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