The Game Census
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Shadowgate

Zojoi · 2014-08-21

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 709 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11,447
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

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 24 of 42 observed days · $12.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.242015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $2.242026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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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