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Shadowgrounds cover art

Shadowgrounds

Frozenbyte · 2006-05-08

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 16, 2009 (Linux), Apr 13, 2011 (Mac)

Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...

0
playing now
82%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadowgrounds is a top-down shooter for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, developed by Frozenbyte. The game takes place on a space colony on Ganymede which is being attacked by aliens. It was released for Windows on November 17, 2005, in stores in Finland and Germany, and in 2006 in the rest of Europe and North America.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,623 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$0.70-90%
GOG$0.89-85%
GOG$5.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.50 at GamesPlanet FR (2025-01-20) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 109 of 157 observed days · $5.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.95$0.482015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.042015-09-10 — best price $0.692016-04-22 — best price $9.952016-11-22 — best price $1.992017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-12-22 — best price $1.042018-06-19 — best price $5.992018-12-20 — best price $1.042019-07-01 — best price $1.042019-11-21 — best price $1.392020-04-23 — best price $1.392020-11-02 — best price $0.892021-03-16 — best price $5.992021-10-04 — best price $1.392022-02-02 — best price $6.992022-07-08 — best price $6.992022-11-23 — best price $0.892023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-09-09 — best price $6.992024-01-18 — best price $1.042024-04-12 — best price $6.992024-07-22 — best price $5.992024-09-30 — best price $6.992024-11-13 — best price $5.992025-01-06 — best price $0.602025-02-18 — best price $6.992025-04-28 — best price $6.992025-06-16 — best price $1.042025-08-09 — best price $6.992025-10-03 — best price $0.692025-11-28 — best price $6.992026-01-21 — best price $5.992026-03-09 — best price $0.482026-04-23 — best price $6.992026-06-12 — best price $0.692026-08-05 — best price $0.892026-08-25 — best price $0.892026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3842026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 37 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 24 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 22 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

DarkGoreIndieActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterTop-DownAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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