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Shadowgrounds cover art

Shadowgrounds

Frozenbyte · 2006-05-08

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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...

Shadowgrounds is an Action game released in 2006, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1623 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (351 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 65k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,624 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$0.70-90%
GreenManGaming$0.70-90%
GOG$0.89-85%
GOG$0.89-85%
Steam$1.04-85%

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 137 of 184 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
351Jul 2012Jun 2026Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 34Nov 2012 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2013 — avg 2 · peak 16Jul 2013 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2013 — avg 3 · peak 36Mar 2014 — avg 33 · peak 90Jul 2014 — avg 20 · peak 61Nov 2014 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2015 — avg 12 · peak 36Jul 2015 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2015 — avg 14 · peak 50Mar 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Jul 2016 — avg 6 · peak 23Nov 2016 — avg 5 · peak 36Mar 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2026 — avg 1 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.95$0.482015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $0.892026-09-16 — best price $0.702026-10-06 — best price $0.892026-10-15 — best price $0.70
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3852026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 22 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 10 pageviews2026-09-04 — 17 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 12 pageviews2026-09-16 — 15 pageviews2026-09-20 — 17 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 19 pageviews2026-10-02 — 16 pageviews2026-10-06 — 10 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterTop-DownAdventure

Census log

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

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