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Shadowgrounds Survivor cover art

Shadowgrounds Survivor

Frozenbyte · 2007-11-14

SteamGOG

Action

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

Releases: Nov 14, 2007 (Mac), Nov 14, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2009 (Linux)

Surviving is only half the game. The award-winning atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original Shadowgrounds make a triumphant return in this spin off/sequel armed with a slick new feature set! Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.

Shadowgrounds Survivor is an Action game released in 2007, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 810 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 810 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Shadowgrounds: Survivor is a 2007 top-down shooter game developed by Frozenbyte as the sequel to Shadowgrounds. It features three new playable characters, a new "Survival" mode, graphics enhanced from its predecessor, and an integrated physics engine.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 810 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.59-90%
GOG$0.59-90%
Gamesplanet$0.90-91%
Steam$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at GOG (2017-06-06) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 155 of 183 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
360Jul 2012Jul 2023Jul 2012 — avg 5 · peak 34Oct 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2013 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2014 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2014 — avg 9 · peak 35Jul 2014 — avg 12 · peak 36Oct 2014 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2015 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2015 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2016 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 12Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 70
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992016-03-09 — best price $8.992016-09-08 — best price $1.492017-05-25 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-05-27 — best price $1.492018-11-15 — best price $1.492019-05-16 — best price $1.492019-09-21 — best price $5.992020-03-31 — best price $1.992020-11-02 — best price $0.892021-03-16 — best price $5.992021-10-04 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-01 — best price $5.992023-04-24 — best price $9.992023-10-11 — best price $1.992024-02-06 — best price $5.992024-05-09 — best price $5.992024-08-13 — best price $1.192024-10-16 — best price $1.192024-11-25 — best price $6.292025-01-16 — best price $1.002025-03-06 — best price $0.892025-05-06 — best price $0.992025-07-08 — best price $1.002025-08-26 — best price $9.992025-10-13 — best price $0.642025-12-11 — best price $0.852026-02-04 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $1.002026-07-09 — best price $0.992026-08-12 — best price $0.592026-09-01 — best price $5.992026-09-21 — best price $0.592026-10-11 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $0.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7 pageviews2026-09-13 — 4 pageviews2026-09-17 — 2 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam Trading CardsIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

RPGIndieActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterSurvivalTop-DownIsometric

Census log

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

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