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Shadowkin

The Fox Knocks · 2024-02-23

Steam

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Feb 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Face waves of enemies as you travel from room to room in your auto-shooting horde survival conquest. You and your companion (AI or 2 Player) must work together and create builds that compliment each other while exploring branching paths through various zones and worlds in a Roguelite setting.

71%
positive of 89 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 27,022 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 89 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.89 at Steam (2024-12-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420242025Week of 2024-02-23: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$4.892024-02-232026-10-082024-02-23 — best price $6.292024-03-01 — best price $6.992024-03-20 — best price $6.992024-04-01 — best price $5.592024-04-08 — best price $6.992024-05-13 — best price $5.592024-05-20 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $5.592024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $5.592024-12-11 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $4.892025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-14 — best price $4.892025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-06-26 — best price $5.592025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $5.592025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $5.592026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-02-23 — best price $4.892026-03-02 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $4.892026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-04-13 — best price $5.592026-04-20 — best price $6.992026-06-08 — best price $4.892026-06-15 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-09-17 — best price $4.892026-10-08 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-02-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCo-opActionTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmosphericBullet HellLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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