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Shadows: Awakening

Games Farm · Kalypso Media · 2018-08-31

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 31, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Aug 30, 2018 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics.

Shadows: Awakening is a 2018 Action, RPG game priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (75% of 2492 reviews).

3
playing now
75%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (2.1k downloads)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (756 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Shadows: Awakening is an action role-playing game developed by Slovak studio Games Farm and published by Kalypso Media for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in August 2018. It is both a remake and sequel to the 2014 game Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms and is the third installment of the Heretic Kingdoms series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 89% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (206 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 62k–150k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,492 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
Humble Store$7.49-75%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-12-30) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.59 · on sale 198 of 200 observed days · $1.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15115120182026Week of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-09-15 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1980Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 43 · peak 118Jan 2019 — avg 36 · peak 120Apr 2019 — avg 73 · peak 433Jul 2019 — avg 58 · peak 210Oct 2019 — avg 23 · peak 85Jan 2020 — avg 48 · peak 169Apr 2020 — avg 24 · peak 58Jul 2020 — avg 48 · peak 155Oct 2020 — avg 59 · peak 161Jan 2021 — avg 35 · peak 101Apr 2021 — avg 19 · peak 47Jul 2021 — avg 28 · peak 94Oct 2021 — avg 18 · peak 47Jan 2022 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 32Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 29Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2023 — avg 11 · peak 34Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$1.002018-04-072026-10-142018-04-07 — best price $33.992018-10-30 — best price $29.992019-02-04 — best price $23.992019-05-30 — best price $11.992019-09-04 — best price $15.982019-11-25 — best price $9.992020-02-03 — best price $39.992020-04-24 — best price $7.872020-07-17 — best price $29.392020-09-23 — best price $39.992020-12-10 — best price $39.992021-02-24 — best price $35.992021-04-30 — best price $10.002021-07-15 — best price $9.902021-10-11 — best price $26.882021-12-30 — best price $1.002022-03-11 — best price $8.812022-06-11 — best price $9.892022-09-07 — best price $9.892022-11-22 — best price $9.892023-02-16 — best price $9.892023-05-05 — best price $9.892023-07-25 — best price $9.252023-10-19 — best price $9.892023-12-28 — best price $29.992024-03-15 — best price $9.602024-06-02 — best price $26.392024-08-12 — best price $24.292024-10-28 — best price $9.752025-01-11 — best price $29.992025-04-09 — best price $29.992025-06-28 — best price $7.832025-09-18 — best price $8.992025-12-11 — best price $7.492026-03-11 — best price $7.492026-06-02 — best price $26.282026-08-19 — best price $7.492026-10-01 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8852026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 32 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 21 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 15 pageviews2026-08-23 — 17 pageviews2026-08-27 — 20 pageviews2026-08-31 — 16 pageviews2026-09-04 — 26 pageviews2026-09-08 — 18 pageviews2026-09-12 — 24 pageviews2026-09-16 — 11 pageviews2026-09-20 — 14 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 17 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-09 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "First Day"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-10-26, latest 2018-12-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9941%45
Xbox One (Xbox)5,3650%45
PS4 (PlayStation)1,8002%46
PS4 (PlayStation)430%46

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGLootMagicActionPuzzleFantasyIsometricReal-TimeAction RPGStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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