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Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms

Games Farm · Kalypso Media Digital · 2014-11-20

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 20, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shadows is the next chapter in the Heretic Kingdoms saga. Experience an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics. Take on the role of the Devourer, a demon that swallows the souls of the dead and then brings them back into the mortal realm as his puppets

Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms is a 2014 Indie RPG priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 449 reviews).

0
playing now
59%
positive of 449 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (0 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms is an action role-playing game released on Windows in November 2014. An isometric game, it is developed by the Slovakian studio Games Farm, formerly known as 3D People, and published by bitComposer Games. The predecessor of Shadows is Kult: Heretic Kingdoms, published in 2004, the successor is Shadows: Awakening which serves as both a remake and sequel to Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (40 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 449 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.48 at WinGameStore (2024-06-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 122 of 181 observed days · $4.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820142026Week of 2014-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.482015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-09-14 — best price $13.992016-02-05 — best price $13.992017-04-26 — best price $19.992018-07-17 — best price $31.992019-03-21 — best price $29.992019-08-24 — best price $39.992019-11-25 — best price $13.992020-02-05 — best price $31.192020-06-14 — best price $35.742020-08-28 — best price $13.992020-11-20 — best price $10.772021-02-16 — best price $11.992021-04-23 — best price $11.992021-07-02 — best price $9.892021-10-03 — best price $29.992022-01-02 — best price $29.992022-04-13 — best price $29.992022-07-25 — best price $9.892022-11-14 — best price $9.892023-02-21 — best price $29.992023-05-25 — best price $29.992023-09-01 — best price $9.892023-12-07 — best price $29.992024-03-04 — best price $8.992024-05-24 — best price $24.872024-08-10 — best price $29.992024-11-21 — best price $8.992025-02-21 — best price $8.992025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-09-04 — best price $29.992025-11-30 — best price $29.992026-03-08 — best price $29.992026-06-05 — best price $8.992026-09-03 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $8.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2812026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 17 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 10 pageviews2026-09-07 — 15 pageviews2026-09-11 — 16 pageviews2026-09-15 — 2 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 6 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
63.6%
earned "First Day"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Polish, Russian, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-12-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8421%13

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

Player tags

RPGIndieActionFantasyAdventureIsometricLore-RichAction RPGStory RichDark Fantasy

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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