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Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms cover art

Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms

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

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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

0
playing now
59%
positive of 449 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.45-72%
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 99 of 159 observed days · $3.97 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.482015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-08-27 — best price $19.992016-01-26 — best price $18.992016-07-13 — best price $26.992017-09-01 — best price $39.992018-11-19 — best price $29.992019-05-03 — best price $39.992019-09-04 — best price $33.192019-11-25 — best price $13.992020-01-31 — best price $10.372020-05-25 — best price $39.992020-08-01 — best price $31.992020-10-04 — best price $35.892020-12-23 — best price $11.992021-03-01 — best price $39.992021-05-01 — best price $11.992021-07-02 — best price $9.892021-09-23 — best price $9.892021-12-03 — best price $26.992022-03-06 — best price $29.992022-06-08 — best price $25.192022-09-03 — best price $9.902022-11-29 — best price $29.992023-03-13 — best price $9.892023-05-25 — best price $29.992023-08-21 — best price $29.992023-11-16 — best price $25.192024-01-27 — best price $24.872024-04-15 — best price $8.972024-06-18 — best price $29.992024-09-02 — best price $29.992024-11-28 — best price $29.992025-02-21 — best price $8.992025-05-16 — best price $29.992025-08-14 — best price $8.992025-10-27 — best price $9.002026-01-19 — best price $8.242026-04-06 — best price $27.592026-07-11 — best price $25.672026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2212026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 13 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 22 pageviews2026-07-17 — 17 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 2 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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