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Shadows of Adam cover art

Shadows of Adam

Something Classic Games LLC · 2017-02-23

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 23, 2017 (Mac), Feb 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 15, 2021 (PlayStation 4), May 03, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 23, 2017 (Linux)

Gorgeous pixel art. Intense, blazing fast battles. An epic adventure. This is the must-play retro indie JRPG built for the modern era.

Shadows of Adam is an Indie, RPG game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive (89% of 267 reviews) sentiment.

1
playing now
89%
positive of 267 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (40 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

A specter haunts the small, remote village of Adam. It is the ghost of its dour hero, Orazio, who set out 10 years ago without explanation and never returned, leaving his son and adopted daughter to wrestle with the dark secret he left behind. A secret that must now be revealed if the children hope to save their departed father, though its revelation could unhinge the world. Shadows of Adam is a 16-bit era, character-driven JRPG with an indie soul. Players will journey through a vivid and mysterious world and take on a cast of comical and brutal foes in fast-paced battles. Navigate your way t(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 267 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Oct 2016Dec 2022Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2017 — avg 5 · peak 30May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 15Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992016-10-172026-09-172016-10-17 — best price $14.992017-03-03 — best price $14.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $8.242018-01-11 — best price $8.992018-04-20 — best price $14.992018-08-02 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $7.492018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-06-17 — best price $14.992019-08-08 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-11-27 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-01-22 — best price $7.492020-06-25 — best price $3.742020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $3.742023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-06-20 — best price $14.992025-09-02 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-06-22 — best price $14.992026-09-16 — best price $3.742026-09-17 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
72.1%
earned "Green Thumb, or Black?"
19.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2017-04-10, latest 2019-03-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3954%32
Switch (Nintendo)60%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGIndieRetroTurn-BasedKickstarterPixel GraphicsTurn-Based Combat

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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