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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

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.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 266 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 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

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  • · Top 46% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 266 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 5 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992016-10-172026-07-092016-10-17 — 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 $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGIndieRetroTurn-BasedKickstarterPixel GraphicsTurn-Based Combat

Census log

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

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