The Game Census
Shadows of Doubt cover art

Shadows of Doubt

ColePowered Games · Fireshine Games · 2024-09-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Sep 26, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Shadows of Doubt is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 17781 reviews).

205
playing now
82%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
43
Nexus mods (19k downloads)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (988 ratings)
68/100
opencritic · fair · 61% recommend · from 24 critics
38h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 59h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

205 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Shadows of Doubt is a 2024 first-person detective stealth video game developed by British developer ColePowered Games and published by Fireshine Games. It was released in early access on 24 April 2023 for Microsoft Windows. Upon release, Shadows of Doubt received generally favorable views, with critics praising the innovative design of the game's open-ended gameplay, whilst critiquing its repetitive elements and bugs. The game left early access on 26 September 2024, coinciding with a digital release on Xbox Series S/X and PlayStation 5, with a physical release planned in future for console versions of the game.

Trailer

Shadows of Doubt trailer thumbnail

Shadows of Doubt - Official Trailer | PS5 Games

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 205 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,010 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~126/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 357k–804k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,871 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%
Microsoft Store$12.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.48 at GameBillet (2025-11-24) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 172 of 209 observed days · $5.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20232026Week of 2023-04-01: 1,238 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,761 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,330 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

341872026-09-16 05:00 — 199 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 165 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 269 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 225 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 152 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 236 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 194 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 104 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 267 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 236 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 127 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 162 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 190 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 150 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 315 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 229 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 147 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 185 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 271 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 189 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 162 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 298 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 205 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k167Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 2,277 · peak 3,562Jun 2023 — avg 482 · peak 1,159Aug 2023 — avg 475 · peak 1,367Oct 2023 — avg 434 · peak 1,297Dec 2023 — avg 397 · peak 948Feb 2024 — avg 264 · peak 624Apr 2024 — avg 906 · peak 2,357Jun 2024 — avg 343 · peak 673Aug 2024 — avg 351 · peak 666Oct 2024 — avg 530 · peak 1,546Dec 2024 — avg 403 · peak 717Feb 2025 — avg 201 · peak 410Apr 2025 — avg 241 · peak 560Jun 2025 — avg 243 · peak 443Aug 2025 — avg 216 · peak 379Oct 2025 — avg 299 · peak 688Dec 2025 — avg 223 · peak 464Feb 2026 — avg 214 · peak 596Apr 2026 — avg 210 · peak 432Jun 2026 — avg 167 · peak 358Aug 2026 — avg 246 · peak 457
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$8.002023-04-072026-10-152023-04-07 — best price $19.992023-07-03 — best price $17.592023-08-30 — best price $15.992023-11-13 — best price $19.992023-12-15 — best price $12.792024-01-12 — best price $13.892024-03-15 — best price $19.992024-04-25 — best price $17.532024-06-17 — best price $11.392024-07-26 — best price $11.242024-08-29 — best price $16.972024-11-02 — best price $23.742024-12-01 — best price $11.972024-12-24 — best price $14.992025-01-11 — best price $17.892025-03-21 — best price $19.992025-04-17 — best price $10.602025-05-09 — best price $16.572025-06-03 — best price $18.362025-07-03 — best price $10.542025-08-09 — best price $24.992025-09-01 — best price $12.492025-09-28 — best price $24.992025-10-28 — best price $8.782025-11-25 — best price $12.492025-12-19 — best price $8.892026-01-21 — best price $24.992026-03-06 — best price $9.992026-04-01 — best price $24.992026-04-23 — best price $11.852026-05-25 — best price $12.492026-06-24 — best price $9.722026-07-27 — best price $8.002026-08-23 — best price $24.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $24.992026-10-08 — best price $12.492026-10-15 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

407502026-05-29 — 108 pageviews2026-06-02 — 70 pageviews2026-06-06 — 80 pageviews2026-06-10 — 68 pageviews2026-06-14 — 84 pageviews2026-06-18 — 77 pageviews2026-06-22 — 407 pageviews2026-06-26 — 67 pageviews2026-06-30 — 109 pageviews2026-07-04 — 89 pageviews2026-07-08 — 103 pageviews2026-07-12 — 132 pageviews2026-07-16 — 90 pageviews2026-07-20 — 78 pageviews2026-07-24 — 101 pageviews2026-07-28 — 106 pageviews2026-08-01 — 182 pageviews2026-08-05 — 128 pageviews2026-08-09 — 99 pageviews2026-08-13 — 57 pageviews2026-08-17 — 106 pageviews2026-08-21 — 72 pageviews2026-08-25 — 71 pageviews2026-08-29 — 93 pageviews2026-09-02 — 86 pageviews2026-09-06 — 84 pageviews2026-09-10 — 50 pageviews2026-09-14 — 81 pageviews2026-09-18 — 81 pageviews2026-09-22 — 80 pageviews2026-09-26 — 84 pageviews2026-09-30 — 75 pageviews2026-10-04 — 80 pageviews2026-10-08 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2802026-10-07 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 14:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
48.2%
earned "Easy Pickings"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-09-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,5601%35
PS5 (PlayStation)6244%33
Xbox Series (Xbox)1982%32
Windows (Xbox)10%32

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

RPGNoirIndieVoxelPuzzleSandboxStealthAdventureCyberpunkDetective

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsSavage LandsZigguratTUNICForce of NatureContraband PoliceMr. PrepperCyberpunk 2077

Similarity via IGDB.

Discord ↗Official site ↗Reddit ↗Wikipedia ↗