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Shadows of Doubt

ColePowered Games · Fireshine Games · 2024-09-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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!

284
playing now
82%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
38h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 59h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

284 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 284 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 8% of 10,904 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 355k–798k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,731 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.85-61%
GOG$9.99-60%
Microsoft Store$24.99

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 148 of 187 observed days · $2.51 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

3761322026-08-06 22:00 — 370 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 229 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 246 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 304 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 211 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 306 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 332 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 170 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 280 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 330 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 156 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 282 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 360 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 182 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 281 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 287 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 132 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 224 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 347 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 153 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 241 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 311 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 199 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 248 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 304 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 205 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 149 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 225 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 212 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 284 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$8.002023-04-072026-08-302023-04-07 — 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 $24.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

614542026-05-29 — 108 pageviews2026-06-01 — 96 pageviews2026-06-04 — 69 pageviews2026-06-07 — 84 pageviews2026-06-10 — 68 pageviews2026-06-13 — 68 pageviews2026-06-16 — 81 pageviews2026-06-19 — 60 pageviews2026-06-22 — 407 pageviews2026-06-25 — 67 pageviews2026-06-28 — 109 pageviews2026-07-01 — 86 pageviews2026-07-04 — 89 pageviews2026-07-07 — 88 pageviews2026-07-10 — 65 pageviews2026-07-13 — 126 pageviews2026-07-16 — 90 pageviews2026-07-19 — 78 pageviews2026-07-22 — 82 pageviews2026-07-25 — 110 pageviews2026-07-28 — 106 pageviews2026-07-31 — 614 pageviews2026-08-03 — 121 pageviews2026-08-06 — 96 pageviews2026-08-09 — 99 pageviews2026-08-12 — 76 pageviews2026-08-15 — 79 pageviews2026-08-18 — 114 pageviews2026-08-21 — 72 pageviews2026-08-24 — 95 pageviews2026-08-26 — 81 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1802026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1 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

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.

Player tags

RPGNoirIndieVoxelPuzzleSandboxStealthAdventureCyberpunkDetective

Census log

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

Recent updates

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