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Shadows of Forbidden Gods

Bobby Two Hands · Forbidden Oak Games Limited · 2023-07-15

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

12
playing now
92%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,062 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

4692026-08-11 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 27 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 36 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 35 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 20 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992021-11-012026-08-252021-11-01 — best price $19.992023-09-18 — best price $16.992023-09-25 — best price $19.992023-10-30 — best price $14.992023-11-06 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $15.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-11 — best price $7.992025-03-18 — best price $19.992025-07-02 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-22 — best price $19.992025-10-01 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-08-18 — best price $9.992026-08-25 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
66.9%
earned "First Agent"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6840%35

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

Player tags

2DDarkCrimeGod GameStrategyTop-DownConspiracyDystopian SimulationDestruction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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