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Shadows of War cover art

Shadows of War

TRI.G · 2015-01-02

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 02, 2015 (Linux)

Shadows of War is a 2D Real-Time Strategy sidescroller game. The game combines classical RTS elements with new ideas into a 2D game.

Shadows of War is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $1.99, with a Mostly Negative sentiment (35% of 175 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
35%
positive of 175 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 50,070 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 175 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.44 at IndieGala Store (2016-11-16) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920152026Week of 2015-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.442015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-03-19 — best price $1.192015-04-06 — best price $7.992015-06-11 — best price $3.992015-06-27 — best price $4.992015-08-12 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $0.992015-12-04 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $0.742016-02-12 — best price $1.252016-03-28 — best price $0.742016-06-06 — best price $2.992016-08-15 — best price $0.742016-10-24 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $0.742016-12-22 — best price $0.742017-01-16 — best price $2.992017-05-15 — best price $0.742017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-10-02 — best price $0.742017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $0.502018-05-16 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992019-01-07 — best price $0.502019-02-12 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $0.502024-12-23 — best price $0.592025-03-20 — best price $1.992026-01-11 — best price $0.552026-03-09 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.552026-08-24 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
9.2%
earned "Day 1 Complete"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

2DIndieStrategySide Scroller

Census log

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

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