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Shadows Peak

Gua · 2017-03-13

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.

0
playing now
72%
positive of 347 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

You play as a writer who decided to visit mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends. Number of people gone missing in Shadows Peak. Some people claim that they saw something that they couldn’t have seen there and, of course, there are some dark legends surrounding this place.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 51% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.7k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 347 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2023-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492016-03-192026-07-092016-03-19 — best price $6.792016-07-04 — best price $7.992016-11-14 — best price $7.992017-01-16 — best price $7.992017-06-22 — best price $5.492017-09-25 — best price $4.792017-12-11 — best price $4.292018-04-23 — best price $3.992018-09-24 — best price $3.692018-12-21 — best price $3.592019-05-27 — best price $3.292019-09-02 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $4.892020-02-17 — best price $4.592020-06-25 — best price $4.292020-11-09 — best price $3.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-05-27 — best price $4.992021-10-04 — best price $7.992021-12-06 — best price $4.992022-02-21 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992023-01-09 — best price $5.992023-04-06 — best price $5.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $2.592024-07-22 — best price $2.492024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-04-28 — best price $2.492025-08-07 — best price $2.492025-12-08 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, German

Player tags

FPSIndieActionHorrorMysteryShooterAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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