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Shields of Loyalty cover art

Shields of Loyalty

Mosaic Mask Studio · indie.io · 2025-08-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Mar 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A dark fantasy turn-based strategy game where unit synergy, positioning and map control wins. Combine your troops strategically and unlock devastating special abilities and combos. Three factions. Three commanders. Infinite tactical possibilities.

Shields of Loyalty is an Action, Adventure, Indie and Strategy game priced at $19.99 and released in 2025, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 184 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
74%
positive of 184 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2023-04-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 101 of 122 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420212026Week of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$8.512021-03-182026-08-202021-03-18 — best price $15.292022-06-23 — best price $13.492022-12-22 — best price $12.052023-06-29 — best price $10.792023-12-21 — best price $10.792024-11-27 — best price $12.592025-02-12 — best price $17.992025-04-02 — best price $14.282025-05-05 — best price $10.342025-06-04 — best price $10.072025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-08-09 — best price $19.992025-08-18 — best price $13.992025-09-03 — best price $13.162025-09-18 — best price $17.362025-10-15 — best price $11.232025-10-31 — best price $13.822025-11-21 — best price $16.192026-01-06 — best price $10.392026-01-17 — best price $10.272026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-02-18 — best price $12.992026-03-13 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $10.262026-04-07 — best price $8.512026-04-24 — best price $11.132026-05-08 — best price $16.642026-05-17 — best price $12.992026-05-23 — best price $12.992026-06-06 — best price $10.262026-06-14 — best price $16.842026-06-25 — best price $10.072026-07-15 — best price $15.892026-07-24 — best price $10.262026-08-10 — best price $15.492026-08-19 — best price $12.992026-08-20 — best price $12.48
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
38.1%
earned "Lord of the castle"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-10-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2D4X2.5DIndieFantasyMedievalStrategyTabletopTacticalTurn-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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