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Shiver

Kowai Sugoi Studios · 2017-10-25

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2017 (Mac), Oct 25, 2017 (Linux)

Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.

Shiver is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, free-to-play, with Very Positive reviews (92% of 482 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 482 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2018-12-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002017-10-252021-01-162017-10-25 — best price $4.492017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-01-15 — best price $2.992018-02-15 — best price $2.542018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-03-18 — best price $2.542018-03-25 — best price $2.992018-06-22 — best price $1.792018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-11-22 — best price $2.092018-11-27 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $1.492019-01-04 — best price $2.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
89.4%
earned "Welcome To Windy Oaks"
70.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)83373%11

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

Player tags

IndieHorrorAdventureFirst-PersonFree to PlayPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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