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Somewhere in the Shadow

Aydy · 2021-08-23

Steam

AdventureIndieMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...

Somewhere in the Shadow is a $2.99 Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2021, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 733 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 734 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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 down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (95 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 734 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2021-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
767620212026Week of 2021-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 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

$2.99$1.492021-08-242026-07-092021-08-24 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-11-01 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-11-02 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

Co-opIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureExplorationMultiplayerFirst-PersonOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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