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Tandem: A Tale of Shadows cover art

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows

Monochrome Paris · Hatinh Interactive · 2021-10-20

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 25, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 21, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Tandem : A Tale of Shadows redefines the puzzle platformer genre with a unique gameplay and exceptional aesthetics. Help Emma and the teddy bear Fenton solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane.

92%
positive of 229 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
4.12★
PlayStation Store rating (203 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)
Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is a 2021 puzzle platformer video game developed by Monochrome Paris and published by Hatinh Interactive for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The game follows the story of a 10-year old girl named Emma and a mysterious teddy bear named Fenton, as they embark on a journey to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Thomas Kane, the son of a famous magician.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 43% of 16,269 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 229 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.29-17%
Microsoft Store$9.99
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.44 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 80 of 99 observed days · $7.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320212026Week of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$26.91$2.992021-08-062026-09-182021-08-06 — best price $24.992021-11-10 — best price $19.992021-12-05 — best price $24.992022-01-14 — best price $22.492022-04-26 — best price $19.672022-06-24 — best price $14.992022-08-05 — best price $5.822022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-11-18 — best price $7.492023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-02-16 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $5.992023-05-05 — best price $7.492023-06-16 — best price $24.992023-07-21 — best price $9.992023-09-11 — best price $12.502023-10-18 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992023-12-31 — best price $9.992024-02-09 — best price $4.992024-03-12 — best price $19.672024-04-18 — best price $10.992024-06-06 — best price $8.792024-07-16 — best price $8.742024-08-23 — best price $11.242024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-11-09 — best price $19.672025-01-07 — best price $5.992025-02-21 — best price $10.002025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-06-02 — best price $3.502025-07-15 — best price $24.992025-09-03 — best price $9.992025-10-21 — best price $24.992025-11-29 — best price $7.862026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-02-23 — best price $7.862026-04-08 — best price $2.992026-05-21 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1112026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1 pageviews2026-09-06 — 8 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
88.2%
earned "First Shadow"
16%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)38319%24
PS4 (PlayStation)27253%25
Xbox One (Xbox)17931%24
PS4 (PlayStation)2060%25
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionPuzzleMysteryColorfulStylizedTop-DownAdventureLore-Rich

Census log

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

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