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The Consuming Shadow

Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw · 2015-11-20

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

1
playing now
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

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

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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