The Game Census
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The Guilt and the Shadow

oophok · 2015-02-02

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 02, 2015 (Mac)

"unbearable... this place stinks... i need to get out of here. the boat is waiting for me."

74%
positive of 57 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 23,259 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2020-03-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720152026Week of 2015-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.892015-02-022026-07-092015-02-02 — best price $8.992015-05-19 — best price $9.992015-07-28 — best price $6.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-01-26 — best price $4.492016-04-12 — best price $8.992016-06-23 — best price $4.492016-10-12 — best price $8.992016-12-23 — best price $5.392017-02-16 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $4.492017-08-10 — best price $8.992017-10-27 — best price $3.052017-11-28 — best price $8.992018-06-21 — best price $4.492018-11-01 — best price $8.992018-12-20 — best price $3.052019-02-12 — best price $8.992019-06-26 — best price $2.242019-09-16 — best price $8.992019-11-26 — best price $2.242020-01-02 — best price $8.992020-05-25 — best price $1.792020-07-09 — best price $8.992020-11-25 — best price $1.792021-01-05 — best price $8.992021-10-28 — best price $2.242022-01-05 — best price $8.992022-06-23 — best price $2.242022-11-01 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $2.242024-11-04 — best price $8.992025-06-26 — best price $2.242026-07-09 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Player tags

2DDarkIndieShortHorrorPuzzleAdventureHand-drawnStory RichDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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