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The Shadow Over Cyberspace

Fiction Factory Games · 2025-01-10

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 10, 2025 (Linux), Jan 10, 2025 (Mac)

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.

90%
positive of 118 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 11,487 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220252026Week of 2025-01-10: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

16
achievements tracked
36.5%
earned "The Kids Aren't Alright"
23.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game MenusPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSubtitle Options1 DLC

Census log

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