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The Shadow Over Route 80

the ito project · 2022-11-23

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 23, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Alone at night, working at a petrol station deep in the American wheat belt. Something feels off... are you sure you're alone? A short 10-15 minute horror game with multiple endings.

The Shadow Over Route 80 is a 2022 Adventure, Indie game priced at $0.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 54 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 54 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.55 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620222026Week of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.552022-11-232026-08-262022-11-23 — best price $1.992023-10-02 — best price $0.992023-10-09 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-11-04 — best price $1.992025-07-02 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.552026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-20 — best price $0.992026-07-27 — best price $1.992026-08-26 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
33.6%
earned "Leave Ending"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DFaithMagicDemonsHorrorStylizedAdventureIlluminatiMinimalistAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.