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The Shivah cover art

The Shivah

· Wadjet Eye Games · 2013-11-21

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 20, 2013 (Mac), Jun 01, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 09, 2014 (Android), Nov 20, 2013 (Linux), Nov 20, 2013 (iOS)

Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.

1
playing now
81%
positive of 897 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
2.3h
to beat · completionist 3h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Shivah is a point-and-click adventure game from 2006, designed and developed by Dave Gilbert with the assistance of others, including voice actors and artists. It is notable in that it features a rabbi as its protagonist and explores themes related to the Jewish faith. In 2013, the game was remastered in an updated version entitled The Shivah: Kosher Edition, which features new graphics and music, and re-recorded voice-overs.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 897 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at GOG (2018-09-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 18 of 37 observed days · $4.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.792015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-06-15 — best price $4.992015-11-04 — best price $1.292015-11-25 — best price $1.692016-06-08 — best price $1.292016-11-28 — best price $4.992017-03-06 — best price $0.992017-06-07 — best price $0.992017-09-26 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-06-15 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492021-04-26 — best price $4.992021-11-26 — best price $1.492022-01-31 — best price $4.992022-06-28 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $1.492023-02-21 — best price $4.992023-05-25 — best price $4.992023-08-01 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-02-22 — best price $1.492024-06-06 — best price $2.492024-08-26 — best price $4.992024-11-26 — best price $1.492025-02-05 — best price $2.492025-05-08 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-02 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7042026-05-31 — 22 pageviews2026-06-03 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-09 — 29 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-15 — 70 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 15 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 13 pageviews2026-07-03 — 22 pageviews2026-07-06 — 23 pageviews2026-07-09 — 18 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 23 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 24 pageviews2026-08-26 — 21 pageviews2026-08-28 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
41.3%
earned "Heflekh"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,35446%10

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

Player tags

2DNoirIndieRetroShortClassicMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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