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White Shadows

Monokel · Thunderful Publishing · 2021-12-07

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 07, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 07, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Dec 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The wolves are watching! Venture through a captivating but brutal dystopia where our young adventurer Ravengirl will travel through this huge city’s brightest highs and delve to its darkest depths on her perilous journey of discovery and finding her destiny where hope seems in short supply.

5
playing now
82%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (529 ratings)
3.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

White Shadows is a modern fable, a distorted mirror of our own world, funny, messed up and a little meaningful. A long time has passed since The Catastrophe. Humanity is half human, half animal. What remains of civilization lives in The White City, a vast network of towers rising high into a dark sky. It’s a harsh world, based on the worship of the White Light -- and a lie. White Shadows tells the story of little Ravengirl trying to escape this huge city, its deadly traps and weird trials. To set herself free, Ravengirl needs to find her way into the brightest highs and the darkest depths of(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 503 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,074 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
Humble Store$2.99-85%
Steam$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at Fortuna Digital (2026-05-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 110 of 154 observed days · $2.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25725720212026Week of 2021-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.02$0.992021-12-072026-10-142021-12-07 — best price $16.992022-03-02 — best price $20.022022-05-19 — best price $14.992022-07-29 — best price $13.992022-10-25 — best price $11.992022-12-12 — best price $11.992023-02-10 — best price $11.992023-03-29 — best price $10.992023-05-17 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-11-14 — best price $9.592024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-04-08 — best price $5.252024-05-21 — best price $2.992024-07-12 — best price $19.992024-08-26 — best price $4.992024-10-09 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-21 — best price $19.992025-03-11 — best price $2.992025-04-23 — best price $1.992025-06-17 — best price $15.292025-08-05 — best price $2.252025-09-30 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $1.992026-02-09 — best price $1.992026-04-13 — best price $1.992026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $2.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
47.9%
earned "The writing on the wall"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)72725%19
PS5 (PlayStation)38164%19
PS5 (PlayStation)23161%18
Xbox Series (Xbox)18833%18
PS5 (PlayStation)1090%19

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkIndieActionHorrorPuzzleAdventureDifficultPlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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