Shadowgrounds

Buy82%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows
  • macOS

Frozenbyte · Top-Down Shooter · May 8, 2006

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Price
$1.04−85%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Shadowgrounds?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Audio: 56 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise16% are divided42% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a game that I recommend for people that like to shoot stuff, trying different weapons and some degree of strategy, and that are up to a challenge but not to hardcore challenges.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The controls smooth, the gameplay is fun, and it has very rare unfair moments.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
At first, as the story develops, it is intriguing and fun enough (though far from original), the necessity to manage ammo, the introduction of fairly different enemy types, the very good use of lighting for its time and dark locations leads to a very enjoyable action horror / horror-lite experience.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Frozenbyte’s later successes in environmental storytelling and co-op gameplay can be traced back to the foundations laid here.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Check it out, it is a great, smooth game, with fun gameplay and a amazingly stable framerate.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat89 reviews
Gameplay76 reviews
Graphics63 reviews
Co-op13 reviews
Performance6 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
80% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Players complain
Audio
75% still recommend
Difficulty
76% still recommend
Controls
70% still recommend
Bugs
43% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$1.04$6.99−85%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

8 points recordedtoday · $1.04

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