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Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.

Release DateMar 13, 2017
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)71.4% (mostly positive) Bottom 35% / 72.8%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)67.4% / 68.7%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)259  Top 25% / 305  Top 25%
Curators13 reviews
Median Play Time3.5 hours
Play Time per Dollar21 minutes
Followers11.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 17.6K 
Copies Sold± 11.1K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 54K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Shadows Peak steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Shadows Peak's Steam rating and reviews between March 2016 and November 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 85.2% (May 2016) to 69.4% (May 2019).

The 305 reviews Top 25% suggest that Shadows Peak might be a reasonable indie success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Shadows Peak and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Shadows Peak's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (47%), followed by Simplified Chinese (18%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 18 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Shadows Peak percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Shadows Peak, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. The time in game is acceptable, with 6 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.6 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • open world
  • atmosphere
  • sound
  • graphics
  • exploring
  • attractive environment
  • no hand-holding
  • solid sound design
  • voice acting
  • good scares
  • short
  • price for the amount of content
  • boss fights not challenging
  • monsters not scary
  • story is short
  • few hints
  • quirks and issues
  • easy to exploit
  • not story-rich
  • gameplay not very challenging

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 71.4%  Bottom 35% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Shadows Peak's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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