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Shadows of Forbidden Gods

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App ID 1741640
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Forbidden Oak Games Limited
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28989510
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 20:59:45 UTC ()
Release Date 15 July 2023 – 13:10:06 UTC ()
😎 87.21%
959 reviews
15
In-Game
💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🌌 God Game 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy

Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

Additional Information

Developer Bobby Two Hands
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Forbidden Oak Games Limited
Store Release Date 15 July 2023 – 13:10:09 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/Qq8mHdYNF5
https://x.com/bobby2hands
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFnC_BrcXXbukAuEVLRJ7sg/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 15 July 2023 – 13:10:06 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2022 – 02:06:25 UTC () (1667009185)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, UnityBurst SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 August 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 11738896
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
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Early Access Release Date 1 November 2021 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 27 August 2021 – 15:40:40 UTC (), in changelist #12408418

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🌌 God Game 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🦠 Outbreak Sim 🏛️ Political Sim 🏽 2D 🗺️ Top-Down 👁️ Conspiracy 🚨 Crime 😨 Dark 🧝 Dark Fantasy 💥 Destruction ⛓ Dystopian 🏦 Economy 🎭 Fantasy 🦇 Gothic 😱 Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian

Categories

Single-player Family Sharing

Assets

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timestamp1 April 2024 – 23:41:54 UTC
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User File System

Key Value
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maxnumfiles 512

Save File Locations

This app does not have Steam Auto-Cloud configured, which likely means save files are in [Steam Install]/userdata/{Steam3AccountID}/1741640/ folder.

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