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Shadowgrounds

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App ID 2500
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Frozenbyte
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Last Changenumber 30756793
Last Record Update 24 August 2025 – 17:08:50 UTC ()
Release Date 8 May 2006 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
😏 78.07%
1k reviews
2
In-Game
🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🚀 Sci-fi 👽 Aliens 💥 Action 🔫 Shooter

Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...

Additional Information

Developer Frozenbyte
metacritic_url pc/shadowgrounds
gamedir Shadowgrounds
metacritic_name Shadowgrounds
icon steam/games/icon_shadowg
metacritic_score 74
NoServers Yes
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/shadowgrounds?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateAvailable
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ValidOSList Windows macOS
developer_url http://www.frozenbyte.com/
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Publisher Frozenbyte
Store Release Date 8 May 2006 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/Frozenbyte
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 8 May 2006 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 20 December 2013 – 13:12:50 UTC () (1387545170)
review_score 8
review_percentage 81
Detected Technologies (?) FMOD SDK, Ogg SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 2 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 11221
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:42:04 UTC (), in changelist #196282
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🚀 Sci-fi 👽 Aliens 💥 Action 🔫 Shooter 👤 Singleplayer 🗺️ Top-Down 😱 Horror 😖 Gore 🌆 Isometric 🗺️ Adventure 🕹️ Twin Stick Shooter 🌱 Indie 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 😨 Dark 🌲 PvE 👥 Local Co-Op ⚔️ Combat 🤝 Co-op 🕹️ Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Trading Cards Remote Play Together Family Sharing Shared/Split Screen Multi-player Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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timestamp30 August 2024 – 09:50:50 UTC
Trailers
300 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
2506 macOS shadowgrounds mac content 799.00 MiB 0 B
2501 Windows shadowgrounds content 796.97 MiB 0 B
2502 FrenchShadowgrounds French 789.53 MiB 0 B
2503 GermanShadowgrounds German 779.31 MiB 0 B
2504 Spanish - SpainShadowgrounds Spanish 789.71 MiB 0 B

Total size on disk is 3.86 GiB and total download size is 0 B.

Total size on disk is 796.97 MiB and total download size is 0 B, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 11221

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