Shadowgrounds
| App ID | 2500 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Frozenbyte |
| 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 ( |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| serverbrowsername | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ValidOSList | Windows macOS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| developer_url | http://www.frozenbyte.com/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| installscript_macos | shadowgrounds.app/installscript_osx.vdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| installscriptosx | shadowgrounds.app/installscript_osx.vdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Frozenbyte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 8 May 2006 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Social Media | https://x.com/Frozenbyte |
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| Primary Genre | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 8 May 2006 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 20 December 2013 – 13:12:50 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | FMOD SDK, Ogg SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Content Descriptors | Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First seen on SteamDB | 20 March 2013 – 07:42:04 UTC ( |
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| 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
Categories
Single-player
Steam Trading Cards
Remote Play Together
Family Sharing
Shared/Split Screen
Multi-player
Cloud Gaming
Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)
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| icon | 76d859ecb19f27dfa273a7934950b8f99fbd7daa | ||||||||||||
| logo | fcfe37ec2441bd95f1cd1bb5c527487f0690f9cf | ||||||||||||
| logo_small | 5a711bfd4647a8a93a152fd78cdc3a3a351fbbec | ||||||||||||
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| store_screenshot | 0000000293.jpg | ||||||||||||
| Assets |
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| trailer_name | Shadowgrounds Trailer |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 908/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 908/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 908/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 908/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 2500/300/f27a7f411527476a940c8d7dfe0eb6c2983e161a/1751245933/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 2500/300/f27a7f411527476a940c8d7dfe0eb6c2983e161a/1751245933/microtrailer.mp4 |
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| dash_av1 | 2500/300/f27a7f411527476a940c8d7dfe0eb6c2983e161a/1751245933/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 2500/300/f27a7f411527476a940c8d7dfe0eb6c2983e161a/1751245933/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 2500/300/f27a7f411527476a940c8d7dfe0eb6c2983e161a/1751245933/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 908/movie.293x165.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 12 November 2015 – 17:54:10 UTC |
Steam charts
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- 2 players right now
- 4 24-hour peak
- 264 all-time peak
1 February 2014
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Twitch stats
- 0 viewers right now
- 0 24-hour peak
- 15,038 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~101.2 k by VG Insights
- ~110.2 k by Gamalytic
- ~1.71 M by PlayTracker
Monthly players breakdown
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User reviews history
Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 8 May 2006 | Steam Release | - |
| 12 April 2011 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle | - |
| 28 September 2011 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: The Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle | - |
| 18 April 2013 | ⇄ Indiegala: Indie Gala Mass Effect | - |
| 9 January 2014 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Sale: Frozenbyte | - |
| 23 January 2019 | ⇄ Indiegala: Hump Day Bundle #68 | - |
| 11 September 2019 | ⇄ Indiegala: After Dark Bundle | - |
| 8 November 2019 | ⇄ Indiegala: After Dark Bundle | - |
| 8 January 2020 | ⇄ Indiegala: Shade & Hate Bundle | - |
| 19 September 2020 | ⇄ Fanatical: Frozenbyte Bundle | - |
| 6 November 2020 | ⇄ Fanatical: 25th Anniversary Build Your Own Bundle | - |
| 26 March 2021 | ⇄ Indiegala: Pandemic Evolved Bundle | - |
| 26 July 2021 | ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own All Stars Bundle 3 | - |
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How many players are playing Shadowgrounds right now on Steam?
Steam player counter indicates there are currently 2 players live playing Shadowgrounds on Steam.
Shadowgrounds had an all-time peak of 264 concurrent players on 1 February 2014.
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