Shadowgrounds
Short description
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...
- Developer
- Frozenbyte
- Publisher
- Frozenbyte
- Release
- Mon, May 08, 2006
- Price
- $6.99
- Reviews
- 1,231
- Positive
- 83%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 200K – 500K
- Concurrent players
- 1
- Genres
- Action
- Features
- Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play Together
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $5.50, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $6.99 launch price. That is 21% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
3 data points since Jul 29, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 418 further data points reach back to Nov 1, 2010 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.
Lowest recorded price: $0.69 on Nov 27, 2013.
Similar games that found an audience
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
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Halo: Spartan Strike | 343 Industries 13 titles +1 | 6 | same tags | $2.99 | 1,619 | 80% | Thu, Apr 16, 2015 | $195k $86k – $1.3m |
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Half-Life: Blue Shift | Gearbox Software 18 titles | 5 | − Top-Down Shooter + FPS | $4.99 | 18,797 | 93% | — | $5m $5m – $7.5m |
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Halo: Spartan Assault | 343 Industries 13 titles +1 | 5 | − Aliens + Top-Down | $2.99 | 4,379 | 78% | Fri, Apr 04, 2014 | $556k $556k – $974k |
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Shadowgrounds Survivor | Frozenbyte 11 titles | 5 | − Aliens + Isometric | $9.99 | 582 | 63% | Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | $204k $91k – $3.9m |
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Half-Life: Opposing Force | Gearbox Software 18 titles | 4 | − Top-Down Shooter − Aliens + FPS + Classic | $4.99 | 25,633 | 96% | — | $10m $10m – $10.2m |
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