The Consuming Shadow

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The Consuming Shadow

Short description

The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

Developer
Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Publisher
Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Release
Fri, Nov 20, 2015
Price
$0.99
Reviews
330
Positive
94%
Followers
2,245
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
2
Genres
Adventure
Features
Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Stats
Tags
Lovecraftian Adventure Survival Horror Rogue-lite Violent 2D Indie Horror Atmospheric Procedural Generation Dark Psychological Horror Rogue-like Singleplayer
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$20ksomewhere between $20k and $26k · roughly 20K–26K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $0.98, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $0.99 launch price. That is 1% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

10 data points since Jul 31, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$19k → ~$20k
Reviews 326 → 330
Followers 2,234 → 2,245
Concurrent players 2 → 2
Price $0.99 → $0.99
Positive reviews 94.2% → 93.9%

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. 159 further data points reach back to Nov 1, 2015 — 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: $0.49 on Jun 26, 2025.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around The Consuming Shadow is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

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