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Shadow Hunter
Shadow Hunter is a casual deductive puzzle game with RPG elements. Explore areas filled with turn-based random encounters and events, veiled under horror filled darkness. With your food supply running low, and wit and a little luck your only tools... tread carefully as every step can be your last.
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Much love for this game, and it was free to play?!?! I like good old Microsoft minesweeper. I think that fondness carries over to Shadow Hunter, picking out the shadows and traps behind the smoke. If you read, and pay attention, the game is explained well. I struggled getting…”
— a player, Steam review · 57 hrs played“Super simple game. It may seem like a poor way to sum it up but I feel I have to do it. This game is basically fantasy Minesweeper. Whether you will like that or not, I sure dont know, its free though so if that seems interesting give it a try.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Interesting Idea. It's essentially fantasy minesweeper. I never really finished the tutorial since there wasn't really any fun factor that motivated me to continue. As others have said, your success will likely boil down to guessing correctly which isn't very satisfying.…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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:: Patch Update 1.2016.6.21 ::
::Version:: 1.2016.6.21 You will need to start a new game with this one. Sorry! Added Darkness animation to Story Screen Help entries no longer automatically display if you've already seen it. You can
:: Patch Update 1.2016.6.21 ::
::Version:: 1.2016.6.21 You will need to start a new game with this one. Sorry! Added Darkness animation to Story Screen Help entries no longer automatically display if you've already seen it. You can
Update 1.2015.06.13 - Particles
Some of you may have noticed particle effects in the old Shadow Hunter video, but not in the game. Welp... that's because somewhere along the line I was doing some work, and forgot to turn them back o
Update 1.2015.06.13 - Particles
Some of you may have noticed particle effects in the old Shadow Hunter video, but not in the game. Welp... that's because somewhere along the line I was doing some work, and forgot to turn them back o
Update 1.2015.06.12 - Fear Conversion
Hi all, This one is a bit of a game changer. So, you might want to create a new Initiate (no need to reset the world). The main feature of this update is to introduce "Removing Tiles of their Fear" (i
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Free To Play, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Strategy · RPG · Indie · Board Game · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/7/8 Processor: 2.0 Ghz+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB Video RAM Storage: 100 MB available space Additional Notes: Ensure you have all the latest drivers