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Shadowgrounds
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 comput
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I liked Shadowgrounds but I must admit that can be my nostalgia making it more enjoyable then it probably is. To start with the positives, the gameplay is good enough for what its worth. Weapon variety may be basic, but it works well, plus you have additional ways to enhance…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Look man, i just really like shooting aliens and i really like top down shooters. Does it show its age? Yes. There's also a cool mini game where you try not to get unintentionally stuck on objects while being swarmed by enemies but ah its fine. I rate 7 sneaky spider aliens out…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“would be a decent if not particularly memorable alien breed clone but there's no mid-level saving. not even checkpoints or save spots you might have to go back to. levels are long, so it's inexcusable.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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New Roguelike Strategy Game from Frozenbyte - Has-Been Heroes Announced!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Top-Down Shooter · Sci-fi · Aliens · Action · Shooter · Singleplayer · Horror · Top-Down · Gore · Isometric · Adventure · Twin Stick Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.shadowgroundsgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 1.3 GHZ or Equivalent, 384 MB RAM, GeForce 4 Ti 4200* or ATi Radeon 9000 or better, 1 GB free hard drive space, Windows 2000/XP Recommended: 2.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra or ATi Radeon 9500 Pro or better * Please note that Shadowgrounds does not run on GeForce 4 MX cards.