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Shadows of Forbidden Gods

Shadows of Forbidden Gods

Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

Released Jul 15, 2023 Developer Bobby Two Hands Publisher Forbidden Oak Games Limited Platforms Windows StrategySimulationGod GameGrand StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

92.7%positive928 reviews
Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“It's ok. Can be satisfying when things go according to the plan. But this game needs a rework (will never happen lol), UI is ass, and many mechanics are very poorly explained, mainly.”

— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“As a big fan of the Dominions series this game hits all the right buttons. The actor simulation isn't particularly deep, but it absolutely sells the puppet master with what it has. Like once this game clicked I immediately lost 6 hours to it. I was originally put off from buying…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Great game. It is not a classic 4x. It is a game about intrigue. That Which Sleeps was a vaporware. This one is the real thing”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

12playing at last check
2124-hour peak
495all-time peak
0 100 200 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 131 avg · Apr 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

35achievements
7.8%median completion
0.9%rarest: 28 Turns Later
66.7% of players 48.6% of players 40.5% of players 37.8% of players 34.5% of players 30.7% of players 26.2% of players 25.4% of players 24.4% of players 20.6% of players 18.1% of players 14.5% of players 13.0% of players 10.8% of players 10.0% of players 9.1% of players 8.7% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.3% of players 6.8% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 6.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.1% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 66.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
66.7%First Agent — Recruit your first agent
48.6%Twilight — Reach World Shadow 20%
40.5%Victory — Win your first game
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%28 Turns Later — Have the Trickster take the 'Attack Monkey' trait, then summon an army of Ravenous Dead with her
1.1%From the Depths — Win with your highest score contribution being "From % population in Deep One Cities"
1.2%Blood Ties — Create two vampires who are close relatives

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 17, 2024
Bugfix: Fewer Flesh Gods

Hotfix to fix an issue where a previous patch included the "God: Escamrak" mod in the mod upload folder for everyone. I left in there during testing something or other, and it got uploaded to everyone

Mar 13, 2024
DLC Released: The Horrors Beneath

The DLC is finally here! Bringing new exciting ways to doom humanity. Devour them from beneath, explode their cities or give birth to an abomination. Dwarves and Cthonians Locked in battle underground

Dec 01, 2023
UI update and notes on DLC

Over the past couple of months I've been working on DLC for Shadows. Based on current progress it should be released around January, maybe early February. The DLC focuses on adding an underground laye

Oct 18, 2023
UI for Curses Map View and a couple of Bugfixes

Gameplay: -Human Souls increase the Death percentage in a location by 1% per turn while dissipating UI: -Added curse map view for tracking who is in a cursed house Bugfixes: -Fixed Darkstone descripti

Oct 04, 2023
Bugfixes and proofreading

All events have now been given a proofread (many thanks to contributing writer John Chao here). Along with this, a couple of bugfixes: -Fixed bug with kills not being tracked by assassinate challenges

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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.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · God Game · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Outbreak Sim · Political Sim · 2D · Top-Down · Conspiracy · Crime · Dark (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements35
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5-2500 or equivalent Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 1 GB available space