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Shadows Over Loathing

Shadows Over Loathing

Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.

Released Nov 11, 2022 Developer Asymmetric Platforms Windows · Mac AdventureRPGPoint & ClickPuzzleTurn-Based Strategy
View on Steam ↗ $22.99 (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.

96.2%positive3,061 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“I bought this at full price and don't regret it, but recommend that those who aren't big fans of Loathing wait for a sale. If you've played West of Loathing, this is more of the same. Adventure game / RPG with puzzles and turn based combat. You use items and skills to solve…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Much like dark eldritch gods, this game consumed my nights, my days and my mind in exchange for granting me the nefarious power of playing as a stick figure in the 1920s.”

— a player, Steam review · 95 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“This game is so smart in how exceptionally stupid it is. Cannot recommend it enough. As good if not better than West of Loathing”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:56 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

47playing at last check
7024-hour peak
3,074all-time peak
0 500 1k 2023 2024 2025 2026 931 avg · Nov 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.

37achievements
6.8%median completion
2.5%rarest: The Milk of Human Kindness
40.6% of players 35.6% of players 29.5% of players 28.4% of players 27.6% of players 24.0% of players 21.4% of players 20.6% of players 18.1% of players 16.7% of players 13.7% of players 13.5% of players 13.5% of players 12.0% of players 9.8% of players 8.6% of players 8.2% of players 7.5% of players 6.8% of players 6.3% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 40.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
40.6%You Did the Monster Sash — You got a fully-decked out Monster Shack sash
35.6%A Victimless Crime — You solved Mrs. Brewster's mystery
29.5%Jasper's Six — You executed a perfect heist
Rarest badges of honor
2.5%The Milk of Human Kindness — You completed the game without fighting
2.5%The Bite Heard Round the World — Alphonse saved the universe
3.1%No Dogs Don't Prevent Oblivion — Barker saved the universe

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$22.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$22.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US22.99 USD
EU21.99 EUR
UK19.99 GBP
Australia29.99 AUD
Canada28.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China111.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$12 Japan China Canada Australia US EU UK≈$27

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

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Oct 16, 2025
A tiny 7th Patch

Dropping a small patch today, mostly to fix a vulnerability that was discovered in the Unity game engine that we use to build Shadows. There are a small number of additional tweaks that are rolling ou

Mar 05, 2024
Sensing a small sixth patch

It's been a long road, but the physical editions of Shadows Over Loathing for the Switch and Playstation are finally here! In honor of that milestone we have a small patch for you today: Splashing wat

Apr 11, 2023
A small update...

...to fix a few important issues that arose due to the changes made in the last patch: Tooltips have made a triumphant return. Various interactive elements that may have been strangely missing are bac

Apr 07, 2023
We Plea the Fifth... Patch is Here!

Surprise, it's a big bugfix patch (with a couple of new features thrown in here and there)! We had wanted to get this out much earlier but got waylaid by some work that we can't talk about quite yet.

Dec 22, 2022
Four Whom the Patch Tolls

This patch took way longer to put together than we anticipated due to a combination of external things -- holidays, travel, folks getting sick, needing to work on KoL's Crimbo, needing to work on some

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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.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAdventure · RPG · Point & Click · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy · Choose Your Own Adventure · Comedy · 2D · Funny · Lovecraftian · CRPG · Investigation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements37
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://shadowsoverloathing.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities Storage: 4 GB available space