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Shadows Over Loathing
Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“phenomenal game in general, but I really like how they went all in on implementing the more reality-averse aspects in a way that feels smooth and exciting. Time travel is explored in like three separate ways and all of…”
“Stick man funny”
“fun and enjoyable!! i love the simple art style. the gameplay and story is clever and weird. you really can play this game in a number of ways. felt whimsical honestly!”
27 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“West of Loathing meets Cthulhu/Lovecraftian horror. As is par for the course with Asymmetric's titles, an absolute gem of a game. To those of you who require the checklist, here you go; ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget…”
“phenomenal game in general, but I really like how they went all in on implementing the more reality-averse aspects in a way that feels smooth and exciting. Time travel is explored in like three separate ways and all of…”
“Whole game's great, but I have a particular soft spot for the puzzles”
11 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“West of Loathing meets Cthulhu/Lovecraftian horror. As is par for the course with Asymmetric's titles, an absolute gem of a game. To those of you who require the checklist, here you go; ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget…”
“phenomenal game in general, but I really like how they went all in on implementing the more reality-averse aspects in a way that feels smooth and exciting. Time travel is explored in like three separate ways and all of…”
“fun and enjoyable!! i love the simple art style. the gameplay and story is clever and weird. you really can play this game in a number of ways. felt whimsical honestly!”
7 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“I loved WoL, and this game hits many of the same notes that I enjoyed from the first game, while adding a ton of replayability. When I finished my first playthrough, I had only unlocked 3 of the nearly 40 achievements,…”
“fun and enjoyable!! i love the simple art style. the gameplay and story is clever and weird. you really can play this game in a number of ways. felt whimsical honestly!”
“This game is so easy to play for as long or as short of a session as you want. The gags never get old, and the references to past games are top notch.”
6 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“I loved WoL, and this game hits many of the same notes that I enjoyed from the first game, while adding a ton of replayability. When I finished my first playthrough, I had only unlocked 3 of the nearly 40 achievements,…”
“Fantastic game, worthy of all of the praise it gets many times over! - Clever and funny writing - Character development and depth (NPCs you care about and you making your own story) - Simple but engaging combat and stat…”
“After my full completion run of the previous game West of Loathing (Go check that too!), I was at a loss for so long at how to get my hands on more of this flavor of tomfoolery and somehow cohesive storytelling (Like…”
7 of the 85 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I loved WoL, and this game hits many of the same notes that I enjoyed from the first game, while adding a ton of replayability. When I finished my first playthrough, I had only unlocked 3 of the nearly 40 achievements,…”
“It's still a good game. But I've got reservations. Primarily: This game needed a proper save/loading system. Positives: Still funny, decently fun combat (Though my mysticality playthrough feels nerfed to me). Story is…”
6 of the 85 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It's still a good game. But I've got reservations. Primarily: This game needed a proper save/loading system. Positives: Still funny, decently fun combat (Though my mysticality playthrough feels nerfed to me). Story is…”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“pretty tuff”
“It's still a good game. But I've got reservations. Primarily: This game needed a proper save/loading system. Positives: Still funny, decently fun combat (Though my mysticality playthrough feels nerfed to me). Story is…”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this.
Counted across 85 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). 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.
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
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
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
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.
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 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Adventure · RPG · Point & Click · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy · Choose Your Own Adventure · Comedy · 2D · Funny · Lovecraftian · CRPG · Investigation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Official site | http://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