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Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

Train unique samurai, embark on missions, and play the cards dealt each run on an epic roguelite adventure in the Legend of the Five Rings universe. Each defeat opens new strategic skill tree options and more powerful cards to face the growing threat in the Shadowlands.

Released Mar 4, 2025 Developer Palindrome Interactive Publisher Palindrome Interactive, Amplifier Studios, THQ Nordic Platforms Windows AdventureRogue-liteStrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderRogue-like
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

75.3%positive494 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings is a roguelite strategy game that successfully combines autobattler mechanics, tactical squad management, RPG progression, and deckbuilding-inspired systems into a surprisingly layered experience. Developed by Palindrome Interactive and…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Fantastic game, really enjoyed playing hours of it. Wish a different publisher owned it and we could get more of this game.”

— a player, Steam review · 92 hrs played
Not recommended · 9 found this helpful

“The game is not great. The main gameplay loop is overly simple, and many of the upgrades are actually detrimental to you early on in the game. For example, you are given 2 "Political Capital", one of the many meta currencies that exist in the game, early on. IF YOU BUY ANY OF…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

459all-time peak
0 100 200 2026 106 avg · Mar 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

84achievements
19.0%median completion
0.1%rarest: Lost
78.3% of players 75.3% of players 70.5% of players 68.3% of players 63.3% of players 60.9% of players 60.6% of players 60.4% of players 58.0% of players 57.5% of players 57.1% of players 54.5% of players 48.5% of players 47.9% of players 47.4% of players 46.9% of players 45.9% of players 45.2% of players 42.4% of players 40.6% of players 39.8% of players 38.4% of players 36.8% of players 36.1% of players 33.9% of players 33.2% of players 32.2% of players 30.8% of players 30.6% of players 29.0% of players 26.8% of players 26.2% of players 25.9% of players 25.7% of players 25.3% of players 25.0% of players 24.2% of players 23.6% of players 20.4% of players 19.9% of players 19.6% of players 19.4% of players 19.0% of players 18.9% of players 18.6% of players 18.0% of players 17.1% of players 17.0% of players 15.0% of players 14.9% of players 14.1% of players 13.6% of players 11.5% of players 11.0% of players 10.5% of players 10.1% of players 10.0% of players 9.4% of players 8.4% of players 7.6% of players 78.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.3%Goblin Killer — Kill 50 goblins
75.3%Spirit Purifier — Kill 30 Corrupted Spirits
70.5%An Open Wound — Deal 1000 Wounded damage in a single run.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Lost — Get lost in the Shadowveil.
0.1%Had That, Built Those — Hidden achievement
0.2%Master of Meditation — Use the Meditate 10 times

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99−60% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$24.99base price
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US9.99 USD−60%
EU9.99 EUR−60%
UK8.39 GBP−60%
Australia14.60 AUD−60%
Canada13.00 CAD−60%
Japan1,120 JPY−60%
Brazil29.59 BRL−60%
China36.80 CNY−60%

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

China≈$5.5 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

May 08, 2025
Shadowveil Patch 1.1.1 - The Last Expedition

Greetings Samurai Welcome to 1.1.1 update brings additional QOL and bugfixes, but this will be the last patch for the entire game. It’s been a privilege to work on Shadowveil, its been an absolute bla

Apr 29, 2025
Shadowveil Patch 1.1 - Closing a chapter

Greetings Samurai My name is Filip and I’m the Game Director of Shadowveil. Welcome to 1.1 our first major update which should make the game it's best, listen to the video where I also talk about some

Apr 16, 2025
Shadowveil Patch 1.0.6 - Patch Notes

Greetings from Rokugan! We've just released Shadowveil Patch 1.0.6! This patch includes a rework of the achievement system which should enable everyone to gain achievements correctly! Version number 1

Apr 09, 2025
Shadowveil Patch 1.0.5 - Patch Notes

Greetings from Rokugan! 1.0.5 just launched, and with it, a lot of improvements to the game! Version number 1.0.5.18698 Added Added QoL: Retraining button. You can now retrain your characters so that

Apr 03, 2025
Post Launch Report - Patch 1.1, Speedrunning contest and updates

Game Director Filip talks about the first month of Shadowveil, and the upcoming updates and content additions. Check it out in this video: Patch 1.0.5 (coming soon™). Added highly requested QoL: Retra

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsAdventure · Rogue-lite · Strategy · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Rogue-like · Deckbuilding · Strategy RPG · Indie · Fantasy · Choices Matter · Dark · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese *
Achievements84
Official sitehttps://www.palindromeinteractive.com/shadowveil
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5 2500 / AMD FX-4350 or equivalent Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD RX 580 with 6GB of VRAM or equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 10 GB available space