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The Shivah
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“✡✡✡Shalom✡✡✡ An eye-opening experience for goyim. The chutzpah of Rabbi Amos Zelig and his pawn, JDM. Jack Lauder did not kill himself, [spoiler]and neither did Jeffrey[/spoiler]. What would Rabbi Russel Stone say? [list] [*]You call yourself a chosen one? [*]How can you face…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Alright but extremely short (most of my playtime was just waiting for the card drops). What feels like what was only going to be the end of Act 1 to a much grander mystery, ended up as the end of the game. Not the best from WadjetEye (honestly probably one of their weaker), but…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“tl;dr i had such high hopes for this game, and its both poorly designed and is vivid and blatant antisemitism. dont play this game, dont give them money. I searched on Steam for a game that was Jewish, and as somebody who is an Orthodox Jew, I was really excited for this game.…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:48 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Shivah Achievement Hotfix Patch
-Achievements now can be unlocked retroactively based on local and online, matching each other. -Upgraded engine to 3.6.1.35 \ -Screenshot button is no longer blocked and will no longer skip dialogs.
Shivah - Engine Patch
Hi, We're upgrading the game to 3.6 version of AGS, which basically means better rendering, better support for resolutions and better support for keyboard and mouse! The savegames have been tested and
The Shivah is now STEAMDECK VERIFIED!
The Shivah, is now STEAMDECK VERIFIED! That currently leaves only Blackwell Unbound for the entirety of our catalogue. Thankfully Janet Gilbert did an amazing work on this for the IOS port and I basic
The Shivah: Update
- Updated all versions to newest stable AGS, so a lot of problems have been fixed. - Added 1 sliders for individual Music volume adjustment. - Fixed a background talk not having a text outline as it s
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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 | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Adventure · Indie · Noir · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Short · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Mystery · Detective · Classic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Commentary available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.wadjeteyegames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Win 2000 or higher Processor: Pentium or higher Memory: 64 MB RAM Graphics: 256-colour: 266 Mhz or above Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: Supports all DirectX-compatible sound cards