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White Shadows
The wolves are watching! Venture through a captivating but brutal dystopia where our young adventurer Ravengirl will travel through this huge city’s brightest highs and delve to its darkest depths on her perilous journey of discovery and finding her destiny where hope seems in short supply.
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“This is a very short (2-3h depending on how often you die) cinematic horror/puzzle/platformer with amazing atmosphere and black & white graphics design, all right gameplay, and an incomprehensible ending confusing the…”
“I'm not sure "fun" is the right word to describe this game, but playing "White Shadows" is certainly entertaining in a unique way. It's a short and visually impressive indie platformer that comes with a message - an…”
“The game has a charming story wrapped in decent graphics and solid music. Sure, it sometimes feels a bit cheap - a few visual glitches here, a soapy-looking scene there, but it still manages to carve out its own style…”
25 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“This is a very short (2-3h depending on how often you die) cinematic horror/puzzle/platformer with amazing atmosphere and black & white graphics design, all right gameplay, and an incomprehensible ending confusing the…”
“I'm not sure "fun" is the right word to describe this game, but playing "White Shadows" is certainly entertaining in a unique way. It's a short and visually impressive indie platformer that comes with a message - an…”
“If you like Limbo, you’ll love this game. There are no difficult puzzles, and it focuses more on platforming and storytelling. It’s reminiscent of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, as if you were there just to entertain them”
24 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“I'm not sure "fun" is the right word to describe this game, but playing "White Shadows" is certainly entertaining in a unique way. It's a short and visually impressive indie platformer that comes with a message - an…”
“The game has a charming story wrapped in decent graphics and solid music. Sure, it sometimes feels a bit cheap - a few visual glitches here, a soapy-looking scene there, but it still manages to carve out its own style…”
“I couldn't play this past act 2. I'm vegan, so this is pretty much how I see the meat industry already. I welcome and applaud the theme and I love the design, but I resent the linear story progression where I don't have…”
13 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“The game has a charming story wrapped in decent graphics and solid music. Sure, it sometimes feels a bit cheap - a few visual glitches here, a soapy-looking scene there, but it still manages to carve out its own style…”
“This game clearly has a lot of love put into it. While inspired by games like Little Nightmares, the game does a good job added its own flare. I enjoy the usage of classical music and art directions, but felt like the…”
“The good: original art style, dark, orwellian atmosphere, tasteful soundtrack. The bad: very short, somewhat inconsistent game physics lack of real puzzles (except one). I still recommend playing the game, it is a…”
6 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“I thought the game was pretty good. very little nightmares/limbo esc, if you like those games you will like this. Some parts are a little dragged out and the prologue is a little boring but the rest of the game is…”
“art masterpiece average to play worth it if you get a deal”
“A very visually stunning game with good audio and a dark story. The gameplay is simple, simple platforming and simple puzzles. It has similarities to LIMBO and INSIDE but much shorter and the story is way more obvious.…”
24 of the 84 reviews raise this · 19 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a very short (2-3h depending on how often you die) cinematic horror/puzzle/platformer with amazing atmosphere and black & white graphics design, all right gameplay, and an incomprehensible ending confusing the…”
“I'm not sure "fun" is the right word to describe this game, but playing "White Shadows" is certainly entertaining in a unique way. It's a short and visually impressive indie platformer that comes with a message - an…”
16 of the 84 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I couldn't play this past act 2. I'm vegan, so this is pretty much how I see the meat industry already. I welcome and applaud the theme and I love the design, but I resent the linear story progression where I don't have…”
“Visually striking and fairly unique in presentation. Story is dark, bleak, and not much different to Animal Farm. Game elements are simple, and mostly obvious bar a few moments that could do with clarity - such as…”
“The only reason I think, at full price, it is a bit too much, isn't necessarily the length of the game, but what seems to be the lack any meaningful puzzles or paths. Games don't necessarily all need multiple ways to do…”
15 of the 84 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a very short (2-3h depending on how often you die) cinematic horror/puzzle/platformer with amazing atmosphere and black & white graphics design, all right gameplay, and an incomprehensible ending confusing the…”
“The game has a charming story wrapped in decent graphics and solid music. Sure, it sometimes feels a bit cheap - a few visual glitches here, a soapy-looking scene there, but it still manages to carve out its own style…”
10 of the 84 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Visually striking and fairly unique in presentation. Story is dark, bleak, and not much different to Animal Farm. Game elements are simple, and mostly obvious bar a few moments that could do with clarity - such as…”
“Its like Limbo but with more irritating platforming and more irritating puzzles. I stopped playing 1/4 way through.”
“Far and away one of the trippier gaming experiences. Despite the muted black-and-white motif, the visuals are dazzling. It is not the most challenging puzzler, but that's perfectly fine. They're telling a story, and…”
9 of the 84 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a very short (2-3h depending on how often you die) cinematic horror/puzzle/platformer with amazing atmosphere and black & white graphics design, all right gameplay, and an incomprehensible ending confusing the…”
“The only reason I think, at full price, it is a bit too much, isn't necessarily the length of the game, but what seems to be the lack any meaningful puzzles or paths. Games don't necessarily all need multiple ways to do…”
“A very atmospheric, simple story in an Orwell-like setup. Amazing effort and imagination from the devs, 3-4 hours worth of gameplay if found in discount”
Counted across 84 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Bird lives matter! It's basically a limbo-like game but without the hard puzzles and more focused on platforming and story telling. There are some annoying bits for sure and I don't understand why the developer is shoving down the throat to everyone that it's their first game.…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“[h1]It's Alright[/h1] [b]Key features[/b] [list] [*]Limbo wannabe? [*]Rather short [/list] [b]Ka-kow, ka-kow...[/b] What is White Shadows? It's a run 'n jump platformer. There's like 2-3 puzzles and several semi-precise trials, where you dodge hazards.…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I bought this game on the strength of the trailers alone, which honestly did an incredible job selling the experience. They gave strong Playdead Studio vibes, (the folks behind Inside & Limbo). Dark, atmospheric, mysterious. The kind of indie game that looks like it might…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 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 2026-07-25. 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 (2026-09-04). 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.
White Shadows turns one year old!
One year ago today, we released our first game. By human standards, that means it is now barely a toddler. 🍼 By video game standards, it means that a game we planned for next gen is now very much curr
Ministry of Light informs: White Shadows is now ready for Razer Chroma! ⚡
Hello humans! So, long story short: We're proud to announce that White Shadows is now ready for Razer Chroma ! 🙂 Want a long story a little bit longer? Sure. Here you go. So, you know what RGB color s
Ministry of Light informs: White Shadows Steam Community Items available now! ⚡
Hello everyone! Hope you are well in these weird times! 🧡 We wanted to finish this for a while, and we finally did: the Steam Community Items for White Shadows are now available! Included in this pack
White Shadows won "Best Debut" at the German Video Game Awards!
Greetings, fellow humans! The German Video Game Awards were held in Munich at the end of March - and when White Shadows was nominated in the " Best Debut " category, that was nice enough. But then we
First patch is now live!
Hello, again y'all :) It has been exactly one week since our launch. As promised, our first patch is now live! Once again, thank you all for the feedback and the issues that you brought to our attenti
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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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Adventure · Atmospheric · Platformer · Story Rich · Indie · Dark Fantasy · Exploration · Singleplayer · Horror · Difficult · Action-Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Official site | https://monokel.de/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i5-6500 | Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 | AMD R9 380 Storage: 6 GB available space