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White Shadows

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.

Released Dec 7, 2021 Developer Monokel Publisher Thunderful Publishing, Mixtvision Platforms Windows PuzzleAdventureAtmosphericPlatformerStory Rich
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (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.

81.7%positive1,029 reviews
Recommended · 32 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“[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
Not recommended · 17 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

3playing at last check
724-hour peak
225all-time peak
0 25 50 2022 2025 2026 40 avg · May 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 2026-07-25.

19achievements
25.6%median completion
4.7%rarest: I really, really need this!
47.9% of players 39.6% of players 36.8% of players 36.7% of players 35.3% of players 34.1% of players 33.0% of players 32.8% of players 26.0% of players 25.6% of players 23.6% of players 23.2% of players 18.4% of players 13.4% of players 6.7% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 4.7% of players 47.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
47.9%The writing on the wall — Hidden achievement
39.6%There's blood on your hands — Hidden achievement
36.8%Look mom, I'm on TV! — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
4.7%I really, really need this! — Hidden achievement
5.7%Lord of the Birds — Hidden achievement
5.8%Someone bawked! — Hidden achievement

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.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.99 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

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

Dec 07, 2022
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

Jun 15, 2022
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

Jun 01, 2022
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

Apr 12, 2022
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

Dec 14, 2021
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 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsPuzzle · Adventure · Atmospheric · Platformer · Story Rich · Indie · Dark Fantasy · Exploration · Singleplayer · Horror · Difficult · Action-Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements19
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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