Shadowgate
Fair · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 80% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9980% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.26/hr
- Reviews▼
- 87% of 711
- Critics
- 68 players 19 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 21% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.6h
- To 100%
- 14.9h 3.2x the story
- Achievements
- 60
Price and sales
- Sales
- 86 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.24 December 2015
- Sale every
- 39d last June 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 17% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 84% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
37% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
86 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 19 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 21 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. The Night of the Rabbit ($19.99, scores 63) outscores it, and so does Thimbleweed Park™ ($19.99, scores 71). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Shadowgate
The press gave it 68; the people who bought it give it 87 percent. A 19-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Finishing takes 4.6 hours; clearing it takes 15, which is 3.2 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.24 (85% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Last discount ended 131 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Remake of an early Macintosh first-person point-and-click adventure from 1987. Nice graphics that had a painting-like quality to them. Lots of screens to explore. Atmospheric with good music. Puzzles were pretty good with lots of possibilities. And if you play in classic mode at journeyman or master, there will be more and harder ones. Lots of red herring items at difficulties other than the default normal. You also...
2 more reviews
A faithful and quite enjoyable installment in the Shadowgate series, for fans of the original Macventure and/or NES versions of the original game. A total of 4 different difficulty modes including "normal" (should probably be called something else such as novice/beginner) which caters to people unfamiliar with the series and/or point and click adventure games in general. I grew up playing the NES game as a kid and...
just looking at a few of my games, saw this... i remember my Uncle had it for Gameboy and i loved it, never was good at it but it Really stuck with me... I got this years ago now and never played it much, its not my kind of game, BUT its so great to See this updated! this is what i saw in my head as a kid! when i look at the gameboy game its mind blowing that i was so drawn into it! ah to be young again LOL
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About the game
Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 512MB Dedicated Video Memory, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
Shadowgate scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/294440/shadowgateReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 2, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.