Shadows Peak
Skip · Shooter · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 28, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 2.8h 3.6h to 100%
- Value
- $3.57/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 348 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
101 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 58 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 68 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Witch Hunt ($9.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats The Wild Eight ($2.49, scores 23).
More about Shadows Peak
At 2.8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
34% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
This game is way better than I have ever expected. After playing Gynophobia, which looked like a game demo to me, this game is a game at least. The game is about 2 to 3 hours and has relaxing gameplay. Only one jump scare got me. In my opinion, it is not a survival-horror game where the player has to count every shot or outrun enemies. It is an atmospheric walking sim with some enemies and two bosses in it. Also, no...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I brought this one for the full moon emoticon. I wish it came in other shapes and or colors like pink and purple. The other emoticons are mostly spooky season themed and less girlie then the others I recommended. Save this one for a dark stormy night (on sale). I thoroughly enjoyed exploring and it would be better as a duo/co-op especially during the open world part. I would have loved if it changed between...
Overall, the atmosphere is chilling, and there is some genuinely creepy stuff going on... ...but the enemy designs and combat are atrocious. Numerous cheap deaths in the 2nd part, and I'm ready to uninstall and never look back. IMO a good horror game doesn't make you load the previous save state and replay the same part over and over but gets you moving so that the experience won't fall flat due to frustration (cf...
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Cite this score
Shadows Peak scores 28/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/359940/shadows-peakReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.