The Consuming Shadow
Worth it · Roguelike · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $0.99.
- Length
- 3.2h 40.8h to 100%
- Value
- $0.31/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 430 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.49 (51% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel integrated graphics or up, 61 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 16 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 14 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Look Outside ($9.99, scores 98) beats it on value, while it beats Scorn ($39.99, scores 28).
More about The Consuming Shadow
HowLongToBeat players log 3.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 41, 13 times as much.
At 3.2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
75% start to 75% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
The sense of dread i felt being forced to enter Stonehenge well missing two pieces of the banishment ritual and the relief i felt after getting it right is probably something I'll never feel again
2 more reviews
I like the idea of supporting Yahtzee. The game itself is interesting and, at times, intense. There is a mystery going on and you gotta get to the bottom of it or else the world will end. There is resource management with the most important resource being time! There is some combat too. Full disclosure: I played it offline when I was on my laptop at school for a while and it really has been a while ago. My playtime...
True to Yahtzee's M.O., Consuming Shadow is thoughtfully designed, providing a range of characters, perks and challenges that greatly affects your playstyle between each procedurally-generated run. The learning curve is a bit steep (at least without the help of a guide), but gaining mastery over its mechanics can be very fulfilling. For the low price of about $1, it provides an astonishing amount of entertainment...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Consuming Shadow scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/403830/the-consuming-shadowReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.