ShadowSide
Skip · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 13, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 4.4h
- Value
- $2.27/hr
- Reviews
- 63% of 438 positive
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Buy now or wait
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
ShadowSide is a First Person Exploration game. A policeman Alex Carter has been watching over the tranquility in the town for many years. He protects the people from robbery and crime. Nothing but a routine.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 460 2 Gb/Radeon 6850 2 Gb, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 72 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Investigator (free, scores 23) beats it on value, while it beats Plane Mechanic Simulator ($0.95, scores 2).
More about ShadowSide
Steam's global achievement data puts about 16 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 4.4-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 214 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.4 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
65% start to 16% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
I enjoyed the game. The graphics and world are pretty good for the devs older work. The newer titles I've played are better in my opinion though. The story is a little odd but definitely not bad. It is definitely a walking sim. I would recommend patience. If you like exploration then I'd say you'll enjoy it. Had some good jump scares and the atmosphere was well done.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
ShadowSide, developed and published by AdroVGames, is a first-person psychological horror game that attempts to blur the line between reality and illusion through an unsettling narrative and atmospheric design. The story follows Alex Carter, a police officer whose ordinary investigation spirals into a surreal nightmare after a mysterious car accident. He wakes up in a world that seems familiar yet twisted, where the...
Walking Simulator Those who are very fond of W and Shift on the keyboard can play this game.
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Cite this score
ShadowSide scores 13/100 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/643820/shadowsideReviews 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.