# The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

Summer DB entity ID: 1e51b9bd\-12d2\-465e\-9126\-07a4badf8461

Steam App ID: 989790

The Vale is an audio\-based action adventure game that places you in the worn leather boots of a blind adventurer\.   Features:     5 hours\+ gameplay\.    Specialized 3D audio provide an incredibly immersive game experience    Action\-adventure with RPG elements: Choose equipment, play\-style, magic abilities, companions and quests\.    Emotionally engaging story, quality sound design and voice performance\.    Fully blind accessible    Headphones recommended for best experience    Story:    As your elder brother takes his place on the throne, you are made warden of a small castle on the outskirts of the kingdom\.  Blind from birth and sheltered for much of your childhood, you welcome your exile as a chance for a little adventure\. ​ En route to the castle, your convoy is attacked by a huge invading army\. You find yourself alone in hostile lands where you must scrape together supplies and seek out allies in hopes of surviving the long, dangerous journey home\.   The path home follows a dark and winding valley known simply as “The Vale”\.  It shrouds the land’s darkest secrets including startling truths about your family’s past\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Falling Squirrel, Creative Bytes Studios

- Publisher: Falling Squirrel Inc\.

- Release date: Aug 19, 2021

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Keyboard Only Option, Narrated Game Menus, Playable without Timed Input, \#category\_playable\_without\_vision, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/989790/ss\_73172e02a8498b732f5dad3e423cc942de3bfc3c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1774732576, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/989790/ss\_02c8a1b672be9aba0a5d01689dd235514964d157\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1774732576, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/989790/ss\_7183ffa7f2b17c7f663ef9ac1b8e15cf4b46ccba\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1774732576, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/989790/ss\_7ba1c8f6542dc2b8bf3da5bb761e110e853099f8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1774732576, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/989790/ss\_4226abdda0981340f37339276bfb79f3d5eba0da\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1774732576, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/989790/ss\_2e04d5ea3fcaf8cfd192a01e3e84216c6df6486f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1774732576, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/989790/ss\_8c35fc469424ad945b511e811fe4b2cc50aabb23\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1774732576

- Price: 1999 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 1

- Steam review count: 385

- Steam positive reviews: 375

- Steam negative reviews: 10

- Steam positive percentage: 97.40259740259741%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/1e51b9bd-12d2-465e-9126-07a4badf8461/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/1e51b9bd-12d2-465e-9126-07a4badf8461/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T23:48:54\.307855\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T23:48:55\.584112\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T23:48:55\.366783\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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