# The Consuming Shadow

Summer DB entity ID: 7e310d0e\-e8e9\-46fe\-8bfe\-168f86808451

Steam App ID: 403830

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\. The new Insanity Edition for Steam introduces new modes and features for even more expanded gameplay\.    \- Roguelike perma\-death gameplay    \- 4 playable characters to find and unlock, each with a different play style    \- 6 dungeon types, 10 mission types, and countless random encounters    \- 20 different monsters to discover and fight    \- Learn the 8 magic spells to gain the upper hand    \- Complete the bestiary and gather collectibles to uncover the world's lore    \- Insanity Edition adds special challenge modes, including Daily Challenges and 'The Descent' infinite dungeon

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw

- Publisher: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw

- Release date: Nov 20, 2015

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Stats, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/403830/ss\_188cd29998a0f0750051b7245c650a68e9f3c101\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1448084885, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/403830/ss\_2c6eb5350cd7a3c9a2cfabe450597cb1cbbb7866\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1448084885, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/403830/ss\_a4cc71bfb840798f8707d0c3f3ec7191c1c94c82\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1448084885, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/403830/ss\_ccf01fe1c9004ff52dce5586bafb7afbe2a21902\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1448084885, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/403830/ss\_91131297b6a6d067d93626a14cd7b37edf3b7b9b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1448084885, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/403830/ss\_2d4be55f0ba86cf2384e0eb266906d91ebc8357d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1448084885, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/403830/ss\_c71d08047b25c20b3837ad0e1a86bada2d0f5cbf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1448084885

- Price: 99 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 1

- Steam review count: 429

- Steam positive reviews: 407

- Steam negative reviews: 22

- Steam positive percentage: 94.87179487179488%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/7e310d0e-e8e9-46fe-8bfe-168f86808451/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/7e310d0e-e8e9-46fe-8bfe-168f86808451/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\-22T06:52:23\.535595\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:52:25\.098858\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:52:24\.662747\+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.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/403830/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/7e310d0e-e8e9-46fe-8bfe-168f86808451)