# Brilliant Shadows \- Part One of the Book of Gray Magic Summer DB entity ID: 951dcb2e\-e7b5\-4014\-af92\-df5c470ade4c Steam App ID: 409920 Brilliant Shadows is a visual novel that follows the story of Veronica Ashmar, a new graduate of the Mountain and a necromancer\. Tradition dictates that upon graduation, necromancers and paladins are to perform the pairing ritual\. Binding together one of each type of mage, entwining their lives and powers with another and sealing their fates together with a matching mark upon their primary hands\. Those that succeed and become paired go on as full mages, those that do not are considered nothing more than hedge mages\. There are no exceptions and the ritual has never failed… Until the day Ash receives a mark and no fellow graduate to match it\. Now she must discover the origin of her mark and attempt to solve the greatest magical mystery that the Mountain has ever known\. Brilliant Shadows – Part 1 of the Book of Gray Magic is 57,023 words long, estimated at 3\-6 hours of game play depending on read speed\. There are 3 different endings depending on your choices, as well as a few larger branch options within the story\. Plus, the main character is a lesbian necromancer who specializes in undead plants\! All spoken lines are fully voice acted, and the game features an extensive original soundtrack with 25 awesome songs\. ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Ithaqua Labs - Publisher: Ithaqua Labs - Release date: Nov 2, 2015 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Adventure, Casual, Simulation - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_14bba969598208e3dc062abac0fb21204a0e0625\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_db97ff4cabbb4f6bd9223fef91c72ff863637a82\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_274c12b9d12c30ee9249e783b123f627fc5e543c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_37d7bfb061264bf9e418f8702fee9c67124cf4b1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_cf842b9cd0feaa9d1988b609165892af5ccd34aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_86c42a3ab5fe5869f30b0d288d52abe8bb8f0c96\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_ceac8cd7228909252792c7eb8a0fc0d5c8670b10\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_8e814bd4efcfd65c780a67c87f5ffe1a9a725e05\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_7c8ed0d13f1292bd866860c815e177c9004e2026\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_b37da61bf916ebb08a3ab887377672d8b2c5e460\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_55ce516472b308d920de14739b54c9fda7dd438d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_4f20c0a3987d98841f382642794f3d68c9513dfd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/409920/ss\_424bbf95ddbf44fdb1c09ae885ac6b28adc0fbf3\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1744826709 - Price: 699 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 0 - Steam review count: 192 - Steam positive reviews: 179 - Steam negative reviews: 13 - Steam positive percentage: 93.22916666666667% - 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/951dcb2e-e7b5-4014-af92-df5c470ade4c/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/951dcb2e-e7b5-4014-af92-df5c470ade4c/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\-29T08:34:40\.524433\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-29T08:34:41\.789518\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-29T08:34:41\.560543\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/409920/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/409920/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=409920","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/409920"\},"price":"2026\-09\-29T08:34:40\.524433\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-29T08:34:40\.524433\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-29T08:34:41\.789518\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-29T08:34:41\.560543\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"a8344cb7\-318e\-4c4d\-8600\-9c8a15085c9d","catalog":"1a188c77\-59f7\-4c3a\-9ede\-3418e79a0835","details":"95bdef0b\-30fd\-4c52\-8340\-1f450cda6b8a","players":"4ae7422e\-ed4f\-4cd1\-b44c\-03cd74626b5a","reviews":"80da3960\-2f7e\-474f\-834c\-c9d24013a4cc"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"951dcb2e\-e7b5\-4014\-af92\-df5c470ade4c","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} 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/409920/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/951dcb2e-e7b5-4014-af92-df5c470ade4c)