# Birth of Shadows®

Summer DB entity ID: aac86d7b\-6228\-41fc\-bdcb\-5de75915858d

Steam App ID: 401170

Learn the dark arts of a Shadow Knight to rescue your fiancee\. Discover the cause of a plague that is ravaging the local towns\. Slay enemies and destroy strongholds using an innovative combat system\. Advance your character by gaining prestige, magic gems, and experience versus different creature types\. Create new boards using a variety of content, including the option to add your own quests\. Play these boards alone, with friends over the Internet, and share them with others\. Features    Real\-time role playing game with free updates    Play as either a male or female Shadow Knight    Real\-time combat with 16 abilities using an innovative design    Unique fog\-of\-war and line\-of\-sight design create a mysterious atmosphere    Gain experience versus 32 different creatures types    Increase your prestige by defeating strongholds, bosses, and completing quests    Collect gems to improve your combat abilities    Single\-player campaign game with a deep story and 100 quests    Single\-player and network skirmish games with up to 6 players    Powerful map editor to create new boards    46 fully\-animated models and a variety of artwork for the environment    10 beautifully orchestrated music tracks    Over 100 custom sound effects    Game area is wide\-open with windows that can be moved and have their attributes changed    Game supports resolutions from 1024x768 to 3440x3440

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Precision Games, LLC

- Publisher: Precision Games, LLC

- Release date: Nov 5, 2015

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Co\-op, Online Co\-op, LAN Co\-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/401170/ss\_213b61caec35a9f4088c03c3b8087cb1f70588bd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1709394399, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/401170/ss\_c16f268390b80f5cddf9235fbf612f3213c47151\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1709394399, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/401170/ss\_7613c4c59c99432d13d87a74b1b3ffa2a8aea43e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1709394399, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/401170/ss\_7dee81527ec02ea73f951eb94d51f065d33abf8a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1709394399, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/401170/ss\_23f5c0560c8bd48c30ed4c466e1838c9cf1b549c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1709394399

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 9

- Steam positive reviews: 7

- Steam negative reviews: 2

- Steam positive percentage: 77.77777777777777%

- 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/aac86d7b-6228-41fc-bdcb-5de75915858d/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/aac86d7b-6228-41fc-bdcb-5de75915858d/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\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:46:25\.742705\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:46:27\.145347\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:46:26\.769059\+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/401170/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/aac86d7b-6228-41fc-bdcb-5de75915858d)