Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
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About This Game
Shadowgrounds is a action game with both single-player and multiplayer modes, developed by Frozenbyte and released in 2006. With an estimated 113,000 copies sold, it is considered a mid-tier seller on Steam. With 1.6k reviews on Steam, it stands as a game with a solid review base on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 81.5/100 — a strong reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 5.68 hours, with side content bringing that to 6.86 hours, and a completionist run can reach 7.27 hours. Players commonly describe it as Top-Down Shooter, Sci-fi, Aliens, Action and Shooter.
Playtime Estimates
5.68h
🎯 Main Story
6.86h
⭐ Main + Sides
7.27h
💯 Completionist
Based on 12 player submissions
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Game Information
Release Date
May 8, 2006
Developer
Frozenbyte
Publisher
Frozenbyte
Platforms
Windows, Mac
Price
$6.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
113.5K
(90.8K 136.2K) VRI ScoreLearning
57.0
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Action
Categories
Single-player
Multi-player
Shared/Split Screen
Steam Trading Cards
Remote Play Together
Family Sharing
Tags
Top-Down Shooter
Sci-fi
Aliens
Action
Shooter
Singleplayer
Top-Down
Horror
Gore
Isometric
Adventure
Twin Stick Shooter
Indie
Shoot 'Em Up
Dark
PvE
Local Co-Op
Combat
Co-op
Multiplayer
Supported Languages
With Full Audio
English
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum: 1.3 GHZ or Equivalent, 384 MB RAM, GeForce 4 Ti 4200* or ATi Radeon 9000 or better, 1 GB free hard drive space, Windows 2000/XP
Recommended: 2.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra or ATi Radeon 9500 Pro or better
* Please note that Shadowgrounds does not run on GeForce 4 MX cards.
Recommended: 2.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra or ATi Radeon 9500 Pro or better
* Please note that Shadowgrounds does not run on GeForce 4 MX cards.
- OS: Mac OS X 10.6.5 or newer - Unfortunately OS X 10.9 or newer NOT supported
- Processor: Intel Mac
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 1GB
- Video Card: : OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)*
- DirectX®: 9.0
- Additional: Keyboard+mouse or Keyboard+trackpad
- *Please be advised that the game does not run on Intel graphics solutions (such as Macbooks from 2006-2008 and the new MacBook Pro 13" models from 2011). The game does run on most Macs from 2009 onwards that have a distinct graphics chip (such as those with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M but graphics details need to be turned down for smooth gameplay).