Frozenbyte

Shadowgrounds

2005 shoot 'em up · horror game* · shooter game*

Cover art for Shadowgrounds

At a glance

Genres

Play modes

  • single-player video game
  • multiplayer video game

Series

  • Shadowgrounds

Game facts

Developers

  • Frozenbyte

Publishers

  • Linux Game Publishing
  • Frozenbyte*

Engines

  • Storm3D
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Platforms

Players by platform

  • Microsoft Windows*
    Maximum players (mode unspecified)
    4*

Content classifications

  • ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
    Classification
    M - Mature*

Compatibility and community reports

  • Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
    Compatibility category
    Unsupported*
  • Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
    Community Linux compatibility tier
    Gold*
    Reports
    16*
    Community confidence
    moderate*

System requirements

  • macOS · Unspecified tier*
    Operating system
    Mac OS X 10.6.5 or newer - Unfortunately OS X 10.9 or newer NOT supported*
    Processor alternatives
    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).*
  • Windows · Minimum*
    Requirements
    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*
  • Windows · Recommended*
    Requirements
    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.*

Steam version platforms

  • Windows*
    Supported
    Yes*
  • macOS*
    Supported
    Yes*
  • Linux*
    Supported
    No*

Interface languages

  • English*
    Full audio
    Yes*

Audio languages

  • English*

Game features

  • Single-player*
  • Multi-player*
  • Shared/Split Screen*
  • Steam Trading Cards*
  • Remote Play Together*
  • Family Sharing*
  • Local co-op*

Store genres

  • Action*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Shadowgrounds
Screenshot 2 from Shadowgrounds
Screenshot 3 from Shadowgrounds

* Provisional data