The Shadow Over Cyberspace overview

Overview

The Shadow Over Cyberspace comes from Fiction Factory Games and is published by Fiction Factory Games. It arrived on Steam on Jan 10, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, Narrated Game Menus, Playable without Timed Input, and Save Anytime. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Shadow Over Cyberspace's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:09:33 UTC, with a tracked peak near 10. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 90% positive across 112 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Shadow Over Cyberspace is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Shadow Over Cyberspace has sold up to 3,130 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Shadow Over Cyberspace overview details

The Shadow Over Cyberspace combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story. From Fiction Factory Games Creators of Arcade Spirits , Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers , and Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain comes a new experience in science fiction and horror, with a retro computer aesthetic. Mind-Melting Y2K Horror, For Free Yes, free. Just free. Not a "free prologue," not free to play, no battlepass, no microtransactions. It's just free thanks to the support of our community. The only currency you'll need to spend is your own sanity (and maybe a 90-hour free trial floppy disk for Carcosa Online). The Throne of R'lyeh is Calling Create your own character, choosing name and pronouns and more. Full text-to-speech support with a special visual impairment mode. (Tap the "V" key to activate.) Navigate the tangled web of eldritch beings that control the Internet of the year 1999. Search the web, hack protected databases, unravel conspiracies and solve mysteries. Watch weird TV shows which are likely but probably not haunted. Struggle to retain your Humanity against the forces of Chaos and Order after witnessing the Yellow Sign. Check your phone answering machine now and then. They're worried about you. Play kingmaker and decide what horrible entity will dominate the 21st century and beyond. WE HAVE SUCH WEBSITES TO SHOW YOU.

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Shadow Over Cyberspace is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, Narrated Game Menus, Playable without Timed Input, and Save Anytime, and is associated with Casual, Indie, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:09:33 UTC, a tracked peak of 10, and 90% positive reviews.

Content descriptors

This is a psychological horror game. It may optionally include obscene language and deal with triggering subjects such as mental illness, delusions, violence, and self-harm. For full content warning, see fictionfactorygames.com/cw

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Support and legal notes

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