Down the shaft overview

Overview

Down the shaft comes from MissCasandra_DEV and is published by MissCasandra_DEV. It arrived on Steam on Jul 24, 2024, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Down the shaft's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 02:56:35 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 11 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Down the shaft is available in 2 languages including:

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

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Down the shaft has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available 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.

Down the shaft overview details

Down the shaft combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Welcome to the mines War, death, pestilence, and famine are words one can use to describe our world as it is now. While this is damning for us humans, something grows stronger in the shadows. Waiting, just waiting, for their opportunity to strike and be freed of their chains. For centuries, this place has been guarded from the peeping eye. Hidden in plain sight to protect everyone on the surface from what lies below. Now it's your turn to work the shift and face the horrors down the shaft . Your first shift Welcome to the mines, rookie. Let's hope you survive your first day. You knew when you signed. You kept repeating it to yourself: "This is no normal mining operation". You know your duty. You know why you are here: "I'm here to protect everyone else outside this shaft from the Elder God." You know what will happen. You know it all too well: "I won't make it out. But they won't either." Your job as an engineer is to keep the machines running. You will have to keep them on as long as you can. Fail to do this, and the god will get off its slumber in no time, prematurely ending your shift. Fix machines, get new upgrades, and defend yourself from the creatures that lurk in the mines. Your shift ends at 06:00 AM. That, of course, if you survive that long. The clock is ticking The machines are rumbling down there, but the noise of creaking metal and twisted flesh is not everything audible in the mine. With the recent tragedies out in the world, the Elder God is more active than ever , and so are their obedient minions . Don't let them wake up, or the whole world will be gon…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Down the shaft is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 02:56:35 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 91% positive reviews.

Content descriptors

Eerie flesh-like environments. A few gore scenographies.

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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