The Consuming Shadow
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| Developers | |
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| Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw | |
| Engines | |
| GameMaker | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | July 29, 2015 |
| macOS (OS X) | July 29, 2015 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Side view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Adventure, Shooter, Roguelike |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Horror |
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The Consuming Shadow is a singleplayer side view adventure, shooter and roguelike game.
After releasing on the Humble Store and Mac App Store on July 29, 2015, the game was expanded with the Insanity Edition on Steam on November 20, 2015 with additional content.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Humble Store | |
Special Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Insanity Edition. | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
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Version differences
- The Special Edition includes the game and two e-books by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw: Mogworld and Jam.
- The Insanity Edition is the default Steam version of the game, with additional content: new monsters, 12 challenge modes, daily challenges and the infinite mode "The Descent".
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/403830/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\conshadow_steam\*.dat |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/403830/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Pillarboxed. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Pillarboxed. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | 720p lock | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Using any program to force borderless will cause the game window to constantly stretch to the right and be unusable | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Locked at 20 FPS. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Always uses hardware cursor | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Single slider for game volume | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel integrated graphics | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (403830) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.