White Shadows — Steam Gift

White Shadows as a Steam gift: a noir city where the light lies

White Shadows is a cinematic puzzle-platformer from the Berlin studio Monokel, released by Thunderful Publishing and Mixtvision on December 7, 2021. The game greets you with a stark black-and-white world: you guide Ravengirl through a colossal tower-city where society is split into rigid castes and mass entertainment is a tool to keep those at the bottom in line. Here you're buying a Steam gift: the game arrives right in your library — forever, with no activation codes, subscriptions or third-party service lock-in.

What White Shadows is

At its core it's a story-driven puzzle-platformer built around atmosphere and delivery. The controls are simple and intuitive — you run, jump, push machinery and solve light environmental puzzles while dodging armed guards and unstable structures. White Shadows isn't about tough challenge; it's about the journey: the story is told not through dialogue but through the world itself — its architecture, the contrast of light and dark, brutal "entertainment" set-pieces and the quiet moments between them. The playthrough is linear and cinematic, easily finished in an evening or two.

Visual style and themes

The game's signature is its monochrome art. Pure black and white with no halftones turns every frame into a graphic poster, and rare flashes of color hit hard exactly when they should. Behind the beauty sits dark social satire: White Shadows speaks about oppression, about how spectacle dulls the will, and about the cost of freedom for the few who dare to push back. If you love dystopias in the vein of "1984" and visual minimalism, this one lands squarely on target.

What the edition includes

White Shadows has a single edition — the complete game, with no separate DLC or add-ons. There's nothing extra to buy: the gift unlocks the whole story from start to credits. The Steam version includes 19 achievements, trading cards and Family Sharing support, with the interface localized into more than 10 languages.

How you'll receive the Steam gift

Everything happens automatically and usually takes a couple of minutes. Our bot adds you as a friend on Steam itself (or you simply follow an invite link), sends the gift and then removes you from its friends list — you don't need to send or confirm any friend request by hand. A few important conditions so the gift goes through smoothly:

• Account region. Your Steam region must match the gift's region, otherwise the gift won't be accepted — pick the matching option above.
• Game not in your library. A gift can't be delivered for a game you already own — White Shadows must not be in your Steam library yet.
• No Steam Guard needed. Steam Guard isn't required to receive the gift.
• Timing. Delivery typically takes a couple of minutes after you place the order.

If you love atmospheric platformers

White Shadows sits alongside dark, cinematic platformers where the story is told through the world rather than text. If this game clicked with you, check out INSIDE and LIMBO by Playdead, plus the eerie fairytale Little Nightmares — all of them about a small hero's lonely journey through a hostile, oppressive world.

A story told without words

There isn't a single line of dialogue in White Shadows — and that's its strength. Ravengirl never says a word, yet you understand everything from the scenes around you: who's the predator and who's the prey, how the city's hierarchy works, and why the "light" at the top rests on the darkness below. The game keeps casting you as a witness to brutal "shows" that the city's residents treat as normal, and it's exactly this contrast between spectacle and reality that lets White Shadows hit harder than many text-heavy dramas. The ending leaves room for interpretation — the kind you keep thinking and arguing about after the credits.

How long it is and who it's for

This is a short, concentrated experience: a full playthrough takes roughly one or two evenings. White Shadows is made for people who value games as a form of storytelling — atmosphere, direction, visual language — more than hardcore challenge. The puzzles serve the rhythm of the story rather than testing your reflexes, so the game works great even for those who usually avoid tough platformers. If you like sitting down with a "playable film" for an evening, White Shadows is your format.

What you'll run it on

White Shadows shipped for Windows 10 and is tuned specifically for PC. It's light on hardware — the striking monochrome look is achieved through art direction rather than heavy graphics, so it'll run on most modern computers. The developer didn't claim native macOS or Linux support; on Steam Deck and Linux you can try it through the Proton compatibility layer, but there are no official guarantees there.

Why buy from Brawl Games

We hand you an honest Steam gift — the game stays yours forever, with no subscriptions and no third-party launcher lock-in. Our bot usually sends the gift quickly after you place the order, and you don't need to activate anything by hand. If anything goes wrong with receiving the gift, we'll help you sort it out. Pick the region you need above and add White Shadows to your library.

🔗 Another way to buy

Nearby in the catalog: White Shadows as a Steam key.