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Shadowgate

2014 75 / 100 Adventure Indie Point-and-click
Shadowgate is one of the most well-known and beloved adventure titles in gaming history. It quickly endeared players with its fantastic atmospheric soundtrack, perilous locations to progress through, countless puzzles to solve, and more ways to gruesomely die than gamers previously thought possible. Thrust into the role of “The Seed of Prophecy”, players travel deep into the castle, in hopes of defeating the evil tha Show full summary

Shadowgate is one of the most well-known and beloved adventure titles in gaming history. It quickly endeared players with its fantastic atmospheric soundtrack, perilous locations to progress through, countless puzzles to solve, and more ways to gruesomely die than gamers previously thought possible. Thrust into the role of “The Seed of Prophecy”, players travel deep into the castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord. This game is a re-imagining of the original Shadowgate, released for Mac in 1987 and later ported to the NES.

World design Nicht eindeutig MoodHorror Game feelChallenging GameplayPuzzles GameplayRole-playing

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Shadowgate is one of the most well-known and beloved adventure titles in gaming history. It quickly endeared players with its fantastic atmospheric soundtrack, perilous locations to progress through, countless puzzles to solve, and more ways to gruesomely die than gamers previously thought possible. Thrust into the role of “The Seed of Prophecy”, players travel deep into the castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord. This game is a re-imagining of the original Shadowgate, released for Mac in 1987 and later ported to the NES.

MoodHorror Game feelChallenging GameplayPuzzles GameplayRole-playing GenreAdventure GenreIndie GenrePoint-and-click ThemeFantasy ThemeHistorical ThemeHorror
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Studio & publishing

Developer
Zojoi, Abstraction Games
Publisher
Reverb Triple XP, Abstraction Games
Franchise
Standalone
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Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Fantasy, Historical, Horror
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PlayStation 4 Apr 11, 2019
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Aug 21, 2014
  • Xbox One Apr 11, 2019
  • Nintendo Switch Apr 11, 2019
  • Mac Aug 21, 2014

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