Underplayed Gems

Shadow of the Black Dragon (2018)

Shadow of the Black Dragon cover
Developer
Brewsterland Studios
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating
3.3 of 5, 18 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.0 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

Playing through the adventure feels like a compact, classic turn-based RPG from the early 2000s, where you build a custom party and follow a straightforward fantasy war story across explorable maps.

old-school rpgturn-based combatcustomizable partyshortfantasy adventurequest-drivenlinear progressionmoderately paced

What players say

Players are divided. Some see a cheap, short RPG Maker game with great music and a decent retro feel, while many others call it a low-effort asset flip with oversized empty maps, cringe writing, and a boring fetch quest. The ending is widely considered underwhelming.

Screenshots

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