Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms (2014)

Developer: Games Farm
Publisher: Kalypso Media Digital
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie, RPG
Rating: 3.0 of 5, 449 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 8.6 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A dark fantasy action RPG where you control a demon that manipulates souls, combining isometric combat with story-driven choices and a challenging pace.

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What players say

Players describe this as an incomplete game, essentially a demo for Shadows: Awakening, which contains the full story. Many report game-breaking bugs like skill-related crashes and freezing, and note it ends abruptly around level 17 with no post-game content. Performance problems persist years later.

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