Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms
Game
Game2018
Shadows: Awakening
Developer Games Farm
Shadows: Awakening is an action role-playing game developed by Slovak studio Games Farm and published by Kalypso Media for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in August 2018. It is both a remake and sequel to the 2014 game Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms and is the third installment of the Heretic Kingdoms series. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
446 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
122 positive · 62 negative
95% range 59–73%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 17 | 3 | 231 |
| Steam reviews | 122 | 62 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
951 of 1,244 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 126 yes, 64 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 190 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,877 of 2,503 positive).
Players praise the game's unique companion system and dual-realm mechanics. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note that the game has pacing issues and repetitive puzzles. [4][5][6] Several players find the combat and inventory management lacking. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
This game is pure waste of time. One of the worst equipment management I've whitnessed. Throughout the game you keep getting new souls as characters. But when you keep getting more and more loot, you can ONLY assing to those that are actually on your party (4 max), thus if you want to update rest of your crew, you have to keep switching. Comparing is also very limited, and does not show proper numbers. You might get …
- [9]
Played until chapter 3, and now I will stop. The game isn't bad, it just is not good. Walking and backtracking is super slow and boring. Combat is basically just kiting around since there's no block or dodge. All loot drops seem to always be several levels higher so it takes a long time before you can even think about using it. The whole inventory and party managment UI is annoying to use. There's simply too many …
- [1]
This is not just another stale loot clicker. It's actually a full-fledged RPG with an interesting hook, complete with numerous recruitable characters, side quests, puzzles, and hand-crafted levels. Swapping between the Devourer and your chosen set of puppets during combat is an interesting twist on this style of gameplay, though class balance is a little skewed. A crucial point is that unlike most games in this …
- [2]
One-of-a-kind ARPG. I'd say Diablo-like, but that would do the game a disservice. Yeah, in part, it's a click-ey RPG with various builds, but with an original twist on companion system and two dimensions to play in: the real world and the demonic nether-realm. + Gritty amosphere + Superb, imaginative voice-overs and rich soundtrack + Puzzles + Original companion system and two realms to play in, which intertwine in …
- [7]
Well, 3hrs in and I can already see why this game has a lot of mixed reviews. Firstly, the pace is excruciatingly slow and the novelty of swapping between both spirit & real worlds has worn off. Secondly, there's issues with attacks being delayed, inputs not registering at all or attacks flat out missing their target despite standing practically on top of enemies. The wonky hit registration also applies to breakable …
Summarised from 34 of the 285 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
66% of the 190 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Shadows: Awakening. The complaint that keeps coming up: slow pacing and excessive backtracking. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic, with a critic score of 77/100. Push Square also gave the game a rating of 7/10, stating "Shadows: Awakening is a deep action RPG which brings a literal new dimension to the tried and tested Diablo format. It's a great choice for those looking for a meaty fantasy time-sink, and while it does stumble occasionally, it delivers many hours of engaging hack-'n'-slash gaming." The game was ranked 94th in Metacritic's Best PC Video Games for 2018 list. It was nominated in the Technology category in the 2019 Central and Eastern European Game Awards (CEEGA), but lost to Space Engineers.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 446 · most liked firstUbisoft feeling confident over on Twitter… (Musk notoriously reacted to AC Shadows’ reveal and its Black samurai by saying the game was proof that “DEI kills art”)
neutral · AI labelView post →Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an incredibly impressive looking game wow!
positive · AI labelView post →i would like to formally apologize to all Better Offline listeners for saying that Kyle Katarn was in the N64 game Shadows of the Empire rather than the heroic Dash Rendar. We regret the error
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m as surprised as anyone, but 20+ hours later, I have to admit that Ubisoft is ABSOLUTELY COOKING with Assassin’s Creed Shadows. I have not spent real time with one of these games since Origins (!!), a game I really liked. I tried but bounced off Valhalla. But Shadows...? Hoo boy.
positive · AI labelView post →The backlash over Yasuke being in Assassin's Creed: Shadows is hilarious because these fools know it's a fictional game but whine about historical accuracy. Yasuke was a samurai in Dynasty Warriors, but all of a sudden he isn't. The game isn't even out yet. All this bitching about woke is dumb.
neutral · AI labelView post →@ubisoft.com You guys could have made so much money from me if you'd had more in-game purchase cats for Assassin's Creed: Shadows. Would've started a whole damn cat sanctuary at the hideout. 😔
positive · AI labelView post →5 hours with Assassin's Creed Shadows reveals a game that is unsuccessfully trying to remix the core Assassin's Creed gameplay loops, splitting them out across two separate characters in a way that feels awkward and poorly thought out. My impressions: youtu.be/aAlobYH_zzM?...
negative · AI labelView post →Did some Petra symbiote doodles on the side. Also, I like the mvc2 venom colour scheme for most of these. Sidenote, Web of Shadows is def the best spider-man game. #petraparker #art #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →They cancelled an Assassin's Creed game where you were a slave and killed KKK members because of the anti-DEI response to Shadows.
neutral · AI labelView post →The biggest launches in #AssassinsCreed history 🎮 1️⃣ 'Assassin's Creed Valhalla' 2️⃣ 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' (via The Game Business)
neutral · AI labelView post →A new addition to the "Stream your own game" library is emerging from the darkness soon. Stay on your toes for Assassin's Creed Shadows: xbx.lv/4heOdsm
neutral · AI labelView post →Assassin’s Creed Shadows is probably the best game I’ve seen outside of a racing sim when it comes to simulating weather getting awful rapidly.
positive · AI labelView post →This Star Wars day, I am specifically celebrating the 30th anniversary of my beloved (but currently non-canonical) SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE multimedia project, whose novel, junior novelization, comic, soundtrack(!), video game, & toy line were released over 1996. Bring back Dash Rendar you cowards.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gamers who can’t handle others having different opinions about a video game are almost as bad as gamers who don’t like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
neutral · AI labelView post →Every video game developer account, publisher account, and main account should be responding to grifters the same way the AC Shadows account has been
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 2008, 17 years ago, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia was first released. This game was the second Ranger game and featured brand new mechanics and various partner Pokémon www.serebii.net/ranger2/
neutral · AI labelView post →Game of Shadows...🌺 #Photography #BeachLife #Venice #Florida #Canon
neutral · AI labelView post →WE HARVEST SHADOWS is one of my favourite indie horror game demos in years, a really fun farm management game where the farm happens to be Deeply Haunted. Can't wait to get the full game.
neutral · AI labelView post →First snaps from Assassin's Creed Shadows 📸 This game is beautiful 😍
positive · AI labelView post →🎮 Assassins Creed Shadows Photo Mode goes HARD in this game 🔥
positive · AI labelView post →good lord, Shadows truly is a gorgeous game
positive · AI labelView post →Assassin's Creed: Shadows I love it so much when a game launches with photomode
positive · AI labelView post →Out of nowhere, Nintendo announced Fire Emblem Shadows. A new Fire Emblem game for mobile that launches today.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game of Shadows #Shadow #Light #Photography
neutral · AI labelView post →🎮 Assassins Creed Shadows Winter in this game is absolutely stunning 😭
positive · AI labelView post →Assassin's Creed Shadows review: The best Assassin's Creed game in 10 years. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.videogameschronicle.com/review/assas...
neutral · AI labelView post →Game night with the boys on Xmas Eve. Shadows Over Camelot. 🤷♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Is A Really Good Video Game www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
neutral · AI labelView post →Assassin's Creed Shadows, out Thursday, might be big enough to reverse Ubisoft's crumbling fortunes. But the game faces headwinds.
neutral · AI labelView post →White Shadows Digital illustration of the prologue of A Game of Thrones
neutral · AI labelView post →Lion Dimitri is now an official thing! (From that new mobile shadowdropped game Fire Emblem Shadows)
neutral · AI labelView post →I just remembered Fire Emblem Shadows was a game that released this year despite playing it when it came out.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai is a hell of a game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man this game with raytracing is just something else. World design team absolutely crushed it with Shadows.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Rendering Assassin’s Creed Shadows” slides are available on GDCVault. gdcvault.com/play/1035526...
neutral · AI labelView post →Shadows of Forbidden Gods: Apocalypse Simulator Strategy Game bobbytwohands.itch.io/shadows-of-f... by @bobby2hands.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →For like half a second I genuinely believed this game starred Todd in the Shadows
neutral · AI labelView post →Y'know, with all the attempts at 3D Castlevania, it's kinda surprising there was never one that was a remake of the first game starring Simon. Apparently that was originally the plan for Lords of Shadows. Though I probably wouldn't take the Dracula twist well if it was Simon. lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Streaming AC: Shadows in a bit. This game is long as hell.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Star Wars day and the Game Informer website exists again which means I can do things like share my favorite Star Wars video game piece: an in-depth retrospective on my favorite Star Wars game, Shadows of the Empire.
neutral · AI labelView post →White Shadows Digital painting Illustration for the prologue of A Game of Thrones
neutral · AI labelView post →This game made me realise that when I play a mediocre game, I should accept I'm not really enjoying it and move on, instead of painfully trying to complete the game at the expense of my limited personal time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Detective game Shadows of Doubt is kicking my ass aftermath.site/shadows-of-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay yeah Asscreed Shadows is seriously the prettiest game I have ever played.
neutral · AI labelView post →have to put the game down to take a break and i see that FE Shadows is still coming along. I'm surprised to see Bernadetta being included as a legacy character but I love her and I am glad to be seeing more of her
neutral · AI labelView post →listen up pussies i'm announcing my new RPG: 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙃𝘽𝘼𝘿 𝙎𝙃𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙎𝙆𝙐𝙇𝙇 ⚔️☠️ YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED A GAME LIKE THIS BEFORE AND NEITHER HAVE WE. UNLEASH BAD DEATH ON THE SKULLS OF SHADOWS IN THIS BLOOD GUSHING COMMERCIAL PRODUCT coming to make $5,000,000 on kickstarter this halloween............
neutral · AI labelView post →It's the 100th episode of Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast, and @bvigeant.bsky.social and I discuss Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness! Vampires, a mad scientist, Lovecraftian horrors, townspeople doing bad Jack Nicholson impressions — this one has it all! Listen: zencastr.com/Quest-Quest
neutral · AI labelView post →Fire Emblem Shadows, a mobile game
neutral · AI labelView post →Fire Emblem Shadows is... a game
neutral · AI labelView post →This is not just another stale loot clicker. It's actually a full-fledged RPG with an interesting hook, complete with numerous recruitable characters, side quests, puzzles, and hand-crafted levels. Swapping between the Devourer and your chosen set of puppets during combat is an interesting twist on this style of gameplay, though class balance is a little skewed. A crucial point is that unlike most games in this genre, Shadows does not waste your time by expecting you to sort piles of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meet Kurt: Light Seekers from the #FireEmblem Shadows game. Kurt, prince of Ast, and Rose, princess of Holtz. Hand in hand, they offer their gratitude for the blessings of the land. #FEHeroes guide.fire-emblem-heroes.com/en-US/150010...
neutral · AI labelView post →I played the Vampire: The Masquerade New York trilogy. Let me start by saying I know very little about Vampire: The Masquerade and I don't play visual novels. But all three Vampire: The Masquerade visual novels went on sale as a bundle for $5 so I figured I could give them a try. Now I want to share my thoughts. The first game, **Coteries of New York** was a good introduction to the trilogy for me. I think it set the right expectations. I got to enter a name I wanted my character to be…
neutral · AI labelView post →Bunch of Shadows for an outfit ask game im doin on tumblr atm!
neutral · AI labelView post →Another ARPG that asks you to beat the game without dying. Why would I ever want to do that... you know what else is hardcore: REAL LIFE! Why would I want to play a game and treat is like every step is life or death. If you really enjoy hardcore gaming, great, I don't...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a hard game to recommend, it is one of those games that has a lot of great ideas by never fully executes all those ideas in a way that satisfies the player. For that reason I give it a 7/10, however if they actually had spent more time expanding on all the new elements here, the game would easily be an 8-9/10. The story and lore and environments in this game are wonderful, the graphics are great and well optimized, this will run on most any computer. Every city you encounter is very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been revisiting Sly Cooper games again. And looking up concept art because I love to look at the art. I didn't know there was a cancelled PSP game for the franchise (Shadows in Time). The ideas look sick.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's our hundreth episode of Quest Quest the adventure game podcast, so we decide to go to one of our favorites: Quest for Glory Shadows of Darkness. It's a spooky season celebration of weird freaks. Join @decafjedi.com and I as we talk about it, here or where ever: zencastr.com/z/E7lL-Ile
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet Shea: Guide to Bounty from the #FireEmblem Shadows game. Pure-hearted retainer to the light goddess Naga. Devotes her heart to making Askr's harvest festival a success. #FEHeroes guide.fire-emblem-heroes.com/en-US/150290...
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve just finished the game, and while I can’t say I didn’t enjoy it, there’s something that leaves me unsettled—namely, the pacing. The game offers a decent amount of content, yet it lacks the open-world experience that it's often advertised as having. Players need to be prepared for significant limitations when it comes to available areas. What frustrated me the most was the frequent use of artificial time extenders, such as needing to find a lever on the opposite side of the map just to open…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey there Shadows! We're live playing some Final Fantasy: Resonance! So excited to play this game! Stream Sponsored by Square Enix! www.twitch.tv/kyllier #vtuber | #kobold | #vtc
neutral · AI labelView post →
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