Shadow Warrior

Shadow Warrior

Steam Deck Verified

Flying Wild Hog · Action · Sep 26, 2013

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

92%
Very Positive
27k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 135 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 44 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 27k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is a lot better than what you would expect from a limb filled gorefest like this.
135 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Thankfully, the story in video games isn't everything (despite some of us disagreeing), and when it's about the gameplay?
86 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
As for the graphics, beautiful.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Highly recommend it, I'd put it right up there with modern remakes of other old FPS games like DOOM 2016 and Wolfenstein: The New Order.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting was good and the humour was top notch.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters135 reviews
Gameplay86 reviews
Graphics69 reviews
Performance68 reviews
Audio22 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat122 reviews
86%
Controls7 reviews
71%
Linux compatibility6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty44 reviews
86%
Bugs10 reviews
90%
Interface6 reviews
83%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
92
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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