Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms

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Mixed · 449 player reviews · Low confidence

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Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Games Farm · RPG · Nov 20, 2014

Player review score
59%
Mixed
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
13
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio2 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 48 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 449 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 203 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise203 helpful reviews58% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
60 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
What gives the story an edge is its premise: instead of being a hero destined to save the world, you are a demon who manipulates events from behind the scenes.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
59 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay-wise, the game strikes an intriguing balance between experimentation and traditional mechanics.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
29 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
The UI, the character inventory, the crafting, the voice acting, the graphics, the writing, game performance are all just great.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
23 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
Sound design also complements the visual storytelling well, with an ambient soundtrack that enhances the game’s sense of mystery and foreboding.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
16 of 203 sampled reviews raised it
While it removes one of the most unique systems the previous game had (earning skills by using different weapons and armour) which rewarded you for trying different things it has double downed on the action and gives you a wide variety of playable characters which all function and play differently.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story60 reviews
Gameplay59 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Characters16 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Combat
40% still recommend
Crashes
35% still recommend
Bugs
25% still recommend
Interface
33% still recommend
Controls
50% still recommend
Difficulty
50% still recommend
Performance
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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