Shadowgate

Shadowgate

Steam Deck Playable

Zojoi · Adventure · Aug 21, 2014

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.24.

87%
Very Positive
709 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 709 player reviews · updated 5 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
57% of themes are praise43% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Anyone expecting or looking for a casual, chill narrative adventure through an ancient castle can turn right around and walk out the door.
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art is fairly typical for a Point & Click adventure from 10 years ago, similar to most HOGs/HOPAs too- don't expect intricate animations or photo-realistic graphics.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+/-Mediocre sound with adequate voice acting.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I ended up playing through all of them in order, and I will say there's a pretty good progression.
41 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 love4 themes
Story and characters82 reviews
Graphics80 reviews
Audio48 reviews
Gameplay41 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty79 reviews
91%
Interface43 reviews
81%
Combat7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.24.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
60
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.