Shadows: Awakening

Shadows: Awakening

Steam Deck Playable

Games Farm · RPG · Aug 31, 2018

Worth it for the right player.

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

75%
Mostly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 218 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
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.
218 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
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.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Instead, you get largely the opposite; the game is quite beautiful and detailed with a ton of quality voice acting (including The Doctor himself, Tom-freaking-Baker).
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Yes, even gamepad support.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
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.
7 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 characters218 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Audio56 reviews
Controls16 reviews
Optimization7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat110 reviews
73%
Gameplay95 reviews
68%
Interface52 reviews
63%
Performance6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty37 reviews
70%
Bugs16 reviews
44%
Crashes7 reviews
71%

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.

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.

5 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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