Shadowgate

August 21, 2014 Zojoi, Abstraction Games Reverb Triple XP, Abstraction Games
Point-and-click Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Indie
PS4 Linux PC iOS Mac XONE Switch
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Shadowgate is one of the most well-known and beloved adventure titles in gaming history. It quickly endeared players with its fantastic atmospheric soundtrack, perilous locations to progress through, countless puzzles to solve, and more ways to gruesomely die than gamers previously thought possible. Thrust into the role of “The Seed of Prophecy”, players travel deep into the castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.

This game is a re-imagining of the original Shadowgate, released for Mac in 1987 and later ported to the NES.
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Release Date August 21, 2014
Developer Zojoi, Abstraction Games
Publisher Reverb Triple XP, Abstraction Games
Game Modes Single player
Perspective First person
Themes Fantasy, Horror, Historical
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