Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms
Skip · RPG · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 5, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 7.3h 22.3h to 100%
- Value
- $4.11/hr
- Reviews
- 59% of 449 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Shadows is the next chapter in the Heretic Kingdoms saga. Experience an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics. Take on the role of the Devourer, a demon that swallows the souls of the dead and then brings them back into the mortal realm as his puppets
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, nVidiaGeForce 260GTX or higher, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
66 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 67 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III ($14.99, scores 13) beats it on value, while it beats Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem ($19.99, scores 2).
More about Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms
74 on Metacritic, 59 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.
Finishing takes 7.3 hours; clearing it takes 22, which is 3.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
64% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 4, 19:14 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Wow, great game! I'm only 8 hours in, but I've completed Chapter I, so I think I have a good taste of the game. There's just nothing about this game I can critize. The UI, the character inventory, the crafting, the voice acting, the graphics, the writing, game performance are all just great. I've experienced no bugs or glitches, at all. And, above all, the game is fun. The combat isn't revolutionary, or even...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game definetly resides in the Diablo 3 genre but is also very unique. So far I have beat this game with the merchant king and now I am working on the enchantress. this is obviously a beta version of the game but is well worth the money upfront. There are some minor improvements to the mechanics of the game but everything else is outstanding especially the graphics and effects especially for a non main stream or...
This pathetic semblance of a game cannot even be called a finished game. This is pure and simple the early unfinished version of Shadows: Awakening. You can't pass achievements and some tasks, not everything is given to you by the dlc and full of bugs and unfinished things. And they have the audacity to sell it at this price and they sell it anyway. Given that they sell the whole game separately from this one at the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms scores 5/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/256030/shadows-heretic-kingdomsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.