Shadows: Awakening
Skip · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 21.1h
- Value
- $1.42/hr
- Reviews
- 75% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX460 2GB or compatible, 13 GB of storage. Windows only.
Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics.
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
The value story
September 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $2.99. Its cuts run 67 percent off as a rule. There have been 65 in the 8 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 36 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing ($14.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut ($44.99, scores 37).
Steam's global achievement data puts about 7 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 21.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 491 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 214 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
80% start to 7% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 21.1-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
5 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 22:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I find this game somewhat difficult to review, and really wish there was a 'meh' thumbs sideways option on Steam. Part of this is caused by my own biases and issues with the genre, and I don't want to hold that against the game. Since I use these reviews as a diary and to inform my framework for future games, I will go into these issues. I shall therefore break it down into 3 areas: how the game is in isolation, how...
Review for character and story players: Score: 8.0 Overview: I originally bought this game not realizing it was the same developer as Viking: Wolves of Midgard, and when I realized it was, and after such a polarizing experience prior to abandoning Vikings, I fully expected this game to fail to meet my expectations and be a quick removal from my active game list. I have to say though, this game is an upgrade in every...
The concept of this game is unique and pretty cool. But, your character is faced with a good bit of puzzles in order to progress. There are no tutorials to help out with these, and some of them can ONLY be solved by going online to look for a specific sequence required to advance. One of them is a series of 6 switches. Unless you have a whole lot of time to spend on guessing, you're not going to want to waste it...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Shadows: Awakening scores 38/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/585450/shadows-awakeningReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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