Shadow of the Orient is an adventure developed by Spacelab Stud, released 5 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Shadow of the Orient is
Shadow of the Orient is an adventure game developed by Spacelab Stud and released in 2024. It was published by Dolores Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ready to do battle with evil and save the day? Shadow of the Orient is a 2d pixel art action adventure platformer game with fully customizable touch controls, fluid movement and smooth animations. Explore vast levels filled with secrets, quests and loot. Fight your way through hordes of samurai enemies and mythological creatures using your Dao sword or fight off enemies at a distance with ranged weapons.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Shadow of the Orient holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Shadow of the Orient launched on 5 October 2024, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shadow of the Orient yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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