Fit check
Is Ravensword: Shadowlands worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-RPG players who want manual defense and dodging rather than purely automated combat
- Fantasy explorers who want mounts, varied weapons, item discovery, and skill development
- Players who prefer quest decisions, stealth options, and role-playing systems alongside open-world exploration
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking tightly focused combat may find the many exploration, item, stealth, and quest systems diffuse the pace
- Players wanting a short, linear adventure may not suit a game built around broad exploration and hundreds of items
- Players looking for a purely grounded setting may not fit the fantasy world with magic, flying mounts, and prehistoric creatures
Our take on Ravensword: Shadowlands
The store presentation foregrounds the large fantasy world, item count, mounts, and many systems, but gives little sense of how these mechanics fit together during play. The feature list signals broad scope more clearly than the moment-to-moment structure or pacing.
What is Ravensword: Shadowlands?
Ravensword: Shadowlands is an action RPG set after Ravengard falls and dark elven forces invade Tyreas.
Players explore a large fantasy world, search for weapons and other items, develop skills, and pursue a storyline about restoring the lost Ravensword. Combat uses manual blocking and dodging, with bows, crossbows, hammers, swords, and axes available. The game includes mounted and aerial travel, battles against varied enemies including prehistoric creatures, and systems for lockpicking, pickpocketing, stealth, magical runes, and item enhancement. Quests can involve decisions and multiple parts, while reputation and imprisonment systems affect the wider role-playing structure. First- and third-person views can be switched during play.
How Ravensword: Shadowlands plays
- 01Manual Combat
- Fights use player-controlled blocks and evasive moves across several weapon categories.
- 02Mounted Travel
- Horses and flying mounts support exploration, while separate mounted combat is included.
- 03Thievery Skills
- Lockpicking, pickpocketing, and stealth provide alternatives to direct confrontation.
- 04Item Progression
- Hundreds of discoverable items can be combined with skill growth, magical runes, and equipment enhancement.
- 05Choice-Based Quests
- Some quests contain decisions and multiple stages tied to the kingdom's story.
- 06Reputation And Jail
- The role-playing systems include reputation changes and imprisonment.
Ravensword: Shadowlands compared to similar games
Ravensword: Shadowlands combines open-world fantasy exploration with manual weapon combat, mounts, item enhancement, reputation, jail, and multi-part quests. Ghost of a Tale is also an action RPG with exploration and stealth, but its description centers on Tilo, disguises, and conversations in a medieval world populated by animals rather than Ravensword's weapon variety, mounted combat, and kingdom-scale fantasy systems.
Ravensword: Shadowlands: platforms & release
Is Ravensword: Shadowlands worth it?
It is worth it if: action-RPG players who want manual defense and dodging rather than purely automated combat. Skip it if: players seeking tightly focused combat may find the many exploration, item, stealth, and quest systems diffuse the pace.
Where can I download Ravensword: Shadowlands?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Ravensword: Shadowlands's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Ravensword: Shadowlands on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
