Fit check
Is Shadow Labyrinth worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- PAC-MAN fans who want a combat-focused platforming reinterpretation
- Action-platformer players who prefer exploration alongside fighting
- Players interested in mysteries involving an alien world and PUCK
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a primarily peaceful or puzzle-focused exploration game
- Players who prefer straightforward combat without ability combinations, enemy consumption, or mystery-driven progression
- Players looking specifically for multiplayer action, since the described experience centers on one protagonist and PUCK
Our take on Shadow Labyrinth
The PAC-MAN connection receives prominent placement, but the described experience is chiefly a 2D action platformer with alien-world exploration, ability-based combat, enemy consumption, and a mystery involving PUCK.
What is Shadow Labyrinth?
Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer that reinterprets PAC-MAN through an alien-world adventure.
Playing as Swordsman No. 8, players awaken with PUCK, a floating yellow orb, among remnants of an ancient intergalactic conflict. Exploration involves searching for secrets, gaining powers, and crossing a maze-like world. Combat focuses on fighting creatures, consuming enemies, and combining abilities to shape a personal playstyle. The story follows questions about the planet, PUCK’s intentions, and the reason for the protagonist’s selection. The Deluxe Edition includes the game along with a digital artbook and soundtrack.
How Shadow Labyrinth plays
- 01Alien World Exploration
- The maze-like setting contains secrets, relics of an old conflict, and routes that require newly discovered abilities.
- 02Ability-Based Combat
- Players combine different skills while fighting creatures and consuming enemies to change their combat approach.
- 03PAC-MAN Reinterpretation
- The game uses PAC-MAN as the basis for a genre-mixed action platforming adventure.
- 04Deluxe Edition Extras
- The Deluxe Edition bundles a digital artbook and soundtrack with the main game.
Shadow Labyrinth compared to similar games
Shadow Labyrinth combines 2D platforming, combat, enemy consumption, and alien-world mysteries. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is described as a chaotic metroidvania that includes previous updates and the Magnate of the Gong update; its description does not specify the same story or combat details.
Shadow Labyrinth: platforms & release
Is Shadow Labyrinth worth it?
It is worth it if: PAC-MAN fans who want a combat-focused platforming reinterpretation. Skip it if: players seeking a primarily peaceful or puzzle-focused exploration game.
Where can I download Shadow Labyrinth?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Shadow Labyrinth's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Shadow Labyrinth on?
Windows only.
