RPGFit check
Is Shadows and Lies worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG players who want a story-led search with uncertain alliances
- Strategy-minded players who enjoy managing a party of up to five characters
- Players seeking a compact adventure with side quests and hidden areas
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long-form RPG beyond approximately 15 hours
- Players who prefer fixed character development without class, stat, and difficulty choices
- Players looking for a multiplayer game rather than a focused party adventure
Our take on Shadows and Lies
The defining structure is a five-character active party combined with selectable class paths and stat allocation, making party composition and character development central to the journey.
What is Shadows and Lies?
Shadows and Lies follows Eldan and Dathan on a search for Dathan’s two missing sisters after their mission goes wrong.
The journey involves the threatening Zerrlan sect, Virtran monasteries, uncertain alliances, and questions about identity and the past. An active party can contain up to five characters, with 12 side quests and 27 secret rooms to find. Skill orbs raise skill power, while character development includes class choices for two characters, class upgrades, stat allocation at each level, and quest-based bonuses after every three completed quests. Four difficulty settings are available: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Legendary. Enemy visibility can also be switched between visible and invisible. The game offers approximately 15 hours of gameplay.
How Shadows and Lies plays
- 01Five-Character Party
- The active group can include up to five characters, adding party-composition decisions to encounters.
- 02Branching Character Builds
- Two characters can receive class choices, while all characters gain class upgrades and level-based stat allocation.
- 03Exploration Content
- The journey includes 12 side quests and 27 concealed rooms.
- 04Four Difficulty Modes
- Players can select from four settings, with harder modes granting more stat points.
- 05Enemy Visibility Setting
- Enemies can be shown or hidden during play.
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Shadows and Lies: platforms & release
Is Shadows and Lies worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG players who want a story-led search with uncertain alliances. Skip it if: players seeking a long-form RPG beyond approximately 15 hours.
Where can I download Shadows and Lies?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Shadows and Lies's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Shadows and Lies on?
Windows only.
