Fit check
Is Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action RPG players who want choices to affect the story's direction
- Fantasy players interested in exploring both a mortal realm and a shadow world
- Players who enjoy varied combat styles and a party system
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a linear story without choices that affect its course
- Players who prefer a single-world structure without shadow-world exploration and puzzles
- Players looking for combat without quests or story-driven exploration
Our take on Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms
Rather than following a conventional group of heroes, the game puts a demon that absorbs souls at the center of the story. Its setting also spans the mortal realm and a shadow world, where exploration includes both enemies and mystical puzzles.
What is Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms?
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms is an isometric action RPG set two decades after Kult: Heretic Kingdoms.
The player controls a demon called the Devourer, who takes in the souls of the dead and sends them back among the living as puppets. He can consume several souls, though absorbing more may shift his nature toward humanity or fragment his identity. Decisions shape the story’s direction, leading either to the world’s salvation or its ruin. The adventure moves between the mortal realm and a shadowy world, where the Devourer encounters foes and works through mystical puzzles. It also features a range of quests, battles with fantastical beings, varied characters and fighting approaches, and a party system.
How Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms plays
- 01Branching choices
- Decisions affect the story's course, which can lead to saving the world or causing its destruction.
- 02Two game worlds
- Travel between the mortal realm and a shadow world that contains enemies and mystical puzzles.
- 03Soul-based characters
- The Devourer absorbs souls and can use 15 different characters with varied combat styles.
- 04Creature battles
- Quests include fights against fantastical creatures with distinct fighting styles and challenges.
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms compared to similar games
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms combines isometric action combat, soul absorption, multiple characters, and travel between a mortal realm and a shadow world. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition centers on an unconventional story and exploration of a strange, dangerous city, while Tales of Symphonia follows a chosen figure in a story involving two interlocked worlds.
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms: platforms & release
Is Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms worth it?
It is worth it if: action RPG players who want choices to affect the story's direction. Skip it if: players seeking a linear story without choices that affect its course.
Where can I download Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms on?
Windows only.
