
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is an exceptional Strategy/Indie that raises the bar for the genre.
93
Verdict
96%
Steam
87
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 38K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (87/100 critic average)
Rich open world to explore
Standout indie gem
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth-oriented real-time tactics video game developed by Mimimi Productions and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The gameplay is similar to that of the Commandos and Desperados series. It was released on December 6, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux, in July 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, for Amazon Luna on October 20, 2020, and is scheduled for release on March 18, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 5d ago
A so called Stealth-tactics game, like the Commandos games of old. Consistently fun and engaging. This is the type of game thats just fun to play from start to finish. I reccomend putting the difficulty on hard since its quite easy game. They are good at varying up the challenges through the campaign. such that i always were trying something new. good replayability with the secret objectives that changes how you approach the missions (could probably get 20 more hours out of those). okay story. likeable characters with good banter during the missions. pretty good music. Did have a bug where the game would randomly close itself. Fixed it by playing in windowed mode.
Great Game Too good to be true in 2016: - game is thrilling fun for many hours - beautiful look - nice English or Japanese voice-acting - all texts are translated in many different languages - superb soundtrack - still works on small PCs, Macs and Linux-Systems without bugs - offers you a demo where you can play 1.5 hours for free
Wanted to like this game. Even years later, I see it in my library and feel like maybe I should reinstall it...? Then I remember there is no in-game pausing to issue commands and I just cannot. What a shame!
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