Cyber Shadow

Dash, slice, and leap through masterfully designed levels filled with sharply honed ninja platforming action. Authentic 8-bit presentation with hand-crafted sprites, a detailed pixel aesthetic, and perfect…

77 26 January 2021

Adventure Arcade Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Platform Action Science fiction

Cyber Shadow is an adventure developed by Mechanical Head Studios, released 26 January 2021 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Cyber Shadow is

Cyber Shadow is an adventure game developed by Mechanical Head Studios and released in 2021. It was published by Yacht Club Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Construct.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Cyber-Shadow, the world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow on a journey to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin. Slash through the techno hordes, leap past traps, and nimbly navigate the ruins of Mekacity. Only you can unlock the secrets to your clan’s ancient powers in Cyber Shadow, the quintessential Ninja Action game.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Cyber Shadow holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Cyber Shadow launched on 26 January 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and The Medium. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, The Medium.

Cheats and codes

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