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Primitive Shades

Explore an abandoned school, solve puzzles, and survive the Shades: living creatures formed from primitive geometric shapes. What begins as a late night exploration becomes a desperate fight to uncover the…

10 September 2026

Primitive Shades is an adventure, released 10 September 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Primitive Shades is

Primitive Shades was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Explore an abandoned school, solve puzzles, and survive the Shades: living creatures formed from primitive geometric shapes. What begins as a late night exploration becomes a desperate fight to uncover the truth and escape.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Primitive Shades launched on 10 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

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When did Primitive Shades come out?
Primitive Shades was released on 10 September 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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