Shadow Bug is an adventure developed by Muro Studios, released 22 July 2017 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Mac. The main story takes about 35 hrs to finish.
What Shadow Bug is
Shadow Bug is an adventure game developed by Muro Studios and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces. Shadow Bug is a new kind of platformer game with emphasis on action and speedrunning. The control scheme of the game is specifically designed for all the game modes on Nintendo Switch. You play as Shadow Bug and try to stop the evil factory from polluting your forest home. You do this by attacking on enemies and slicing them to pieces.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Shadow Bug holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 11 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 35 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 55 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Shadow Bug launched on 22 July 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Splatoon 2 and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Splatoon 2, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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