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Shadow Vault

While the future is doomed, there may be hope for man in the past, but when a band of fighters travel back to 1958, the mutant government army follows. Facing superior numbers and technology, with the threat…

14 April 2004

Shadow Vault is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Mayhem Studios, released 14 April 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Shadow Vault is

Shadow Vault is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Mayhem Studios and released in 2004. It was published by Frogster Interactive Pictures. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shadow Vault (2004) is a strategy RPG set in an alternate 1958 Earth, where a resistance force battles the Contingent, a menacing mutant government from the future. Amidst a backdrop of time travel and technological disparity, players lead a squad to uncover the invaders' secrets and fight to reclaim the planet. The story weaves a tense conflict with a dark edge, as the resistance confronts overwhelming odds in a bid to reshape history.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Shadow Vault launched on 14 April 2004, within three weeks of Syberia 2, Pikmin 2, Painkiller and Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots.

Released around the same time: Syberia 2, Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots.

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When did Shadow Vault come out?
Shadow Vault was released on 14 April 2004 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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