Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and…
Shadowgrounds is a shooter developed by Frozenbyte, released 11 November 2005 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $0.70 at GreenManGaming.
What Shadowgrounds is
Shadowgrounds is a shooter game developed by Frozenbyte and released in 2005. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shadowgrounds is a top-down shooter for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, developed by Frozenbyte. The game takes place on a space colony on Ganymede which is being attacked by aliens. It was released for Windows on November 17, 2005, in stores in Finland and Germany, and in 2006 in the rest of Europe and North America.
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. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Shadowgrounds holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $0.70 at GreenManGaming, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Shadowgrounds launched on 11 November 2005, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Mario Kart DS. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Mario Kart DS.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shadowgrounds yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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