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Shadow's Ladder

What is real and what is not? Explore the mysterious island where Shadow the Hedgehog wakes up. Destroy the G.UN. robots, find the keys, open the doors, and prepare to face something darker and mystical…

7 August 2022

Shadow's Ladder is a platform, released 7 August 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Shadow's Ladder is

Shadow's Ladder was released in 2022. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

What is real and what is not? Explore the mysterious island where Shadow the Hedgehog wakes up. Destroy the G.UN. robots, find the keys, open the doors, and prepare to face something darker and mystical. Shadow's Ladder is experimental light horror game, influenced by old school games. This is an attempt to mix the 2D style of Sonic games with the dark atmosphere of Japanese horror games.
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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.

What it launched against

Shadow's Ladder launched on 7 August 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Released around the same time: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

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When did Shadow's Ladder come out?
Shadow's Ladder was released on 7 August 2022 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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