Shadowverse
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Shadowverse is a card & board game developed by Cygames, released 17 June 2016 on Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Shadowverse is
Shadowverse is a card & board game game developed by Cygames and released in 2016. It is available on Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shadowverse is a digital collectible card game with a free-to-play business model that is developed and published by Cygames. It was released for iOS and Android devices in June 2016. macOS and Windows versions were released in October 2016. The original Shadowverse game ended service on June 30, 2026.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Shadowverse series
Shadowverse is the first of 4 entries we hold in the Shadowverse series. The next entry was Shadowverse: Champion's Battle in 2020.
How it was received
Shadowverse holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT1030 / AMD Radeon RX 550. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 16GB.
What it launched against
Shadowverse launched on 17 June 2016, within three weeks of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Inside, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Inside, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shadowverse yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Dlc
Quick answers
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