Shadwen
Shadwen is a true stealth game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden – or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight! Shadwen, an assassin on a quest to kill the king, has a chance encounter…
Shadwen is an adventure developed by Frozenbyte, released 17 May 2016 on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.69 at IndieGala.
What Shadwen is
Shadwen is an adventure game developed by Frozenbyte and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shadwen is a true stealth game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden – or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight! Shadwen, an assassin on a quest to kill the king, has a chance encounter with a little orphan girl named Lily. Shadwen takes Lily with her on the dangerous journey. When the guards get close, Shadwen must take action right in front of Lily's eyes. Will she let the child witness crime and murder, or will she protect Lily's innocence? To kill or not to kill - that is the question.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 48 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shadwen holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3/i5/i7 1.8 GHz CPU dual-core. AMD 2.0 GHz dual-core., 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 260 / Radeon HD 4000 Series / Intel HD Graphics 4000. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.69 at IndieGala, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Shadwen launched on 17 May 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch and Doom. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Doom.
Official trailer
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