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Jul 18, 2025

57%
Mixed
338 reviews

MV Temperature NOT a quality rating! Weighted score based on features: Typical to Metroidvanias (warmer) Not typical to Metroidvanias (cooler)

Shadow Labyrinth

Developer: Bandai Namco Studios

Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.

Jul 18, 2025

Visual
  • side scroll
Structure
  • exploration
  • interconnected map
  • Has Hub
  • Semi-Linear
Combat
  • contact damage
  • parry
  • timer
Features
  • companion combat
  • difficulty options
  • equipment
Themes
  • gore
  • Sci-Fi

Summary

Shadow Labyrinth is a 2D action platformer and a genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN. As The Swordsman, you wake on a mysterious planet amidst relics of wars past. To survive you will discover secrets, consume your enemies, and grow from prey to apex predator.

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