Shadows: Awakening
Released Aug 2018
Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics.
75% positive · 2,492 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Shadows: Awakening launched on August 31, 2018 and received two paid DLC expansions in quick succession: The Chromaton Chronicles on October 26, 2018, and Necrophage's Curse on December 13, 2018. Both are fully released, and no further DLC has been announced or listed. The game also received several free content patches during this same period, adding features and fixes.
After December 13, 2018, developer activity dropped off sharply. The only post since then is a promotional sale post from September 2, 2024, which contains no new content or development announcements. The store description does not reference any upcoming content, season passes, or ongoing update plans, and all three DLC items in the store listing are marked as released with no unreleased entries.
The DLC release pattern — two expansions shipped within roughly seven weeks of launch — does not establish a recurring ongoing update cadence. Instead, it reflects a concentrated post-launch content push that concluded in December 2018, followed by complete silence on new content for over seven years. The developer has never announced additional content beyond what has already shipped. The game appears to have been delivered as a complete package, with its DLC rounding out the full experience by December 13, 2018.
Evidence
Necrophage's Curse DLC released — the second and final paid expansion, adding a new area, new enemy, and new puppet character
Necrophage's Curse DLC released — all DLC in the store listing is now marked released, with no unreleased entries
Content
3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Kalypso Media
Achievements
45
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
“An ancient proverb warns: ‘Never trust a demon, for betrayal is their very blood’.
Yet the Sura, the great ogres of the Wastes, have a different saying: ‘A demon honours its pact’. Perhaps when the race of men looks into the eyes of hell, they see their own darkness reflected…”
– Carissa Cantrecht
Shadows: Awakening is the new adventure in the Heretic Kingdoms saga. After the members of the secret council known as the Penta Nera are assassinated, their souls are consumed by the Devourers – evil demons which possess the ability to absorb the memories and personalities of the souls they acquire and materialize them as their puppets. Re-emerging into the mortal realm once again, the demonic Penta Nera continue their quest for power and immortality, but at what cost?
Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You take control of a demon summoned from the Shadow Realm – the Devourer – to consume the souls of long-dead heroes and embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics. Do you have the focus and wits to master the world of the Heretic Kingdoms? Gather your party, control powerful heroes and use their skills to your advantage. But who is in charge… the demon, or the souls that it has devoured? It's up to you to either thwart a major threat and save the world, or to plunge it into complete disaster…
Yet the Sura, the great ogres of the Wastes, have a different saying: ‘A demon honours its pact’. Perhaps when the race of men looks into the eyes of hell, they see their own darkness reflected…”
– Carissa Cantrecht
Shadows: Awakening is the new adventure in the Heretic Kingdoms saga. After the members of the secret council known as the Penta Nera are assassinated, their souls are consumed by the Devourers – evil demons which possess the ability to absorb the memories and personalities of the souls they acquire and materialize them as their puppets. Re-emerging into the mortal realm once again, the demonic Penta Nera continue their quest for power and immortality, but at what cost?
Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You take control of a demon summoned from the Shadow Realm – the Devourer – to consume the souls of long-dead heroes and embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics. Do you have the focus and wits to master the world of the Heretic Kingdoms? Gather your party, control powerful heroes and use their skills to your advantage. But who is in charge… the demon, or the souls that it has devoured? It's up to you to either thwart a major threat and save the world, or to plunge it into complete disaster…
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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