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Shadow Warrior Classic (1997) cover art

Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)

3D Realms · Devolver Digital

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 29, 2013 (Mac), May 13, 1997 (DOS), Dec 19, 2012 (iOS), May 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Strap on your combat sandals...Lo Wang is coming to the Land of the Rising Sun to turn out the lights. Experience total blood immersion. If you can't touch, kill or drive something...then blow it away! Whether you're wielding shurikens, an Uzi, or a freshly plundered Guardian head...you've got your work cut out for you.

93%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
78/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (89 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)
Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive. The shareware version was released for the PC on May 13, 1997, while the full version was completed on August 25, 1997 and released in stores on September 16, 1997. Shadow Warrior was developed using Ken Silverman's Build engine and improved on 3D Realms' previous Build engine game, Duke Nukem 3D. Mark Adams ported Shadow Warrior to Mac OS in August 1997.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 25,142 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $1.49 at GOG (2015-06-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

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