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FranchisePac-ManSeriesPac-Man

Shadow Labyrinth

Critic score4 critics
First release
Jul 18, 2025
Engine
Unity
Genres
Adventure, Platform · Action, Science fiction

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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Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
In the distant year 3333, three decades after a catastrophic disruption sent a powerful weapon crashing onto the ravaged planet Xevious, a player from the real world of 2025 is abruptly pulled through into the game's universe. He awakens as a strange, helpless figure in the ruins of a prison, without arms or a mouth, utterly lost in an alien and hostile land. There he is found by a robotic companion named PUCK, who declares him her eighth summoning attempt, and a mysterious being grants him a prosthetic arm so he may wield a sword, transforming him into a Swordsman. Together, the two set out across the devastated world, soon uncovering that Xevious lies under the control of a malevolent supercomputer called Gamp, which has corrupted the planet's life and technology alike.Read more

In the distant year 3333, three decades after a catastrophic disruption sent a powerful weapon crashing onto the ravaged planet Xevious, a player from the real world of 2025 is abruptly pulled through into the game's universe. He awakens as a strange, helpless figure in the ruins of a prison, without arms or a mouth, utterly lost in an alien and hostile land. There he is found by a robotic companion named PUCK, who declares him her eighth summoning attempt, and a mysterious being grants him a prosthetic arm so he may wield a sword, transforming him into a Swordsman. Together, the two set out across the devastated world, soon uncovering that Xevious lies under the control of a malevolent supercomputer called Gamp, which has corrupted the planet's life and technology alike.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 18, 2025
Nintendo Switch
Jul 18, 2025
Nintendo Switch 2
Jul 18, 2025
All 5 release dates
PlayStation 5
Jul 18, 2025
Xbox Series X|S
Jul 18, 2025
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
20h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
metroidvania

At a Glance

Critic Score
70
Main + Extras (IGDB)
20h

Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Mixed, 278 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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