- Released
Aug 19, 2009
6,282 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Xbox 360
- Ratings
Release dates
North America dates- May 3, 20163,833 days ago
- PS4
- Mar 16, 20163,881 days ago
- Xbox One
- Dec 3, 20153,985 days ago
- PC
- Aug 19, 20096,282 days ago
- Xbox 360
About
Shadow Complex is a side-scrolling action-adventure game presented in a 2.5D style, where the world is rendered in three dimensions but movement stays on a two-dimensional plane. Drawing heavily on the Metroidvania tradition, players explore a large, interconnected underground complex, fighting enemies and gradually gaining new weapons and abilities that open up previously unreachable areas. An experience system lets the character grow stronger over time, rewarding exploration and combat with upgrades that carry forward into new playthroughs.
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How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 374 players- Main story
- 5 h
- Main + extras
- 7.5 h
- Completionist
- 11 h
Reviews
Game info
- Released
- 2009 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
Unreal Engine 3
Other versions
Remasters 1
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBTMild Language, Violence
- PEGI16Violence
- USK16No content descriptors
- GRAC15+Language, Violence
- ACBMNo content descriptors
Themes & tags
- Action
- Science fiction
- Warfare
- 2.5d
- achievement attempt detection
- achievements
- action-adventure
- aggressive door-opening
- based on - book
- boss fight
- canonical death
- collectibles
- conspiracy
- conveyor belt
- corpse
48 more tags
- damsel in distress
- darkness
- death
- difficulty level
- digital distribution
- escape from exploding building
- evil organization
- exploration
- explosion
- femme fatale
- flashback
- game reference
- grapple
- guided by radio
- helicopter
- infinite ammo
- in-game achievement menu
- kidnapping
- leveling up
- liberation
- male protagonist
- mech
- melee
- metroidvania
- motion blur
- moving platforms
- multiple enemy boss fights
- multiple gameplay perspectives
- multiple protagonists
- new game plus
- platform exclusive
- plot twist
- polygonal 3d
- pop culture reference
- radiation
- ragdoll physics
- ranking system
- rpg elements
- run and gun
- scripted events
- secret area
- sequence breaking
- shielded enemies
- side-scrolling
- speedrun
- spike video game awards 2009
- sprinting mechanics
- stat tracking
Story & names
While backpacking through the mountains, Jason Fleming follows his girlfriend Claire into a network of caverns after she fails to answer his calls. He instead discovers a vast underground military complex run by a paramilitary group called the Progressive Restoration, which is preparing coordinated attacks across the United States. Jason sets out to rescue Claire and unravel the faction's plans before they can throw the country into chaos.
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.