Shadows Over Loathing

When your Uncle Murray disappears from his Ocean City antique shop, you investigate his collection and uncover supernatural plots threatening the world. The single-player adventure unfolds in a comic, black-and-white stick-figure version of the Loathing universe during the Prohibition era.

Explore locations, meet eccentric characters, take on the main investigation and optional quests, and solve puzzles using items, dialogue, and environmental clues. Your choices and character abilities can open different ways through problems, including opportunities to avoid some fights.

Choose a character class, develop attributes and abilities, and equip items as you progress. Turn-based battles combine attacks, skills, and items, with companions and familiars joining the party; exploration also turns up secrets, side stories, and alternate outcomes.

Players often enjoy the witty, absurd writing, memorable side quests, and the mix of comedy with occult unease. Reviews also praise the secrets, varied choices, and replay possibilities. Some players, however, find the combat slow, puzzles obscure, or the text-heavy pacing and missable content frustrating; reactions to the humor and how it compares with West of Loathing vary.