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You play as a maintenance engineer caught up in an alien outbreak at a sci-fi colony. Fight through its facilities, take on alien hordes and bosses, and work alongside NPC allies as you carry out mission objectives. Combat is viewed from above and centers on using an arsenal of firearms against different enemies. A shoulder-mounted flashlight does more than illuminate dark areas: its light can affect some aliens, giving you another way to handle encounters. Find new weapons and upgrade them with modifications, then use the surroundings to your advantage: objects and cover can be destroyed, and barrels can explode. Computer terminals and security records offer information about the outbreak, and the game also supports local co-op on one computer.

A colony engineer fights an alien outbreak in a top-down shooter, upgrading weapons and using light to influence alien behavior.

Released 08 May 2006

82%positive of
1.6k player reviews
$6.99
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Flashlight Alters Alien Behavior

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Upgrade Alien-Fighting Weapons

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Destroy Cover and Barrels

Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...

Developed by Frozenbyte · Published by Frozenbyte

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Common Player Critiques

  1. No Mid-Level Saves
  2. Repetitive Alien Encounters
  3. Ammo and Difficulty Spikes
  4. Thin Story and Characters
82%
positive of 1.6k player reviews
74/100
Metacritic

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows, macOS
Age ratings
  • ESRB M — Blood and Gore Violence Language
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 14 — Violência Linguagem imprópria
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Kekerasan Penggunaan bahasa Interaksi Daring
  • Steam (Germany) 16 — Drastische Gewalt Schimpfwörte
Controller required No
Demo View demo on Steam
Content notices
  • Blood and Gore
  • Violence
  • Language
  • Online interactivity
  • Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic 74/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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