Shadows: Awakening

You play as the Devourer, a demon summoned from the Shadow Realm after the souls of the secretive Penta Nera council are consumed by demons. The Devourer can absorb the souls of fallen heroes and take their forms, building a party of characters with their own abilities.

Explore an isometric world and shift between the mortal realm and the Shadow Realm. The two versions of a location have different enemies, obstacles, and paths, so switching realms is part of navigating areas and solving puzzles as well as fighting.

Combat is real-time: control one party member at a time, switch between characters, and use their different skills together. Develop the characters and equip them as you progress through the story, side quests, and encounters.

In the supplied reviews, players who enjoy the game often single out its linked realm-switching and character-switching mechanics, which add new ways to explore, solve puzzles, and combine abilities in combat. Some also appreciate the dark-fantasy setting, character cast, story, and presentation. Other reviewers find the puzzles frustrating, the combat or controls clunky, and progression or pacing uneven, so these strengths do not land for everyone.