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Westwood Shadows

67% positive of 31 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by RedSoup Studio.

About the game

A police detective returns to his abandoned hometown, where he must confront his past and an unsolved case draped in shadows. Follow Peter Bennet through a first-person, puzzle-solving game with mild horror elements, and explore the mystery and heavy atmosphere of Westwood Shadows.

Tagged by players

Hero Shooter
Detective
Hidden Object
Investigation
Dark
Emotional
Choices Matter
First-Person
Old School
Story Rich
Atmospheric
Puzzle

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Positive

What players say

Not recommended
finish the prologue, very promising, and then the game drops dramatically in quality by offering you to shoot shadows. Why would I shoot shadows? Why would I expect gunshots to kill shadows? And nothing, you start shooting, but it's really tough to accept the design of these shadows, not very scary but also graphically lacking. I couldn't go on, for lack of fun and immersion, after church and about 5 or 6 shadow…
2 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The prologue, in my opinion, was the strongest part of this entire game. The puzzles in general were really well done, and competent. However, once the game decided to include the Shadows, it seems like the game struggled to keep up with what the demo originally had laid out for us. The Shadows themselves were included as a horror mechanic, but they did not seem overall "scary" and seemed more like a hindrance…
5.2 h played when written. 17 found it helpful.
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