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Tower of Shades

82% positive of 39 Steam reviews

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Lame Jam.

About the game

The game where you start at the final boss.

Tagged by players

RPG
Short
Turn-Based Combat
Turn-Based
Difficult
Female Protagonist
Fantasy
Pixel Graphics
Action

What players say

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Mostly Positive

What players say

Not recommended
This is not a game so much as a playable pamphlet about believing in yourself. Some people might be receptive to the message, but to me it came off way to heavy-handed to have any impact. Also the whole "get more more skills when you die" is misleading as you actually start with all the skills... In terms of actual gameplay, it took me less than 20 minutes to beat the actual boss fight, which is rather shallow, but…
27 min played when written. 29 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Tower of Shades is a short, strange little game; it is rather like a short visual novel. I think a lot can be done with the idea that deaths are progression, but that mechanic was underdeveloped. Starting at the final battle seems like another idea worth exploring more than was done here. Since this has a message, I feel it worth mentioning that the message is a rather blunt one. Other games have breached the fourth…
42 min played when written. 9 found it helpful.
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