Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is a metroidvania, adventure and indie game developed by Shadow Planet Productions and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on April 17th 2012 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 867 reviews of which 754 were positive and 113 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 3.49€ on Steam with a 75% discount, but you can find it for 2.22€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet into these genres:

Metroidvania Adventure Indie Action 2D Exploration Sci-fi Singleplayer Puzzle Local Co-Op Controller Psychedelic Atmospheric Co-op Action-Adventure Side Scroller

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *:Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor:Intel Core Duo (1.25ghz) / AMD Athlon XP (1.8ghz)
Memory:1 GB RAM
Graphics:GeForce FX series+ / Radeon 9500+
DirectX®:9.0
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025

I absolutely love this game! there's nothing much to expect from the story, but with its adequate difficulty, cute art style, very solid level design, and smooth gameplay/physics, it deserves every metroid-like enjoyers' attention. as a former QA analyst, I'd like to also give props to the QA team, since it looks like they were able to mitigate too many things that could go wrong, especially at the last two stages. couple of things for future players that struggle with certain areas (SPOILERS, if you will): - if you mistakenly drop a crystal or a block (or really any object), and can't find it again, simply restart the game from the last checkpoint instead of trying to find the object. had this a few times, and when an object is lost, it's lost for good. trust me. - ice stage was by far the most frustrating one, merely due to a simple fact that's easy to miss: keep in mind that crystals have asymmetrical shapes, so the side that you place the crystal inside their slots does matter when reflecting the light appropriately.

May 2025

The game is cool However lacking in boss battles and movement

Nov. 2024

A nice little metroidvania. Movement is incredibly smooth and satisfying, and there's just enough unlockables to keep you enticed until the end. I highly suggest you 100% this in your first go. Not much for replayability, but very rewarding in a single playthrough.

June 2024

It's a small game with a cool and beautiful art style, featuring unique gameplay with quirky creatures and eerie backgrounds. A small game. A small flying saucer game. A small hidden gem-like game.

June 2024

I love grabbing helpless shadow creatures with my mechanical arm and beating them into walls and shaking the hell out of them and swinging them around. The 2D realtime rendered vector art graphics hold up very well 12-13 years after release, it looks so crisp at 1080p and probably even better in 4K. Very fun little game, played it a lot on the Xbox 360. I know they would never, but I think they should make a sequel. =] Short and anticlimactic ending tho.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is currently priced at 3.49€ on Steam.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is currently available at a 75% discount. You can purchase it for 3.49€ on Steam.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet received 754 positive votes out of a total of 867 achieving a rating of 8.21.

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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet was developed by Shadow Planet Productions and published by Xbox Game Studios.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet does not currently offer any DLC.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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