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The great action-crazed, guns blazing, shoot ‘em up game comes back straight out of the ‘90s. Raptor: Call of the Shadows and its futuristic world are ready to challenge your flying skills.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition is a bullet hell, shoot 'em up and flight game developed by Scott Host and published by Apogee Entertainment.
Released on February 13th 2015 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 560 reviews of which 405 were positive and 155 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.25€ on K4G.

The Steam community has classified Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition into these genres:

Bullet Hell Shoot 'Em Up Flight Difficult 2D Top-Down Mechs Vehicular Combat Action Pixel Graphics Jet Sci-fi Casual War 1990's Old School Retro Singleplayer Arcade Cult Classic

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8
  • Processor: Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2025
This was something I played back in the 486 days, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I picked it up because it was cheap and having achievements was a nice excuse to replay it. It's a pretty standard vertical scroller shooter but with money and upgrades you can purchase between stages which I found a lot more enjoyable than a single run vertical shooter where you just keep your upgrades until you get hit or run out of lives and have to restart. In some ways it mirrors my favoring of rogue-lite over rogue-like.
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July 2025
Raptor: Call of Shadows is a cult classic shoot 'em up from the late DOS days. It's a quality "Euro shmup" even though it was developed in the USA, it just has a lot of traits of what people have posthumously called Euro shmups, like a fairly deep upgrade system. In fact, like most Euro shumps with upgrade systems, knowing what to upgrade and when is key to getting through the game. There's a nice risk/reward system in place as you can avoid enemies fairly well, but the more enemies you shoot the more money you make for the shop in-between levels, and you can replenish your health with that money. It's a good game if you like the type with nice music. There have been a lot of commercially versions released on PC over the years, here's the breakdown: 1994 - Original DOS version 2010 - GOG version, which is the 1994 original via DOSBox (no longer for sale) 2014 - Steam version, same as above 2015 - A different Steam version called "2015 edition" which has achievements and texture smoothing 2018 - Zoom Platform version, same as the 2010 GOG and original 2014 Steam versions It's nice to have achievements in the 2015 version, but the texture smoothing is ugly (but optional) and it only plays at 24fps. It also has a slightly remastered soundtrack, which I think is okay. The DOSBox version has a lot of nice options in DOSBox itself, like 5x upscaling, aspect ratio lock, double buffering, and more. But it controls a little more sluggishly than the 2015 version. Considering they both go on sale for 50 cents each, get 'em both!
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July 2025
A distant memory revisits me whenever i play this game. Back to my childhood every time i click on the play button. If any developer can make a game like this with better graphics and new fun features, it is certain that it will be a hit game.
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Sept. 2024
Classic jet fighter (Star fighter-type) platform. Cool system of turning kills to cash and letting you build your fortune on skill. Used to play this as a kid. Thank you for bringing back my childhood on steam!
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Aug. 2024
I played this game on windows XP using one of those 900+ games disks that were full of share ware and demos. Loved it then and love it now.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition received 405 positive votes out of a total of 560 achieving a rating of 6.90.
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Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition was developed by Scott Host and published by Apogee Entertainment.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition is not playable on MacOS.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition is not playable on Linux.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition is a single-player game.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition does not currently offer any DLC.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.

Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition 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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