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Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.

Shadowgate is a adventure, point & click and remake game developed and published by Zojoi.
Released on August 21st 2014 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 693 reviews of which 603 were positive and 90 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Shadowgate into these genres:

Adventure Point & Click Remake Puzzle Singleplayer Cult Classic Retro Great Soundtrack First-Person Dark Fantasy Atmospheric

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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 7 and up
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB Dedicated Video Memory
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OSX 10.6+
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB Dedicated Video Memory
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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Jan. 2026
Remake of an early Macintosh first-person point-and-click adventure from 1987. Nice graphics that had a painting-like quality to them. Lots of screens to explore. Atmospheric with good music. Puzzles were pretty good with lots of possibilities. And if you play in classic mode at journeyman or master, there will be more and harder ones. Lots of red herring items at difficulties other than the default normal. You also encounter creatures but each one has to be dealt in a simple different way, like an adventure, not like a RPG. The interface was functional but was clumsy when it came to using an item from the inventory on something on the scene. You can easily switch between the new and somewhat retro graphics (think pixelated), and a talking skull provides hints. This is a remake done right.
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Dec. 2025
A faithful and quite enjoyable installment in the Shadowgate series, for fans of the original Macventure and/or NES versions of the original game. A total of 4 different difficulty modes including "normal" (should probably be called something else such as novice/beginner) which caters to people unfamiliar with the series and/or point and click adventure games in general. I grew up playing the NES game as a kid and just adored this game. I give much credit to Shadowgate and Zork for making a real gamer out of me in my younger years. I typically hate really hard on modern remakes of my favourite old games, but I gotta say that I am extremely glad that this exists. I just beat it and I look forward to many more playthroughs if this amazing game! Viva Shadowgate!
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Dec. 2025
just looking at a few of my games, saw this... i remember my Uncle had it for Gameboy and i loved it, never was good at it but it Really stuck with me... I got this years ago now and never played it much, its not my kind of game, BUT its so great to See this updated! this is what i saw in my head as a kid! when i look at the gameboy game its mind blowing that i was so drawn into it! ah to be young again LOL
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Nov. 2025
I remember playing the original on the Nintendo Entertainment System in the 90's. (This one even has the option to use the original soundtrack BTW.) In fact, I know the old game inside out in my sleep but it got me NOWHERE (especially on hard mode). This is a good thing. As much as I appreciate Double Fine's HD remakes of Day Of The Tentacle and Grim Fandango, they had ZERO replay value because I've known those games inside out in my sleep since I was 10. Here, you basically get an entirely new game that has the same locations and basic plot as the old game but every puzzle has two or three extra steps and everything seems like something that could have existed in the old game (The Sphinx being replaced by a Djinn? The Banshee actually doing something harmful to you?). Ok, sometimes the puzzles are TOO hard, but then again, that's only if you play on the very hardest difficulty level, so that's on you. My only complaint is that the "old school" graphics mode are just pixelated versions of the modern graphics. It would have been cool if they actually created pixel art versions of the modern art instead of just scaling down the graphics (there's literally no reason to select that graphics mode). Newcomers need not start with the old one. Try this one on the lower difficulty level instead. You're in for a treat.
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Nov. 2025
I owned this on the NES years ago. Back then, I was too young to handle the challenges, but now as an adult with more patience, I managed to beat it. Revisiting the game and really getting into its world was great. It remains cryptic and challenging, but there's something satisfying about finally finishing what I started as a kid.
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Shadowgate is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

Shadowgate is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Shadowgate received 603 positive votes out of a total of 693 achieving a rating of 8.18.
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Shadowgate was developed and published by Zojoi.

Shadowgate is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Shadowgate is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Shadowgate is not playable on Linux.

Shadowgate is a single-player game.

Shadowgate does not currently offer any DLC.

Shadowgate does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Shadowgate does not support Steam Remote Play.

Shadowgate 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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