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Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
Shadows of Doubt is a detective, immersive sim and sandbox game
developed by ColePowered Games
and published by Fireshine Games.
Released on September 26th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese.
It has received 15,428 reviews of which 12,941 were positive and 2,487 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam with a 50% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10 or newer
- Processor: Intel 6th Gen i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or Radeon 5500XT
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Approximate specs for 1080p, 30+ fps
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>Lead directs me to apartment complex >Find apartment >Can't pick lock, kicks door down, occupants freak out >Beat them all unconscious, start searching apartment >Occupants regain consciousness, re-beat them, continue search >Repeat 4 times >Realize I had the wrong apartment, get gunned down 10 out of 10 game
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Eventually, an absolute masterpiece of a game will come out that will have people saying "Shadows of Doubt walked so that could run". I look forward to when that day comes. Shadows of Doubt is a fine game that's like nothing else before it. It swings for the fences and gets... most of the way there. It's impressively complex in some ways, annoyingly simple in others, and it's the transition between the two that, for better and (usually) worse, define the game in my eyes. A simple "humiliate this person" side gig becomes a true ordeal when your only leads to the target's identity are their shoe size, blood type and the fact that they like coffee. A murder investigation hinges on a security photograph of an unknown person - time to ask literally everyone you meet "have you seen this man?" like you're a Gundam protagonist searching for his brother. I don't need to talk about the bugs or the Early Access jank that didn't get left behind in Early Access. Even if everything that could get fixed got fixed, the game's fundamentals are good but distinctly imperfect. Asking for more, however, feels distinctly unreasonable - not when the game is already doing so, so much that hasn't been done before. Ultimately the game being what it is and ultimately getting a 7.5 or so on the landing is enough to earn it my recommendation. Shadows of Doubt, at the end of the day, is like crude oil - it's messy and it won't live up to its potential without someone going and refining the formula, but it's still something valuable with a lot of power deep down in it.
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1.0 Update Review TLDR: Extremely disappointing 1.0 but is worth the price tag for the 20-30 hours of fun you will have. For the big 1.0 update that advertised 'brand new features' alongside kidnapping and 'new killer interactions' (we got one), being able to drag a ragdoll isn't a revolutionary feature. Seriously? Is that it? I am incredibly disappointed at this. It's not a finished game by any means. Where's the, ya know, actual PI work? Taking photos of cheating spouses?* Investigating potential fraud for a company? Bounties? Corporate Misconduct? Trailing someone?** Finding someone that doesn't want to be found or helping delete records? Where are the stakeouts, gambling dens, and organised crime that noir is known for? *The cheating job is you going into their emails, finding out who their partner is cheating with, and calling it a day (you can break their windows, and take a photo of that person as an optional task). You do NOT tail them or catch them in the act. It is the same gameplay as nearly every other job/case. **There is a specific job that asks you to tail someone and steal a briefcase after a meeting. It isn't a game mechanic outside of a janky job. It is never involved in your cases. How to find a typical killer before they commit the crime: They sprint around like a maniac to their target. On top of this, you are the only person in the city that decided to be a detective. Not a single other PI exists. Imagine having a rival on the same case, or being investigated/stalked for barking up the wrong tree? Annoy the wrong corporation and have a black hand on your door. The city has a superficial amount of life to it. On the surface, people do their jobs, sometimes have social meetings set for them, and kill. Underneath that, there is no variety. Knock someone out? They get up and act like nothing happened. A tiny TV show is more of a priority than expanding the game's depth. I could go on but I'm already ranting too much. Overall, this is not a 1.0 game. Why recommend the game? Because it's fun. I've thoroughly enjoyed Shadows of Doubt knowing that it was an incomplete game. The potential and vision is there, and there's nothing else like it. I have quite literally dreamed about this type of game for a decade (the pirate game dream is dead). Sometimes, the game hits you with a near-unsolvable case, as the killer mocks you. It's peak procedural gaming that rivals the storyteller model of Rimworld. What is there is extremely good, there just isn't enough. Focusing on pre-made cities is not it, unless you can prove that they will be exceptionally high quality. The genemods change the way you play, the jobs you do are mostly fun, sneaking through call logs makes me feel like a detective, etc. the game is just plain good and one of (and might be the only) best games in the genre. Good game, disappointing updates, very incomplete.
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This could have been one of the greatest games ever made, but it is unfinished. There's not enough content, and it's fully reliant on the ProcGen hook to try to keep things fresh. For $25, you'll get about as many hours, but the more time you spend with the game the more it feels like going through the motions praying for something new to happen. The first five to ten hours though are magical. Like getting dropped into your own personal noir movie. I highly recommend roleplaying as much as your brain will let you. With luck, modding will help give these Shadows some legs, but I'm not overly optimistic. This gets a *tentative* thumbs up. Buy on sale if possible.
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need to solve a whodunnit given a single fingerprint and the building where the criminal lives recently have become horribly addicted to cola (what is in this sh*t?) begin scanning every door starting at the bottom of a 17 story building stop after i find one fingerprint per door because my addiction is so bad that my hands start shaking very quickly and i can't hold the scanner long enough to scan a print until i drink another soda scan every single door all the way to the 17th story, no luck i give up and do random oddjobs that don't require scanning throw a coffee in someone's face on the street, cash money eventually get enough money to fix my addiction case pops back up, more murders saunter back into the building and start scanning the doors again realize there are more than one set of fingerprints on each door start from the bottom and scan every single g*d d*mned mother f*cking fingerprint on each g*d d*mned mother f*cking door killer murders again while this is happening killer lives in the very last door on the 17th story his wife answers the door knock her out due to frustration killer and i have a fist fight i knock him out and handcuff him murder solved 10/10 no notes
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Shadows of Doubt is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam.
Shadows of Doubt is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 12.49€ on Steam.
Shadows of Doubt received 12,941 positive votes out of a total of 15,428 achieving a rating of 8.20.
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Shadows of Doubt was developed by ColePowered Games and published by Fireshine Games.
Shadows of Doubt is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Shadows of Doubt is not playable on MacOS.
Shadows of Doubt is not playable on Linux.
Shadows of Doubt is a single-player game.
There are 2 DLCs available for Shadows of Doubt. Explore additional content available for Shadows of Doubt on Steam.
Shadows of Doubt does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Shadows of Doubt does not support Steam Remote Play.
Shadows of Doubt 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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ColePowered Games
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