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Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.
Shadows of Forbidden Gods is a strategy, simulation and god game game
developed by Bobby Two Hands
and published by Forbidden Oak Games Limited.
Released on July 15th 2023 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 1,049 reviews of which 955 were positive and 94 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.29€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified Shadows of Forbidden Gods into these genres:
Strategy
Simulation
God Game
Grand Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy
Outbreak Sim
Political Sim
2D
Top-Down
Conspiracy
Crime
Dark
Dark Fantasy
Destruction
Dystopian
Economy
Fantasy
Gothic
Horror
Lovecraftian
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- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5-2500 or equivalent
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated Graphics
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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Hands down one of the best grand strategy games I have ever played, the narrow scope of your own units initially compared to that of your enemies creates a unique feel, like all your enemies are playing high fantasy crusader kings with heroes and armies and all you've got a single cultist with a dream to help you destoy it all. The payoffs of subverting the political and interpersonal relations are enjoyable and have incedible depth. UI is kind of clunky user-unfirnedly, it takes awhile to gasp, but honestly for organizing the sheer amount of information that you're working with in any given playthrough it does the job.
One of the only Evil Overlord games that is able to represent it in full, albeit in a janky way. Game is quite obtuse and especially in the first 10 hours you'll end up scrathing you head if you are actually changing something. I'd say try to enshadow as much as you can and try to stay far away from the hero, take a break every 30 turns or so and you'll find quite curios happenings. For me it was killing the hero's mentor which understandably made him quite mad to the elf that i corrupted to the deed, so he goes and settle the score which provokes the father of said elf, the king, to get angry and break the alliance with other elves triggering a civil war in the already damaged nearby kingdom. Ultimatly ending the world while the hero stays in a state of perpetual rage.
An absolutely fantastic game if you share a passion for Eldritch god simulators that let you not only directly destroy mortal kingdoms, but also sow panic and discord, turning valiant heroes against their own allies, and so on. If I had to compare it, I’d call SoFG the Ruinarch of global strategy. While in Ruinarch you were dropped onto a local map where a couple of villages and towns served as victims, here it takes place on a planetary scale, affecting countless mages, knights, rulers, and their families. I’m particularly pleased with the real variety in the gods’ gameplay, which isn’t limited to one evil creature getting +2 to intrigue and another getting +2 to lore at the start of the game. One god literally plunges entire countries into darkness through his agents, a darkness that gradually spreads everywhere and which heroes and rulers are forced to fight, consecrating shrines and casting protective spells. And while they battle the obvious darkness in the south of the country, in the north your preacher turns the local duke into a bloodthirsty bastard who slaughters his subjects, sparking a rebellion. Another God uses the shadow only to later dispel it himself with false light, forcing frightened people to worship him willingly as their saviour, organizing a separate faith, and then zealously marching under false banners against the righteous who are desperately trying to seal you back away. Another goddess distributes gifts that at first bring great benefit, but then the hour of harsh retribution arrives. The variety of ways to get back at mortals is also impressive. You can unleash plagues, raise the dead, perform unholy rituals, incite peasants to revolt against their lords, spread curses, poison heroes, orchestrate assassinations, study various forms of magic, and much more. The heroes have their own priorities; some hate fighting and prefer diplomatic missions, while others remember how your agent killed their friend and now, having given up on everything, are trying to track you down, all while you deliberately lure them into the lands you’ve corrupted to finish them off. And then there’s a separate hero on the map, the Chosen One, who, just like in those fantasy movies of yours, must fulfill a prophecy and seal you back away. As long as he’s in his typical state of plot armor, there’s nothing you can do to him. But just like the heroes in those movies, he’s an emotional softie and an idiot. See him going to clear the mind of the ruler you’ve enslaved? Oops, orcs have attacked your hometown and burned it to the ground; now you’ll spend the next 100 turns fighting their tribes, seeking revenge. Going to organize an alliance against the forces of darkness? Remember your mentor from the first episode of the series, the one who later dies dramatically and brings the viewer to tears? Well, that episode has arrived; my agent smeared him all over the walls of his house. I hope you won’t be too upset. Speaking of the downsides, I want to say that the game’s strengths are definitely worth overlooking these issues. The main complaint is the clunky UI, which makes it very difficult to keep track of what’s happening where, which character is where, and especially where their loved ones are—since that’s crucial to the gameplay. I know that the sorceress Sarah loves the healer Jonathan, but where the heck is Jonathan right now? On top of that, there are a huge number of pop-up windows, most of which can be easily disabled, but then it becomes harder to keep track of important events. It would be better to implement this as a single events window at the beginning of each new turn rather than displaying each one separately. Also, I’d like to see more attention paid to the rulers and their families; interaction with them, unlike with the heroes, is extremely limited. All in all, for its excellent execution of a rather niche genre, I’d give the game an 8/10 in its current state, where my main complaints have more to do with the convenience of the gameplay than with its content, which is the best part.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shadows of Forbidden Gods is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.
No, Shadows of Forbidden Gods is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 16.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Shadows of Forbidden Gods received 955 positive votes out of a total of 1,049 achieving a rating of 8.60.
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Shadows of Forbidden Gods was developed by Bobby Two Hands and published by Forbidden Oak Games Limited.
Yes, Shadows of Forbidden Gods is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Shadows of Forbidden Gods is not playable on MacOS.
No, Shadows of Forbidden Gods is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Shadows of Forbidden Gods is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Shadows of Forbidden Gods is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Shadows of Forbidden Gods does not support VR.
Shadows of Forbidden Gods is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Shadows of Forbidden Gods. Explore additional content available for Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam.
No, Shadows of Forbidden Gods does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Shadows of Forbidden Gods does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Shadows of Forbidden Gods 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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Developer
Bobby Two Hands
Publisher
Forbidden Oak Games Limited
Release
15 Jul 2023
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