Shadows of the Damned is a game about tragedy, despair and desperation. It’s a game about foul-mouthed, hideous and nightmarish demons, damned to an excruciating existence in the gloomy, unique vision of Hell presented by Suda51 and developer Grasshopper Manufacture. Despite the game’s oppressive themes and atmosphere, however, and in amongst the darkness and torment, Shadows of the Damned is also a game about unbridled defiance, boundless hope and the never-ending battle between the powers of Good and Evil, with a few big-hearted and helpful demons at hand to light the path towards victory.

Occasionally, your path will also be lit by glowing feces dropped by a bat-like creature with one eye, and you’ll hold regular conversations with a talking skull with a British accent. Sometimes, you’ll need to consume a human heart to survive in the world, and you may even witness a dozen severed heads rolling down a ramp. Shadows of the Damned is about all of these things and more, but nothing can quite prepare you for what you will see.

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