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Beyond Shadowgate
The original design of the never-before seen point and click adventure has been brought to life after 30+ years in the vault - Beyond Shadowgate! This new massive game (created by the designer of the original hit Shadowgate and a leading 8-bit adventure studio) is 5 TIMES BIGGER than NES Shadowgate!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-15.
“The official sequel to one of my favorite childhood games on the NES. It brought me back in the best way possible and I had so much fun playing this. Thank you for bringing it back from the vault guys.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“Very nostalgic. And yet, this game is very creative and fun in its own right. A must for any Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and Uninvited fans. (Highly recommend checking out Grahfmetal's other games too on their website.)”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played“If you enjoyed Shadowgate on the NES, you will love Beyond Shadowgate. This is a true sequel to the original game. Half the fun with any Macventure game is finding all the interesting ways for your character to perish, and this has plenty of fun ways to die. The puzzles are all…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedLatest official news
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V1.0.0.5 Patch Notes
More Fixes & Speedrun Features! With V1.0.0.5 we have some new fixes and some special features for the most dedicated of speedrunners! Progression Fixes Fixed an issue where an item could be picked up
V1.0.0.4 Patch Notes
V1.0.0.4 Fixes Fix for an endgame bug where the Blacksmith would be unresponsive Minor updates to text and fixed some typos Quality of Life Updates Added the Chapter Number to the Minimap panel Update
V1.0.0.3 Patch Notes
V1.0.0.3 Update for Gamepad Support Due to the way that the game handles gamepad support, there are rare cases where a USB or Bluetooth device that is not a controller would be identified as a control
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Exploration · 2D · First-Person · Pixel Graphics · Fantasy · Retro · Mystery · Multiple Endings · Story Rich · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.zojoi.com/beyond-shadowgate/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Win 7, 8, 10 (32 or 64 bit) Processor: 2.0 Ghz dual-core or better Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 8800 GTX / Radeon HD 2900 XT or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 120 MB available space Sound Card: integrated or better