Shadow Warrior: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Shadow Warrior (1997) is a fighting, shooter video game developed by 3D Realms, available on PC, iOS, Mac, DOS. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 78/100 on IGDB.

What is Shadow Warrior about?

Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms and released on May 13, 1997 by GT Interactive. Shadow Warrior was developed using Ken Silverman's Build engine and improved on 3D Realms' previous Build engine game, Duke Nukem 3D. Mark Adams ported Shadow Warrior to Mac OS in August 1997.

The game's improvements included introduction of true room-over-room situations, the use of 3D voxels instead of 2D sprites for weapons and usable inventory items, transparent water, climbable ladders, and assorted vehicles to drive (some armed with weapons). Although ultra-violent, the game emphasized tongue-in-cheek humor and contained some sexual themes (although less blatantly than in Duke Nukem 3D). A combination of Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior was published by GT Interactive in March 1998, titled East Meets West.

Key details

Shadow Warrior was released in 1997 and supports single player, multiplayer. Platforms: PC, iOS, Mac, DOS. Developer: 3D Realms.

Should you play Shadow Warrior?

A solid 78/100 aggregate score makes Shadow Warrior a safe pick for fans of fighting, shooter.