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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2023

Should you play it?

Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!

What works

  • Creative and diverse character abilities
  • Open-ended mission design and player choice
  • Engaging supernatural pirate theme
  • Polished gameplay and controls
  • High replayability with badges and challenges

Things to keep in mind

  • Reused maps and enemy placements reduce variety
  • Story and character development sometimes shallow
  • Lower difficulty compared to previous titles
  • Some pacing issues with dialogue and side quests
  • Limited multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Battle Chasers: Nightwar

  • Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

  • Age of Reforging: The Freelands

  • Partisans 1941

  • EARTHLOCK

  • Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Less social

Games that feels like Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Seven: Enhanced Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

  • Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest

  • Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

  • Tower of Time

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew but with a stronger sense of community

  • Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

  • Torchlight II

  • Pillars of Eternity

  • How to Survive

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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026