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Shadows of Adam

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Gorgeous pixel art. Intense, blazing fast battles. An epic adventure. This is the must-play retro indie JRPG built for the modern era.

What works

  • Faithful retro jrpg style
  • Engaging and strategic combat
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Beautiful pixel art and music
  • No random encounters

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear progression
  • Some repetitive puzzles
  • Story and characters somewhat shallow
  • Minor bugs and ui quirks
  • Limited replayability without dlc

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Kingdoms of the Dump

  • Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition

  • Chained Echoes

  • 8-Bit Adventures 2

  • Labyronia RPG 2

  • CrossCode

  • Drova - Forsaken Kin

  • Fabled Lands

  • Rise of the Third Power

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Into the Necrovale

  • Sakura Gozen

  • Under The Island

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  • Escapism

    Fabled Lands

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Shadows of Adam: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Last update: 25/07/2026