Shadow Bug

Shadow Bug

Muro Studios · July 22, 2017 · Action, Indie, Platformer, Ninja, 2D

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Shadow Bug price by region

Shadow Bug costs £1.82 in the United Kingdom, €2.10 in Europe (EUR), $3.48 in the United States, $3.48 in Georgia (USD), CA$6.69 in Canada, NZ$7.59 in New Zealand, A$8.50 in Australia, zł11.67 in Poland and R$12.39 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Shadow Bug offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.82 −64% £4.99 £1.82 3
Europe (EUR) €2.10 −65% €5.99 €2.10 3
United Statesyour region $3.48 −42% $5.99 $3.48 2
Georgia (USD) $3.48 −13% $3.99 $3.48 2
Canada CA$6.69 CA$6.69 — 1
New Zealand NZ$7.59 NZ$7.59 — 1
Australia A$8.50 A$8.50 — 1
Poland zł11.67 −47% zł21.99 zł11.67 2
Brazil R$12.39 R$12.39 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Shadow Bug

✦ AI summary

Shadow Bug is a ninja platformer where you move by slicing through monsters to save your forest from an encroaching factory. With its innovative attack-based locomotion system, hand-crafted level design, and stunning parallax art style, it reinvents how platformers play.

Read our open letter to find out how Shadow Bug came to be: http://steamcommunity.com/games/shadowbug/announcements/detail/1420174864656857505

You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces. Adventure through beautiful and twisted landscapes full of action and adventure as the ultimate ninja.
  • A completely new take on platformer games.
  • 36 hand crafted levels filled with action, exploration and puzzles.
  • Unique core mechanic: move by attacking enemies.
  • Breathtaking soundscape with an epic soundtrack and immersive sound effects.
  • Leaderboards for speedrunning levels.
  • Mesmerizing art with picturesque parallax backgrounds and mystical silhouettes.
  • 6 memorable boss fights.

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Shadow Bug — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Shadow Bug is a fun 2D action game with smooth movement and a unique control mechanic that replaces jumping with clicking enemies to dash toward them, though players note it can feel disorienting navigating the scrolling levels and locating hidden secrets. The game offers engaging level design and decent replayability through score attacks and collectibles that can be completed in just a few hours, but some criticize its generic music and floaty animations as typical of its mobile port origins, along with an uneven difficulty spike near the end.

Recommended Aug 31, 2022
[list][*][b][h1]Morlan's shorts:[/h1][/b][/list] A fun little kind-of platformer but not strictly in that category. More of a fluid large screen action game. Each level scrolls in various directions and it can be disorienting to find the way and the exit, but not a problem most of the times. Movement is smooth, good control, cute and dark graphics, engaging music. The levels are quite varied and well designed (although the hidden bits can be a bit annoying to locate and reach). Most of them are fairly straight forward, ranging from easy to "let's try harder"and there are a couple.. eh.. could be less infuriating. Short game, can be finished in a few hours, less than 5. Best to.. sale it out but worth a few coins.. [b]Don't waste more time reading lengthy reviews.. time is of the essence![/b]
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Recommended Jun 28, 2020
Shadow Bug is a fun fast game 2D. You are a small insect/bug with a little friend flyer (mouse you use to click) in PC version. Investigate and protect your forest against from enemy factory. One unique mechanic where you only moves with "Left and Right + Mouse (to attack/dash)" Into enemy. That's right, no jump and crouch buttons. The only way to get off of the ground is to "select/click on" an enemy or object in your screen to dash into it. (Even through walls.) The story maybe takes 2-4 hours in average or maybe less. (Because of all the scores) There is Points, time attack and secrets to collect. (Depend if you want to replay the chapter/map) Each chapter/map has own scores and there is plenty of them. Each takes maybe 1-3min in average.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 8, 2023
Treasure!!!!! I want all treasure
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 4, 2026
it's fun I'm on the last boss it also reminds me of hollow knight witch I'm fighting the hollow knight alone or spider dynasty demo
Recommended Jul 8, 2025
Very good game one of my childhood games as well
Recommended Jan 20, 2022
Despite being a port of a mobile game, this gets surprisingly challenging and creative in its later levels. I would've liked this more if it had a bit more personality. The music is very generic and graphics and animations feel floaty, something expected from a mobile game. Nevertheless, it presents a unique spin on platforming mechanics and the devs have done a good job exploring it in this game. Although completing the final two levels was satisfying and I would have liked more of the game to be like them, the sudden difficulty spike felt really out of place. Regardless, it can be 100%'ed in a fairly short time.

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