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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.[1]

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.[2] Source: IGDB

Platforms

PC
PS4
Xbox One

Release date 13 May 1997

Developers

3D Realms
Flying Wild Hog
Westlake Interactive

Genres

Fighting
Shooter

Publishers

3D Realms
Atari
Devolver Digital

Spotlight

Review: Wot I Think: Shadow Warrior

Sturm und Wang

Adam Smith

10 years ago

63
Review: Wot I Think: Shadow Warrior 2

More weapons than you can shake a wang at

Adam Smith

6 years ago

52
Blood, Sweat & Laughter: The Beauty Of The Build Engine

2.5D remembered.

Robert Zak

7 years ago

68
Hands On: Shadow Warrior 2 Is Like First-Person Diablo

Rip and tear forever

Adam Smith

7 years ago

54

Shadow Warrior Gallery

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Shadow Warrior Feed

Shadow Warrior 3 announced, and it has a grappling hook

More ultraviolence in 2021

Alice O'Connor

3 years ago

20
Shadow Warrior 2 is free on GOG right now

Plenty of Wang for everyone

Dominic Tarason

5 years ago

25
Shadow Warrior free as SW2 gets new free bits

So many demons, so little time

Alice O'Connor

6 years ago

7
Price slashed: Shadow Warrior reboot is free right now

A great price for a fun game

Alice O'Connor

6 years ago

10
PSA: Shadow Warrior is still free

Old news

Alice O'Connor

6 years ago

16
Original Shadow Warrior alpha and beta released

A slice of history

Adam Smith

6 years ago

2
Review: Wot I Think: Shadow Warrior 2

More weapons than you can shake a wang at

Adam Smith

6 years ago

52
GOG Connect: More DRM-Free Games For Steam Owners

Why buy games twice?

Alice O'Connor

7 years ago

33
Shadow Warrior 2 Slices And Dices Onto PC In October

Let's get stabby

Jessica Famularo

7 years ago

12
Our Steam Sale Picks, Round 3!

The Final Picks

Philippa Warr

7 years ago

49
Hands On: Shadow Warrior 2 Is Like First-Person Diablo

Rip and tear forever

Adam Smith

7 years ago

54
Have You Played... Shadow Warrior?

Wang is the loneliest number

Adam Smith

7 years ago

54
First Person Squabbler: 12 Minutes Of Shadow Warrior 2

Wang Harder

Adam Smith

7 years ago

24
Humble Devolver Bundle: Not A Hero, Titan Souls & Talos

Don't forget Dropsy

Joe Donnelly

7 years ago

16
Blood, Sweat & Laughter: The Beauty Of The Build Engine

2.5D remembered.

Robert Zak

7 years ago

68
Shadow Warrior 2 Announced Packing Four-Player Co-op

Muderfriends

Alice O'Connor

8 years ago

18
[A Joke About Wangs]: Shadow Warrior 2

Teasy does it

Adam Smith

8 years ago

27
A Taste Of Wang: Shadow Warrior Demo

Demo and 75% price reduction

Adam Smith

9 years ago

35
A Keen Deal: Interceptor Purchases 3D Realms/Apogee

Still betting on Duke

Adam Smith

9 years ago

29
Shadow Warrior + Viscera Cleanup Detail = All The Sense

Because why not?

Nathan Grayson

9 years ago

22
Rebooted And Transformed: Shadow Warrior

Touchy

Adam Smith

10 years ago

18
Review: Wot I Think: Shadow Warrior

Sturm und Wang

Adam Smith

10 years ago

63
Wang Squared: Saints Row's, Er, Bat In Shadow Warrior

Totally wanging it

Nathan Grayson

10 years ago

48
September To Dismember: Shadow Warrior Trailer

A slice of news

Craig Pearson

10 years ago

11
Fish Physics And Sword Care: Shadow Warrior Trailer

Craig Pearson

10 years ago

32

Shadow Warrior 3 announced, and it has a grappling hook

More ultraviolence in 2021

Alice O'Connor

3 years ago

20
Shadow Warrior 2 is free on GOG right now

Plenty of Wang for everyone

Dominic Tarason

5 years ago

25
Shadow Warrior free as SW2 gets new free bits

So many demons, so little time

Alice O'Connor

6 years ago

7
Price slashed: Shadow Warrior reboot is free right now

A great price for a fun game

Alice O'Connor

6 years ago

10
PSA: Shadow Warrior is still free

Old news

Alice O'Connor

6 years ago

16
Original Shadow Warrior alpha and beta released

A slice of history

Adam Smith

6 years ago

2
GOG Connect: More DRM-Free Games For Steam Owners

Why buy games twice?

Alice O'Connor

7 years ago

33
Shadow Warrior 2 Slices And Dices Onto PC In October

Let's get stabby

Jessica Famularo

7 years ago

12
First Person Squabbler: 12 Minutes Of Shadow Warrior 2

Wang Harder

Adam Smith

7 years ago

24
Humble Devolver Bundle: Not A Hero, Titan Souls & Talos

Don't forget Dropsy

Joe Donnelly

7 years ago

16
Shadow Warrior 2 Announced Packing Four-Player Co-op

Muderfriends

Alice O'Connor

8 years ago

18
[A Joke About Wangs]: Shadow Warrior 2

Teasy does it

Adam Smith

8 years ago

27
A Taste Of Wang: Shadow Warrior Demo

Demo and 75% price reduction

Adam Smith

9 years ago

35
A Keen Deal: Interceptor Purchases 3D Realms/Apogee

Still betting on Duke

Adam Smith

9 years ago

29
Shadow Warrior + Viscera Cleanup Detail = All The Sense

Because why not?

Nathan Grayson

9 years ago

22
Rebooted And Transformed: Shadow Warrior

Touchy

Adam Smith

10 years ago

18
Wang Squared: Saints Row's, Er, Bat In Shadow Warrior

Totally wanging it

Nathan Grayson

10 years ago

48
September To Dismember: Shadow Warrior Trailer

A slice of news

Craig Pearson

10 years ago

11
Fish Physics And Sword Care: Shadow Warrior Trailer

Craig Pearson

10 years ago

32
Swords: Shadow Warrior Swordleasing In Swordtember

Nathan Grayson

10 years ago

16
A Slash From The Past: Shadow Warrior Free On Steam

Nathan Grayson

10 years ago

48
Heads A Lopping: Shadow Warrior Teaser

Craig Pearson

10 years ago

47
Split Personality: Hard Reset Devs Revive Shadow Warrior

Nathan Grayson

10 years ago

63

Review: Wot I Think: Shadow Warrior 2

More weapons than you can shake a wang at

Adam Smith

6 years ago

52
Review: Wot I Think: Shadow Warrior

Sturm und Wang

Adam Smith

10 years ago

63

Our Steam Sale Picks, Round 3!

The Final Picks

Philippa Warr

7 years ago

49
Hands On: Shadow Warrior 2 Is Like First-Person Diablo

Rip and tear forever

Adam Smith

7 years ago

54
Have You Played... Shadow Warrior?

Wang is the loneliest number

Adam Smith

7 years ago

54
Blood, Sweat & Laughter: The Beauty Of The Build Engine

2.5D remembered.

Robert Zak

7 years ago

68