Shadows Must Fall
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Shadows Must Fall is a top-down survivors-like arena roguelite where you don’t just fight the horde, you build the arena they die in.
As waves of shadow creatures close in, you’ll place towers, craft traps, and collect weapons mid-run, shaping the battlefield to fit your build. Every choice matters. Every wave adapts.
Survive long enough, and the light will cleanse the shadows. Fail, and the darkness takes everything.
Key Features
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🧱 Build the arena mid-run
Place tiles, towers, and traps to create deadly choke points and kill zones. -
⚔️ Survivors-style combat with tower defense depth
Auto-attacks, manual aiming, and strategic placement combine into chaotic battles. -
🔁 Deep roguelite builds
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23 tower types
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48 jewels that modify behavior and synergies
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20 items that dramatically change how you play
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🌍 3 distinct biomes
Each with unique enemies, hazards, and tactical challenges. -
👹 6 challenging boss fights
Designed to break static defenses and force adaptation. -
🔥 10 difficulty levels
From casual runs to brutal endurance gauntlets.
There are no second chances. When the shadows breach your defenses, the run is over.
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This game is... wickedly good... amazing art and perfect level of progression / difficulty.
This game keeps bringing me back, so fun, I love the newest updates, the art is really starting to tie things together!
Really good game! I have a couple of notes:
On that note, if you would be okay with it, I do know how to draw (albeit not professionally, more so as a hobby) and would be willing to work on it.
P.S: The discord invite is invalid.
I think I fixed the discord link & fixed the bug with getting stuck on level 2. I'll look into the game getting laggy when there's a lot of things going on.
That’s really nice of you to offer! I’ve got the art side covered, but always cool to see what people are working on, feel free to share your stuff sometime!
Thanks for the quick reply, can't wait to play the rest of the levels.
Fantastic work! 😍😍😍 Any chance you'll need more music for this awesome game?
Hello, is there a way to manually save the progression?
I see it is possible to enter a seed but I don't see how to get it in the first place...
Hey! Yeah, there’s actually a save feature in the game, but I had to turn it off in the demo because it’s still a bit buggy. I’ll have it working in the full release so you can save automatically. The seed thing is just for testing right now, so you don’t really need to mess with it. Thanks for checking my game out
Thanks for the quick answer!
I love what you did with this game and despite a few bugs it's very playable as of now.
Thanks I appreciate it :)
Hello! I love this game. I can make the music you are looking for. Where can I contact you so we can talk better?
Love it! The FX and polish are insane. Adding this to my collection!
Awesome looking game! Will definitely be playing this later :)
Amaimg/10 there is a glitch with the merchent though once you exit the merchent the ui dispears, looks amazing though!!! we would LOVE an updated trailer haha
Thank you!! Glad you liked it, I think I’ve fixed that UI disappearing bug in the latest build. And yes, an updated trailer is definitely on my list, I just want to update more art first!
Already very impressive and extremely promising. Happy to hear that there's a full version coming.
What a great game! This will be added to my regular list of games to play! It's so fun! The webgl has a bug where when you hit escape the game cant be fullscreened again and the UI is hidden, so i had to after 2 soft locks, download the windows version which is fine, there is some lag at the end and start of a fight, which isnt too bad. Overall the game is amazing!
Thanks so much! Really happy to hear you're enjoying it and great catch on the fullscreen/UI bug. I think I’ve fixed it in the latest build, but I’ll keep an eye on that bug. Appreciate you taking the time to share feedback!
actually so fucking cool!
Wow, what a game! I had so much fun playing this! It reminds me of God of weapons. You should definitely go for a release! I was facing glitching when the combat is about to start, I guess it is because of spawning the enemies, so try to spread the spawn on several frames to address this. Otherwise - pretty pretty game! Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much! Glad you had fun. I’ll definitely look into that spawn glitch and see what’s going on. Appreciate the kind words!
Just checked this out after watching the indie game clinic playthrough. I like the art and the concept. Generally fun to play! The one thing I had difficulty with was how to upgrade the towers. Since the game gets tougher with each wave, upgrading the towers would do a lot to make the match feel more even. I like it though and will be following the project. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for giving it a try! I've made some updates to make upgrading towers more intuitive and harder to overlook. If you decide to play again, I'd love to hear any feedback you have!
Are you planning to release full game?
Of course :)