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Game entry

Shadow Warrior

1997 · FPS, Fighting · PC, Mac, DOS, iOS · MacSoft Games

GameForever voters place Shadow Warrior no. 854 in the world ranking, with 1,602 ELO points and 48% of wins across 132 duels settled. In its strongest family it holds position no. 19 out of 78 (1997).

World rank

no. 854

ELO score

1,602

Wins

48%

Duels played

132

About Shadow Warrior

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.

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.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,602 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The standing

Where Shadow Warrior ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Shadow Warrior stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 19 out of 78 (1997).

Where Shadow Warrior ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 854 5,110
FPS 99 458
1990s 132 655
1997 19 78

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