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Shady Part of Me is a narrative platform game where you play as a young girl and her shadow. You help her overcome emotional struggles through solving 2D and 3D puzzles. The game world is based within the young girl's dreams. The young girl is afraid of the light and her shadow is afraid of the dark. You use these two elements together to navigate through the world.

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Shady Part of Me

Game Details

Release Date: 10/12/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Players: 1

Genres: Platform, Traversal (Brain Game, Narrative and Puzzle)

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Developer: Shady Part Of Me (@ShadyPartOfMe)

Costs: Purchase cost

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32 Great Games Like Shady Part of Me

Game Details

6 Similar Games Short List

Shine – Journey of Light

Airhead

Selini

Gris

Legend Of The Skyfish (Series)

Florence

10 Similar Games Long List

The Unfinished Swan

Portal (Series)

What Remains of Edith Finch

Limbo

The Talos Principle

She Remembered Caterpillars

Little Nightmares II (Series)

When The Past Was Around

Daylife in Japan

Inner Tao

6 Younger Content Rating than Shady Part of Me

16 Video Games Like Shady Part of Me Based on Genre

Shady Part of Me is in These Lists

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