Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

Push Square

John Cal McCormick·Aug 23, 2023

Critic80/100

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The coolest mechanic is the ability to pause the game and give each crew member instructions that they'll all perform in tandem with a tap of the triangle button. Planning a co-ordinated attack and then watching it unfold like clockwork is a pleasure that never gets old, and if you mess the whole thing up you can always just rewind time and tinker with your strategy until you get it right. These moments are Shadow Gambit at its best, and the game in a nutshell; it leaves you feeling like a tactical genius, even if it took you seven tries to get there.

GameSpot

Steve Watts·Aug 16, 2023

Critic90/100

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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is a bountiful blend of stealth, strategy, and swashbuckling.

Eurogamer

Matt Wales·Aug 16, 2023

Critic80/100

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Eurgoamer's review of Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, a cerebral but hugely characterful stealth tactics game.

IGN

Jon Bolding·Aug 16, 2023

Critic90/100

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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is dead-on stealth tactics-filled with character and vigor – a peak for the genre.

GamesRadar+

Jasmine Gould-Wilson·Aug 16, 2023

Critic70/100

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Shadow Gambit is a fiendishly fun stealth strategy game that does precisely what it says on the tin. You'll be so bewitched by the world and its charming cast of characters that the muddy plot can almost be forgiven.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Katharine Castle·Aug 16, 2023

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A crowning achievement of open world stealth puzzling, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is fiendishly good fun. Easily Mimimi's best stealth strategy game yet.

PC Gamer

Dominic Tarason·Aug 16, 2023

Critic87/100

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Superb squad-based stealth strategy that embraces the magic of save-scumming.