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2015 · Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw · Adventure · Horror

The Consuming Shadow

The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.

Released: 20 November 2015
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure Horror
Developers: Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view Text
Themes: Horror
Languages: English
Time to beat: 3hmain story41hcompletionist

About

Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw (born 24 May 1983) is a British journalist, video game critic and developer, author, and humourist. He is best known for his video game review series Zero Punctuation, which he produced for The Escapist from 2007 to 2023, and its spiritual successor Fully Ramblomatic, which he releases through Second Wind.

Croshaw has developed and released over two dozen indie games, including both freeware and commercial titles. He has also published six novels through Dark Horse Books. Outside of creative works, Croshaw was one of four founders of the Mana Bar, an Australian cocktail bar and video gaming lounge which opened in 2010, and had closed by 2015.