Shadowrun Returns on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

Shadowrun Returns is a rpg, cyberpunk and turn-based game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on July 25th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, German and Russian.

It has received 13,331 reviews of which 11,787 were positive and 1,544 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.24€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Shadowrun Returns into these genres:

RPG Cyberpunk Turn-Based Isometric Sci-fi Indie Strategy Singleplayer Tactical Adventure Moddable Kickstarter CRPG Story Rich Fantasy Atmospheric Dystopian Crowdfunded Turn-Based Strategy Female Protagonist

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *:Windows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7
Processor: x86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:DirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory
DirectX®:9.0
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.6
Processor: Intel-based Macs only (x86-compatible, 1.4GHz or better)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard disk space: 2 GB HD space

Linux

Processor: x86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:Modern 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

I got this game for cheap in a bundle. It's worth what I paid for it. If you want a tactic's RPG it's good enough I guess. There's some interesting set pieces and ideas in the story, and Shadowrun deserves some praise for combining fantasy elements with a more modern sci-fi setting regardless of this game. Honestly, I only bought it because everyone hated the first person shooter of Shadowrun on 360 and that was one of my favorite games, so I figured this would be way better. It's not. But I don't play competitive shooters anymore so that's fine. It's good enough for what it is. Some of the writing is pure trash. Whoever wrote the script thought repeating statements was a good way to end conversations. And they end every conversation that way. Every fraggin one.

Nov. 2024

A fine crpg with a somewhat linear story. Well worth it despite that

June 2024

A bare bone CRPG. You have almost all the elements you expect from the genre, but in a very simplified way. A rigid, self-contained structure and story instead of a great and liberating adventure, full of choices. In other words: The game is a canned and on rails experience. But it doesn't drag on for more hours than necessary. Which is good. The only "new thing" here may be the turn-based combat inspired by X-COM, but without half the dynamism and customization. You have a serviceable variety of builds to explore, but nothing that is very noteworthy or replayable. The music is cool, though. The writing is reasonable and the story is passable, without many complex characters or crazy twists or dramatic and thematic density, but it serves as a solid introduction to the Shadowrun universe, which is more than reasonable to expect for such a short title. When it comes to mediocre stories told in a cyberpunk universe, a murder mystery with dystopian touches is actually quite interesting. Just don't expect a very memorable execution. The game presents flaccid technical competence and production values, without much personality or aesthetic value and deep mechanics, letting almost all of its charms appear through the text and some sporadically used concept art (Which is no big deal). Sure, at the time, it seemed more acceptable, but today, it seems like some kind of old cell phone game. I never thought I'd use that term to refer to an indie game, but Shadowrun Returns has aged a little poorly. It seems like a game that is too simple and shallow for its own good. It feels like a solid and versatile base for building more complex games (Which is exactly the case, given that Dragonfall and Chinatown are much better games). A techdemo if you will. If it were released today, perhaps its reception wouldn't be the best. But I think it's still worth it, even if it's just to play once. For better or worse, at least it's short and it's simple enough to function as a gateway to the genre, even if it's a somewhat crooked and unpainted gateway. And the interface is at least good and readable... Better than nothing, I guess.

May 2024

For one, the game is far too short, and I restarted the game several times cause well, OCD. This game is basically just 12 hours long (SHORT!). The battle system is actually quite good. HOWEVER melee have so much better advantage over range and sometimes the range attacks have so low accuracy you might as well stand in melee range. Honestly, the skirmishes can do with a little tweaking. The AI is unfortunately . . . stupid. They dun hunt you down, and very linear battle and I find taking cover does little. You want good battles of the same game type, try Hard West. The hacking (or called decking here) is well, useless for the game. And to be a decker, even part time you have to sacrifice magic so that's a major down side for a non battle capable skill.

April 2024

I absolutely adore games with official or fan-made map editors. I've been a fan of this game since 2017. I am aware of Shadowrun the tabletop game, but haven't played it. But I've played Dragonfall and Hong Kong on EGS, and totally loved them. Returns, on the other hand, feels kinda stale and buggy. It hasn't aged well, yet I've replayed it for like five times on different devices, even when it was available for Android devices in Google Play. Good times... It's worth a try if you enjoy turn-based combat, but don't expect much from it. The story is a little bit naive but has several interesting twists. Other parts of the trilogy are more interesting and replayable.

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