Shadwen is bringing the stealth genre back to its roots after years of gung-ho ridden action blasters and yearly revisions.Shadwen, bringing the stealth genre back to its roots after years of gung-ho ridden action blasters and yearly revisions.

Shadwen, an assassin on a quest to kill the king, has a chance encounter with a little orphaned girl, Lily. She follows Shadwen on her dangerous journey, but when the ruthless guards get too close, Shadwen must take action right in front of Lily's eyes. Will she resort to violence and let Lily witness her crimes, or can she find another way and protect the child's innocence?

To kill or not to kill - that is the question.

Finnish game developer Frozenbyte has released a free content update to their stealth game Shadwen in celebration of Frozenbyte's 15 year anniversary in the games industry.

The update, called Escape from the Castle,  adds 14 re-worked levels completely for free on all PC, OS X and Linux platforms. The levels are reverse and remade versions of the ones in the orignal campaign - the objective now is to escape from the King's Castle! 

The difficulty curve in the new content has been increased and players are encouraged to search for hidden treasure maps scattered around the levels!

The update also includes numerous bug fixes and some tweaks to the game's AI.

In light of the anniversary, all of Frozenbyte's games are also now part of a huge ongoing sale on Steam, GOG , Humble Store and Mac App Store,  with Shadwen available for -50% and other titles up to -85% off!

Key Features:

• Stay hidden - avoid detection and guards, who will ruthlessly kill you upon capture.
• Time is an accomplice - time stands still when you are not controlling Shadwen, allowing you to stop at any point: mid-motion, during jumps, right before a guard sees you.
• Carefully rewind time to manipulate your past and present actions to gain an upper hand on the guards. Make precision movements to nail each move and try different strategies for the ultimate solution.
• Pick your assassinations carefully. Avoid being seen, heard or getting caught indirectly. Suspicious sights and noises will alert the guards - use it to your benefit.
• Sneak and explore around the dark and gritty medieval province and use the environment to your advantage - use your rope to grapple onto rooftops, silently drop from ceilings, or veil yourself in the shadows.
• Use physics and a freely attachable rope to drag and topple objects. Make deaths look accidental; let gravity do the grave work.
• Set up traps and hazards to lure guards towards their untimely demise; discover new ways to eliminate or distract your foes by crafting items into deadly surprises, including poison traps, spike devices, smoke bombs and more.
• Lethal and non-lethal solutions - choose your play style but remember: actions have consequences.
• Become a true god of stealth and protect Lily's innocence - complete the game with no bodies left behind.