You died on the lowest gate. Now build the army that ends them all.
Shadow Gates is a roguelite dungeon crawler where you crawl 5 escalating gates with 5 distinct biomes — Forest, Crypt, Shadow Rift, Frozen Cathedral, Volcanic Forge — each with its own boss, enemies, and music. Inspired by Solo Leveling, every kill extracts a shadow you can deploy on your next run. Lose 100 times. The army grows. Eventually you don't just survive — you walk back in commanding the dead that killed you.
️ Five Classes, Five Fantasies
Knight — frontline shield, area cleaves, taunts that pull aggro
Mage — projectile control, elemental combos, freeze-then-shatter
Rogue — backstab burst, blink dodges, single-target deletion
Warrior — sustained DPS, rage stacking, mid-range cleave
Paladin — heal-while-hitting hybrid, holy AoE, party-of-one tank
The Shadow Army Loop
Every kill leaves an extractable shadow. Deploy up to 5 shadows on your next run. Your worst death builds your strongest army.
Run Variety
5 classes × 5 gates × 14 curses × 25 aspects × 5 ascensions
Special rooms: Forge, Altar, Merchant, Elite, Event
Daily challenge with seeded leaderboards
Boss Rush mode
Endless ascensions for veterans
⚙️ Built for Replay
Transparent formulas, no microtransactions, no energy timers. Just you, the gates, and the shadows you leave behind.
♿ Accessibility
4-step UI scaling (85%-130%)
Reduce-flashes toggle (photo-sensitive epilepsy friendly)
Screen-shake toggle
Damage-number toggle
Full key rebinding
60fps cap, vsync options
