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Cronoforge Studios Inc · Published by Cronoforge Studios Inc · Official site ↗
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Shadow Rasa is a 3rd person, sci-fi, stealth action, rogue-lite. You’ll infiltrate this virtual world by sneaking and climbing past traps and cameras, killing guards with weapons you find and unlock. Hacking terminals to reveal maps, open doors, steal data, and gain intel to complete your mission.
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Embark on covert missions as you navigate Shadow Rasa’s virtual world, using stealth and strategy to outmaneuver guards and uncover secrets. With hacking terminals and deadly weapons at your disposal, each mission is a new challenge in this action-packed indie game.
About this game
In Shadow Rasa servers and security are physical spaces that are protected like a military base. They use walls, doors, cameras, sensors, drones, and guards to keep out intruders. You are a hacker that uses stealth, subterfuge, gadgets, and parkour to sneak in. Defenders of the system use the same tools to keep hackers out.
Once inside you can steal data, destroy infrastructure or plant information. You can even assassinate targets which won’t kill the person in the real world but does disrupt their signal and kick them out for a few hours in the real (days in the virtual). Tracking programs can sometimes be employed during a kill as well, so the targets pod can be found, and the threat can be permanently removed. This is the world your thrusted into against your will. Can you escape? Will you want to?
Random Levels
Randomly generated levels using procedural generation designed to allow multiple solutions to complete your missions. Levels that are different every time you play so you have to think on your feet and use the environment and tools you find to outwit the system and people that protect it
Equipment Synergy
Weapon, programs, and devices can have synergies when used together. Find new weapons and programs then use cores from each run to unlock them
Shadow Rasa Lore
Shadow Rasa is an alternate dimension scientists discovered that could be accessed easily from anywhere. It was found that while we could observe this dimension and communicate with it using electronics, we could not physically travel there. Limitless processing power was possible due to its unique makeup along with instant communication between any two points in the real world which made it quickly become the home of all computer processing for humankind.
It was also discovered that consciousness could be projected into this world providing a virtual space that was indistinguishable from the real world. At first this space was used for entertainment allowing people to play games and have experiences that felt as real as life. Over time people slowly started spending less and less time in the real world and more and more time in the virtual paradise of Shadow Rasa.
Shadow Rasa History
As centuries past society slowly shifted, Shadow Rasa changed from an escape from reality to a prison for the poor and disenfranchised. Quality experiences still existed for the wealthy and powerful, but most people lived their virtual lives in lower resolution cities, their bodies sustained in large warehouses in the real world.
Officially people are allowed to leave their life sustaining pods but in reality, the cost of living in the real world (even for a day) far exceeded what most make in a month in the virtual world.
Some argued that the world did not have the resources to sustain the entire population if everybody was let out. Others countered that it was just an excuse to keep a slave workforce imprisoned in the virtual world.
Not everyone in Shadow Rasa was eager to leave though, some enjoyed the longer life span granted from time passing by three times slower in the virtual world. Others couldn’t give up the endless gluttony one could indulge in when all you experience (food, drink, and drugs) are just signals to the brain.
Politics aside the end result was the rich enjoying everything the real world had to offer while most the poor had to be forever plugged into Shadow Rasa, living out their low resolution lives.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10/11
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 8700k/AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce GTX™ 1070 8GB/AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8GB/Intel® Arc™ A580 8GB (REBAR ON)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch V 1.0.0.13
This is a minor update in preparation for initial tutorials and starting missionsFeatures:Spawn in initial hub where you can buy upgrades and start missionsIcons and alert FX when guards are suspicious or startledStanding in ram nodes makes you invisible, even if standing (Safe Zone)Level load using background jobs and progress indicator during loading screenVarious UI Sound FX addedBug Fixes:UI close with escape keyRead full article on Community Announcements (Cronoforge Studios Inc.)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch V 1.0.0.13
Minor Bug Fixes:Fixed issue where QPU upgrade on mini map was showing on all QPU nodes instead of just ones that would allow upgradeFixed Nav Mesh generation so it would continue through doors so guard AI could follow you into rooms once moreRead full article on Community Announcements (Cronoforge Studios Inc.)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch V 1.0.0.12
We have stat upgrades and programs! New weapons, new devices, working turrets, and cameras are still pending but a lot of work is going on under the hood to prepare for these. Features:Ability to upgrade your Health, Amp, or Flow at random QPU nodes.QPU nodes that allow upgrade will have a visible particle stream2 Programs modules have been added with Radial activationAdrenal Surge - A temporary self‑buff that heightens your avatar’s physical responsiveness, improving close‑quarters performance and short‑window survivability.Armor Shred - A debuff program that weakens enemy avatars’ defensive layers, making them more vulnerable to follow‑up attacks.In the next update I'm working towards having the move, delete, and merge systems working so you can move programs and merge modules together. I'll also be adding auto triggered programs, passive programs, and contextual programs. There will also be stagger effects and the ability to carry your gear deep into the systems, which you'll need for the increased defenses. On the plus side, the deeper you go, the greater the rewards!Read full article on Community Announcements (Cronoforge Studios Inc.)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch V 1.0.0.11
We have been working hard to get our next update out and soon we will have stat upgrades, programs, new weapons, new devices, working turrets, and cameras! This is an incremental update working towards that major update next week.Features:- Added Gun recoil- Added LockdownsWhen alert escalates to new tier, lockdown activates, doors lock Reduce alert level at wall terminals to disable lockdown Added security node and node destruction Destroy security node to disable lockdown- Cosmetic UpdatesAdded windowsAdded light framesAdded different walls visuals- Initial sensor and defenseAdded cameras (not currently enabled, prep for next update)Added Turrets (not currently enabled, prep for next update)- Open area ceiling traversalAdded climbable wall sections to open areasAdded ceiling tiles to open areas- Initial controller inputRestored controller input and added new actionsMenu still requires mouse/keyboardGun aim needs speed reduction- Added loading messagesText changes during different phases of load to indicate progressBug Fixes:- Minor bug fixes to block placement to prevent overlaps- Changed default graphics setup to avoid crash and lockoutRead full article on Community Announcements (Cronoforge Studios Inc.)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch V 1.0.0.10
Features:- Added ability to earn Qpu cores and spend them to unlock equipment- Added Sync Charge (sticky explosive) device- Added Glitch (Distraction) device- Changed behavior so that holding shift to run takes you out of crouch- Unlocked devices will appear randomly in level- Added corporation and seed to mission ending screen- Added error popup if trying to swap equipment into invalid slotTweaks:- Guard wait on investigating increased- Rifle cost increased to make it more balancedBug Fixes:- Game pauses in setting menu now- Fixed hand jitter when using rifle- Not recharging flow when crouched in the light- Fixed flicker on pickup inner equipment visualRead full article on Community Announcements (Cronoforge Studios Inc.)
