Shadowverse

Shadowverse
Developer(s)Cygames
Publisher(s)Cygames
Composer(s)Yoshihiro Ike
EngineUnity
Platform(s)iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows, macOS
ReleaseiOS, Android
  • WW: June 17, 2016
Windows, macOS
  • WW: October 28, 2016[1]
Genre(s)Collectible card game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Shadowverse is a digital collectible card game developed and published by Cygames. It was released free-to-play for iOS and Android devices in June 2016.[2] macOS and Windows versions were released in October 2016.[1]

Shadowverse employs an anime art style with some illustrations reused from the developer's previous title, Rage of Bahamut,[3] an earlier digital collectible card game released in 2012. The game has been compared favorably with Hearthstone (2014), a difference being that Cygames sought to minimize the impact of randomness on match outcomes. Another difference is Shadowverse's "Evolve" game mechanic which allows players to grant played cards bonus stats and effects at the cost of an evolution point.[4]

An anime television series adaptation by Zexcs aired from April 2020 to March 2021. A second anime series titled Shadowverse Flame has been announced. An RPG card game based on the anime, Shadowverse: Champion's Battle was released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan in November 2020.[5][6] The game was released overseas on August 10, 2021.

A physical TCG version of the game published by Bushiroad titled Shadowverse: Evolve was released in Japan on April 26, 2022, and in North America on June 30, 2023.

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  5. ^ "Shadowverse: Champions Battle announced for Switch". Gematsu. 15 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Shadowverse: Champion's Battle launches November 5 in Japan, debut trailer and details". Gematsu. May 28, 2020. Archived from the original on July 7, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.