In a nutshell

• New Game: Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced Shadow Labyrinth, an action-platformer inspired by Pac-Man, coming in 2025.
• Gameplay: Players navigate an alien world with a companion named PUCK, aiming to become the planet’s apex predator by consuming everything in the darkness.
• Features: The game includes fluid combat, exploration, and challenging bosses, drawing inspiration from Bandai Namco’s broader library of arcade games.

Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced Shadow Labyrinth, an upcoming action-platformer inspired by the legendary Pac-Man franchise coming in 2025 to PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam.

The game puts players in an alien world with a mysterious companion, PUCK, where to survive they must become the planet’s apex predator.

Shadow Labyrinth Overview

Here’s an overview of the game:

Shadow Labyrinth is a broad departure from previous PAC-MAN games, players take on the role of another protagonist: Swordsman No. 8. In the game, following the events introduced in the Secret Level animated short, players awaken on an alien planet ravaged by war and monsters. They quickly encounter PUCK, a mysterious yet recognizable figure who teaches them that their aim in this treacherous world is to escape it, and to achieve that they must consume everything that waits in the darkness to survive – and ultimately become the planet’s apex predator.

Drawing even more inspiration from the source material for this unique game, players traverse a maze-filled world where enemies and puzzles new and familiar will challenge them at every step. Success comes from mastery of fluid combat and exploration to uncover increasingly powerful abilities and skills and conquering challenging bosses to discover their true purpose.

As players progress through Shadow Labyrinth and dive deeper into the maze of this mysterious world, they will discover its secrets and learn why PUCK chose them for this task.

Shadow Labyrinth is an upcoming action-platformer inspired by the legendary Pac-Man franchise coming in 2025 to PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam.