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Shadow of the Colossus is a single player open world action adventure game with fantasy and drama themes. It was developed by Team Ico and was released on October 18, 2005. It received positive reviews from both critics and players.

An open-world action/adventure game in which a young wanderer, along with a stolen magical sword and his steed companion, trespasses a cursed land, makes a deal with an ancient being to bring a sacrificial victim back to life, and sets off to fulfill his end of the bargain, which involves tracking down and infiltrating the abodes of sixteen colossi and sacrificing them to achieve his goal.

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Looking for games like Shadow of the Colossus? Here are top open world action adventure recommendations with a fantasy and drama focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Grim Soul: Survival Magic RPG, Celestial Bond or GRING×GRIND.

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Shadow of the Colossus is a open world action adventure game with fantasy and drama themes.

Shadow of the Colossus is available on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation.

Shadow of the Colossus was released on October 18, 2005.

Shadow of the Colossus was developed by Team Ico.

Shadow of the Colossus has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Shadow of the Colossus for its graphics but disliked it for its atmosphere.

Shadow of the Colossus is a single player game.

Similar games include Grim Soul: Survival Magic RPG, Celestial Bond, GRING×GRIND, 30 Birds, William and Sly and others.