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Spirits of Xanadu

At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet. Her systems remain active but there has been no message from her crew for months. Now a lone operative has been sent to wake the Xanadu and bring her home to Earth.

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Steam User 5669STEAMRecommended

Very moody. I very much liked exploring the ship. the notes were well written, The idea behind hiding an ending behind finding almost every single note, i could do without, some were hidden a bit too well. I had fun, it's not really a challenging game, more of a walking simulator where you sometimes shoot enemies, the game might as well not have them, to be honest.
Atmosphere carries it, but it does it well enough that i recommend this, if you like moody, slightly spooky little games.

Jan 21, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 3328STEAMRecommended

Spirits of Xanadu is a loveletter to im-sims of old, specifically System Shock 2. It's DNA is all over SoX, from the audiologs to the protocol droids down to the dang grav-lifts.

This is not a bad game, and if you can catch it on sale (it goes for as little as 0.99 USD!) it's worth a quick run through. I managed to beat the game first time in 2 hours. Realizing you have infinite ammo for every weapon (which never have to reload), infinite health (cowwadooty regen health type sht) and infinite stamina... the game wasn't particularly challenging, at least on normal. I might give it another run on higher difficulties later, but unless they start making you manage ammo and health it'll still be a cakewalk for anyone with a fast trigger finger. The end result is all the tension the game tries to build falls flat, almost comically so.

I did enjoy the experience, even if I didn't quite get it, between all the messaging around Abrahamic faiths or the "antagonist". There are some secret tiddies though, so that's nice.

There is one aspect of this game that makes me ALMOST not want to recommend it, if it weren't for the ridiculously low sale prices: the performance. The game is very basic, visually. There aren't a whole lot of textures being used, lots of flat shading. Yet, despite the simple textures and basic geometries, somehow the game still manages to run like crap. Half-Life 2 has more textures, more effects more geometry more shaders and yet it still runs buttery smooth, even on terrible hardware. Being that this game is from 2015 that would be an unacceptable level of performance loss considering the visuals.

OPTIMIZE YOUR GAMES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Dec 30, 2025·2h·Verified

LANGUAGE	AUDIO	SUBTITLES	INTERFACE
English	Y	Y	Y
Chinese (Simplified)	—	Y	—
French	—	Y	Y
German	—	Y	Y
Russian	—	Y	Y

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