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Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2021

Should you play it?

Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

What works

  • Highly polished stealth gameplay
  • Engaging character-driven story
  • Multiple strategic approaches
  • Well-designed large maps
  • Strong audio-visual presentation

Things to keep in mind

  • Short length and limited content
  • No new mechanics or characters
  • Some bugs and glitches reported
  • Price considered high by some
  • Minimal social or multiplayer features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Redemption Reapers

  • Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

  • Gorky 17

  • Desperados III

  • Miasma Chronicles

  • Partisans 1941

Less social

Games that feels like Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Starship Troopers: Terran Command

  • Seven: Enhanced Edition

  • They Are Billions

  • Fate Seeker II

  • Hard West

  • Sumerian Six

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

  • Elin

  • Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition

  • King's Bounty: Crossworlds

  • Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

  • Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

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Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Value, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026