Shadows of Doubt BIG 2025 Update – Full Patch Notes & Features
Shadows of Doubt Update: Wizcards, Side Missions & Cigars
Welcome back, detectives. Or maybe you’re just here for the card games and petty theft?
Either way, Shadows of Doubt just dropped its first 2025 content update, and it’s the exact kind of chaotic noir energy we crave. Forget procedural crime dramas on cable TV — this is pixelated paranoia turned up to eleven.
Whether you’re chain-smoking in a sleazy apartment, throwing hands in a digital card game, or stealing a stranger’s shoes for a paycheck, this update is jam-packed with fresh content and weird little joys.
But before we start chain-smoking bug fixes and chasing side gigs, let’s rewind for the uninitiated.
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What Is Shadows of Doubt (and Why Should You Care)?
Shadows of Doubt is what happens when a detective sim gets drunk on neon lights, eats a cyberpunk dystopia for breakfast, and passes out in a trench coat dreaming about Minecraft pixels.
It’s a sandbox stealth-noir mystery game set in an alternate 1980s where you — a private investigator in a procedurally generated city — track down serial killers, solve kidnappings, and unravel conspiracies without anyone holding your hand.
And we mean that literally.
You’re dropped into a voxel-rendered city with a case file and your wits. From there? You do you.
Want to tail a suspect through sussy back alleys? Hack into their apartment using a stolen password and dig through their nasty trashcan for clues? Or maybe just bribe their neighbor, break into a private safe, and piece the case together from stolen evidence?
All of that works.
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There’s no “right” way — just results. Every clue you find feels earned. Every arrest? A personal triumph.
The freedom is absolutely wild. You can:
Pick locks, hack cameras, and dig through trash for info.
Discover graffiti on alley walls that leads to hidden locations.
Use fingerprints, surveillance footage, phone records, and even footprints to track people down (yes, really).
Become a morally questionable gremlin who commits minor crimes for petty cash — or play it clean…if you’re boring.
It’s not perfect (yet), but it’s one of the most creative, freedom-heavy indie games on Steam. And with every new update, it inches closer to greatness.
Wizcards, Baby – A Card Game for Detectives with ADHD
Why solve crimes when you can throw down in a tactical fantasy card game instead?
The devs clearly saw how many of us were spiraling mid-investigation and said, “You know what would help? Wizard stuff.”
Enter Wizcards, the brand-new in-cruncher digital card game you can play right inside your (or anyone else’s) computer. It’s a grid-based, fantasy-themed battle game where your goal is to digitally beat down the enemy AI. Strategically place your units and watch little pixel people beat the crap out of each other.
Good times.
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It’s weirdly addictive — like if Gwent from Witcher 3 and Triple Triad from Final Fantasy VIII had an unholy cyber-noir baby. Honestly, it’s a genius move. Burned out on investigating kidnappings and corporate assassinations?
Take a break and play some cards. Self-care, baby.
Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em – Just Don’t IRL, Please
Adding cigarettes and cigars to the game was inevitable. Shadows of Doubt has always had that gritty, trenchcoat energy — the kind of place where everyone looks like they just stubbed out a smoke with their boot while muttering something cryptic.
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Now, you can finally live the aesthetic.
Light up a pixel cig or puff a fat noir cigar while staring at a conspiracy board covered in string and regret. It’s available on Steam only due to age restrictions (sorry, Xbox Game Pass kids), and while we obviously don’t condone the real thing, in-game it adds a ridiculous amount of vibe.
Just don’t blame me if your detective starts coughing in mono.
Sneakers Be Gone – Side Hustles Get Weird in Shadows of Doubt Update
Some games give you side quests that save the world. Shadows of Doubt gives you side hustles where you steal people’s shoes.
No, seriously.
This update introduces a secret shoe-stealing mission that you can only discover by — wait for it — reading the in-game newspaper. Which makes it both hilarious and kinda brilliant. Want that extra coin without solving another murder? Time to grab those sneakers, you shady little gumshoe.
This is peak dystopian gig economy energy. “Oh, you’re not solving crimes today?” “Nah, I’m out here jacking loafers for rent money.”
I’m here for it.
Bug Fixes & Quality of (Criminal) Life
Let’s be real — patch notes usually read like a tech support doc written by a toaster. But Shadows of Doubt’s devs somehow make bug fixes entertaining.
Here are just a few highlights from this update:
You can’t kick briefcases across the map anymore. (RIP accidental Olympic sport.)
Photographing sleeping citizens no longer makes them appear standing like possessed mannequins. (That one was kinda haunting ngl.)
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- NPCs won’t respond to phone calls meant for other people. (No more accidental psychic hotline moments with Miss Cleo.)
You can’t lockpick keypad doors anymore. (Because apparently, that made zero sense to begin with.)
The kettle now has proper SFX when thrown. (Critical fix. Truly.)
On top of that, there’s a fresh batch of spawnable items like a violin, a saxophone, a tennis racket, and a glorious banh mi sandwich, because why not.
It’s like a weird shopping list from a noir-themed Animal Crossing. Worth noting: some of these require a new city generation, so consider starting fresh if you want that Yorkie Pie in your life.
Watch the Watchers – CCTV Sees You Now
You know what’s fun? Sneaking into high-security buildings to snoop on corporate skeletons in the closet. And now, Big Brother finally got an upgrade and you’ll be able to see yourself lurking on CCTV cameras.
It’s a small tweak, but it adds a whole new layer of paranoia to your sneakiness.
And in Shadows of Doubt, paranoia is the love language.
Speaking of watching, here’s a banger video showing one of my favorite content creators, Insym, playing the new Shadows of Doubt update below:
Video Source: The Best Detective Game Just Got a New Update – Shadows of Doubt | Insym
Shadows of Doubt is the Best Game You’re Not Playing
Look, Shadows of Doubt isn’t just a game — it’s a vibe. It’s noir chaos in voxel form. It’s Blade Runner meets Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego with a healthy dose of glitchy charm. And this update just reminds us why it’s surprisingly immersive and hours feel like minutes when I play.
Between the digital card game, smokable bad decisions, gig economy theft, and bug fixes that are somehow both hilarious and necessary, this update proves the devs are still swinging hard in 2025. Whether you’re a lapsed sleuth or a fresh-faced snooper, now’s a great time to dive (back) into this dystopian sandbox and get your detective on.
If you haven’t tried Shadows of Doubt yet, pick it up for yourself on Steam or check out the full official patch notes online.
Just remember: the city doesn’t sleep, the cameras are always watching, and somewhere out there, a killer’s still on the loose — probably barefoot now.
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