Shadow is a full Windows PC in the cloud, not a game service. You install what you want and stream the desktop.
Status nowOnline · 6/6 regionsfrom Shadow’s status pageDetails ↓All that runs on Windows. Each launcher, each store.
A full PC that you rent instead of buying. Good if you want to install anything, not if you want a ready-made game list.
Shadow is not a game service. It is a full Windows PC in a data center, with its own GPU and storage. The desktop streams to your screen. You install what you want: launchers, stores, mods.
There is no catalog and no publisher list. A game that runs on Windows runs on Shadow. This is why this site does not track its games.
A full PC costs more than a game subscription. You set it up like a PC.
Prices from Shadow, checked 2026-08-31.
Windows · macOS · Linux · Android · iPhone & iPad · TV boxes · browser
Shadow's own data centers: Dunkerque and Strasbourg in France, Frankfurt, Montreal, Washington DC and Portland. The status shown is Shadow's own, one reading per data center. Shadow is a cloud PC, so nothing here tracks its games.
Shadow's status pageEurope and North America.
No. All 6 Shadow data centers are working. This is what Shadow's own status page says (https://status.shadow.tech).
Yes. Shadow streams the games you own. The subscription pays for the stream, not for the games. All that runs on Windows. Each launcher, each store.
No. Shadow needs Neo Lite ($29.99/mo).
Up to 4K.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone & iPad, TV boxes and browser.
Europe and North America.
The status shown is Shadow's own, one reading per data center. Shadow is a cloud PC, so nothing here tracks its games. The official page is https://status.shadow.tech.
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