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''Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet'' is a {{Metroidvania}}-style game developed by Fuelcell Games. The player assumes the role of an alien {{flying saucer}} exploring an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin insanely twisted shadow planet]] which has encapsulated the alien planet's sun.

The game is available on Platform/{{Steam}} and Platform/XboxLiveArcade.

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!!''Insanely Twisted Shadow Tropes'':
%%* AsteroidsMonster
%%* BlackoutBasement: The Electrical area.
%%* CueTheSun: [[spoiler:The ending]].
%%* DeflectorShield
%%* EldritchAbomination: The Shadow Planet and its spawn.
* EldritchLocation: The opening cinematic seems to indicate that the Shadow Planet is something between a PlanetEater and a HordeOfAlienLocusts.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: The final ship upgrade is [[spoiler:a solar energy conduit capable of destroying the entire Shadow Planet. Which it does.]]
* EnemyScan: Anything the player can interact with can be scanned, revealing what item needs to be used on it.
%%* EternalEngine: The Mechanical and Electrical areas.
%%* EvilEvolves: The backstory of the Shadow Planet, seen by collecting artifacts.%%Is?
%%* EvilIsVisceral: The larger shadow creatures and constructs, particularly the final boss.%%How?
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title is a pretty good indicator of the game's setting.
* FlyingSaucer:
** The player's ship.
** All alien weaponry tropes from the 80s-90s are in full force. Your spacecraft is eventually armed with a blaster, lasers, a tractor beam, deflector shields, a manipulator claw, and missiles. The only odd one is the saw.
%%* GoForTheEye
* GrapplingHookPistol: The pincher arm and tractor beam both serve this purpose at various points.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: The big room with black tentacles and camera zoom out in the Organic region. Probably nothing, right?
%%* InsectoidAliens
* LoadBearingBoss: Defeating the final boss [[spoiler:destroys the shadow planet]].
%%* MalevolentArchitecture: Naturally, given the name of the game.
%%%%* {{Metroidvania}}
* PlugNPlayTechnology
%%* PuzzleBoss
%%* SwissArmyWeapon
* UnderTheSea: The Ocean area with its incredibly annoying currents, and arguably the hardest to fully map out even with all items. Also, your standard blaster is severely weakened underwater.
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