SUBSCRIPTION TIERS
Shadow is available at three subscription tiers. Shadow
Boost is $14.99 monthly or $11.99 per month for a
12-month plan; it sets you up with your own personal
Shadow remote PC with 256GB of storage and the
processing power to run any current PC game at 1080p
or 1440p with a comfortable frame rate. Shadow Ultra
is $29.99 per month or $24.99 monthly with a
12-month plan; it adds a GeForce RTX 2080 graphics
card to support gaming at up to 4K or up to 144 frames
per second in 1080p, along with ray-tracing capabilities.
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monthly with a 12-month plan; it features a GeForce
RTX Titan graphics card and 1TB of storage.
These prices are steep when compared with prices for
services such as Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce
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dedicated remote PC instead of individual games
streaming from any number of remote servers. To test
Shadow, we were provided with access to a Shadow
Boost account.
Shadow provides full access to a Windows 10 desktop,
letting you install any game store—nearly any
software—onto your remote system. It’s just like
installing on a local PC, including managing storage.
These aren’t individual games that run on servers, as
with GeForce Now and Stadia; it’s a dedicated Windows
10 PC that keeps your installed software, preferences,
and account information between sessions just like a
local PC does. Shadow recommends at least a 15Mbps
connection for good performance, though like all game-
streaming services, the faster your connection, the
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you’ll see.
Shadow by Blade
PROS Full access to a
Windows 10 PC.
Responsive
connection. Powerful
specs.
CONS Expensive. No
iOS client.
BOTTOM LINE
Shadow by Blade is a
service that lets you
remotely access a
powerful Windows 10
machine from any
other PC, Mac, or
Android device for a
lag-free gaming
experience.