Cyber Shadow Still Lingering? The Definitive Guide to Remove It Completely

Introduction

Cyber Shadow is a slick retro-platformer that drops a 150 MB executable and a handful of save files in unexpected corners of Windows. After I “uninstalled” it from Game Pass last week, a 20 MB ghost folder kept re-appearing in my Start menu and the Xbox app showed it as “repairing” every reboot. Below I’ll explain why that happens, show the exact folders and registry keys I hunted down, and finish with how Perfect Uninstaller mopped up the last crumbs.

---

Why the game refuses to vanish

1. Multi-store installs – Xbox app, Steam, and standalone GOG builds drop files in different locations.
2. Save & config persistence – Documents\My Games\Cyber Shadow and %localappdata%\CyberShadow survive a normal uninstall.
3. Xbox Gaming Service hooks – even after the game is gone, the service keeps a stub entry so it can “repair” on next launch.

---

Step-by-step: what actually worked for me

1. Back up your saves
   Copy %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Cyber Shadow to OneDrive or a USB stick.
2. Quit the launcher completely

• Xbox app: click your profile → Settings → turn off “Keep my games up to date.”
• Steam: exit Big Picture or close the client.

1. Native uninstall

• Xbox/Game Pass: Start → Settings → Apps → Cyber Shadow → Uninstall.
• Steam: Library → right-click Cyber Shadow → Manage → Uninstall.
• GOG: Galaxy → Installed → More → Manage → Uninstall.
  Wait for the progress bar to finish—this only removes the core binaries.

1. Manual sweep
   Delete these folders if they still exist:

• %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Cyber Shadow (saves & config)
• %LOCALAPPDATA%\CyberShadow (crash dumps, logs)
• %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Steam\steamapps\common\Cyber Shadow (Steam)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\ModifiableWindowsApps\CyberShadow (Xbox/MS Store) Registry keys:
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yacht Club Games\Cyber Shadow
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Yacht Club Games\Cyber Shadow

1. Clear Xbox package cache
   PowerShell (Admin):

   Get-AppxPackage *cybershadow* | Remove-AppxPackage

After this I was down to 0 MB, but the Xbox app still showed a greyed-out tile that resurrected itself on reboot—time for the big guns.

---

Finish with Perfect Uninstaller

1. Download Perfect Uninstaller (portable edition).
2. Run → scan → highlight Cyber Shadow → choose Force Uninstall + Deep Registry Scan.
3. Review the list (it caught the Xbox stub, a leftover DirectInput hook, and 40 registry values).
4. Click Delete Selected, reboot. The Xbox tile vanished and the Game Services log now shows “package not found.”

---

Summary

Cyber Shadow is small but stubborn because it scatters saves, cache, and storefront hooks across multiple locations. Remove it with the native uninstaller, hunt the folders and registry keys above, then let Perfect Uninstaller wipe the final traces. Follow the sequence and you’ll reclaim every megabyte—and the game won’t mysteriously reinstall itself the next time Windows updates.