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Games like Shadowy Contracts

If Shadowy Contracts is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow of the Guild, Aragami 2 and Styx: Master of Shadows — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Shadowy Contracts: Shadowy Contracts is a stealth and RPG hybrid, where the player can go on contracts to kill targets for gold. The gold can be used to hire and lead mercenaries into battle, and/or use the gold to purchase weapons and potions.

2020ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDWindowsby ExiledThunder Productions
Shadowy Contracts — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Shadowy Contracts also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Shadow of the Guild

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Sidescrolling beat 'em up with an epic story. You are Yarán, an assassin with powerful skills of a mage and a warrior combined. Attack from the shadows, cast powerful spells, and destroy your enemies with powerful combo attacks.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Aragami 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Aragami 2 is a third person stealth game where you play as an assassin with the power to control the shadows. Join the shadow clan and fight the invader armies to protect your people.

    2021ActionIndie34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Styx: Master of Shadows

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadowy Contracts.

    Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.

    2014Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadowy Contracts.

    The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a new role-playing game set in a world worth saving.

    2012ActionRPGDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dragon's Dogma 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadowy Contracts.

    Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.

    2024ActionRPG69.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadowy Contracts.

    Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.

    2006ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Ortharion project

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Come discover the world of Ortharion! Improve your character by collecting many spells of different qualities in order to defeat your opponents or by discovering many secrets, with puzzles and parkour.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rune Knights

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shadowy Contracts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Rune Knights is a cooperative action RPG focused on customization, crafting, and combat. Customize your character's aesthetics, stats, gameplay, and gear as you battle through procedurally generated and hand-crafted levels with your allies.

    2020ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadowy Contracts at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadowy Contracts.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadowy Contracts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadowy Contracts.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Shadowy Contracts.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowy Contracts.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadowy Contracts

How much does Shadowy Contracts cost?
Shadowy Contracts is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Shadowy Contracts?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadowy Contracts are Shadow of the Guild, Aragami 2, Styx: Master of Shadows.
Who developed Shadowy Contracts?
Shadowy Contracts was developed by ExiledThunder Productions.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Shadowy Contracts.

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