Games like Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition
If Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are S.E.C.U., BLOODKILL and Noah's Descent into Madness — 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.
Get personalized picks →Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is an action-adventure arena shooter developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Devolver Digital. Set in a mythical Japanese realm, the first-person game blends fast-paced gunplay with katana combat and spectacular free-running movement, including a grappling hook mechanic. Players describe the experience as visually colorful and cinematic, with the Steam tags highlighting its beautiful, gore-soaked aesthetic. Released in 2022 and priced at $39.99, the solo-only campaign offers a short experience designed for short-burst sessions. The game holds a 67% positive rating from 2052 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition: Take an adrenaline-fueled journey through a mythical Japanese realm in the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, packed with new features, and enjoy an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and spectacular free-running movement.
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S.E.C.U.
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Top pick for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
S.E.C.U. is a Roguelite FPS Game. descend to the hellish and demon infested lands in Rougelite Mode or Survive against waves of demons in Arenas
BLOODKILL
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Second-strongest match for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
BRUTAL First Person Shooter focused on action, gore, and exploration. Fueled by adrenaline-pumping trap-metal soundtrack.
Noah's Descent into Madness
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Third-strongest match for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Noah's Descent into Madness is a short horror-themed adventure and puzzle game. Make your way through a dark forest of unknown horrors while trying your best to escape the nightmare you've found yourself in.
Sinned
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Ranked #4 for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Sinned is a fast-paced retro FPS game situated within the darkest depths of hell where you will fight demonic legions and Pandemonius, Lord of Hell himself!
DOOM: The Dark Ages
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Ranked #5 for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.
Lethal Haven
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Ranked #6 for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Lethal Haven is an intense shooter blending survival and zombies. Fight across reactive, destructible worlds, Play your way in first-person, third-person, or cinematic view, and master crosshair-free combat where instinct decides victory. Built with passion.
Ominous Horizons: A Paladin's Calling
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Ranked #7 for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
It falls to you, a noble Paladin, to undertake the quest to retrieve the Gutenberg Bible, that was stolen, and to keep the darkness at bay.
The House
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Ranked #8 for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
The House is a new first-person horror and psychological game for the computer. Escape the house where it all began, collect items, weapons and level up. Travel between worlds and time to reach your goal. Go discover the dark secrets of the House where it all began!
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Shadow Warrior 2
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Reviewers of Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.
Serious Sam II
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Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)
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Reviewers of Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Strap on your combat sandals...Lo Wang is coming to the Land of the Rising Sun to turn out the lights. Experience total blood immersion. If you can't touch, kill or drive something...then blow it away! Whether you're wielding shurikens, an Uzi, or a freshly plundered Guardian head...you've got your work cut out for you.
Shadow Warrior (Classic)
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Lo Wang. Master ninja assassin for 20 years. A Shadow Warrior. Shadow Warriors are the best of the best, and Lo Wang was the best of the Shadow warriors. Every top company in Japan had a Shadow Warrior... a protector, a negotiator, a cleaner.
Painkiller
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Reviewers of Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~75% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~50% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~75% under Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Shadow Warrior 2
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.
Shadow Warrior
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Evil West
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
A dark menace consumes the Old West. In solo or coop, fight with style in visceral, explosive combat against bloodthirsty monstrosities. Eradicate the vampiric hordes with your lightning-fueled gauntlet and become a Wild West Superhero.
Hard Reset Extended Edition
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies & a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene. Try the demo now.
Trek to Yomi
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
Hard Reset Redux
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.
JUJU
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Journey with the shaman panda, Juju, and his lizard sidekick, Peyo, as they embark upon a dangerous and mystical journey to save Juju's father and the world from an ancient evil. Run, bounce, chant, and battle humongous bosses with a friend or family member in this beautifully animated, lighthearted adventure.
Devolverland Expo
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Another title from Flying Wild Hog, the studio behind Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition.
Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.
Frequently asked about Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition
- Does Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition run on Steam Deck?
- Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition cost?
- Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition are S.E.C.U., BLOODKILL, Noah's Descent into Madness.
- Who developed Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition?
- Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition was developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Devolver Digital.
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