Games like Shadow Gangs
If Shadow Gangs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Holua's Arcades, Ninshi Masuta and Tiny Thor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its leaderboard competition fuels replayability, atmospheric and challenging. 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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Steam players who put hours into Shadow Gangs 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.
Holua's Arcades
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Master the golden age of the arcade! Holua’s Arcades packs four pixel-perfect challenges into one digital cabinet. Dominate a brutal 90s beat 'em up, survive a cosmic bullet hell, execute a stealthy ninja heist, and conquer a co-op precision platformer. Climb the global leaderboards today!
Ninshi Masuta
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Ninshi Masuta is a 2D action game where you are a ninja and have to save the city from the chaos caused by criminals.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gangs.
Third-strongest match for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shadow Gangs.
Ranked #4 for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gangs.
Ranked #5 for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
Jitsu Squad
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Jitsu Squad is a Marvel vs Capcom inspired 4 player co-op TAG TEAM beat ‘em up with epic character transformations and fast paced combat.
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shadow Gangs.
Ranked #7 for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Draw Slasher
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gangs.
Ranked #8 for Shadow Gangs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Draw Slasher is the unique demanding and dynamic action packed beat'em up you need only a mouse to play. Cut, slice, snip, sever, chop, shear and trim hordes of Pirate Monkey Zombies™.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow Gangs at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Shadow Gangs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Gangs.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shadow Gangs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shadow Gangs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shadow Gangs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shadow Gangs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow Gangs.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Shadow Gangs.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow Gangs.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gangs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shadow Gangs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gangs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
Jitsu Squad
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gangs.
Jitsu Squad is a Marvel vs Capcom inspired 4 player co-op TAG TEAM beat ‘em up with epic character transformations and fast paced combat.
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shadow Gangs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Gangs.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Frequently asked about Shadow Gangs
- How much does Shadow Gangs cost?
- Shadow Gangs is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow Gangs?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Gangs are Holua's Arcades, Ninshi Masuta, Tiny Thor.
- Who developed Shadow Gangs?
- Shadow Gangs was developed by JKM corp.
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