Games like The Shadow Society
If The Shadow Society is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fallen Hero: Retribution, Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two and The Soul Stone War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters feel artfully designed, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 →About The Shadow Society: Faced with a dream that alters something within, you are forced to return to your abandoned childhood home. There you find a way to an unknown realm.
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Fallen Hero: Retribution
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Top pick for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Second-strongest match for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
The Soul Stone War
WHY THIS
Shares romance systems and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Third-strongest match for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
Signs of the Sojourner
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Ranked #4 for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Fallen Hero: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with The Shadow Society.
Ranked #5 for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Ranked #6 for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Shadow Society.
Ranked #7 for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Lords of Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Ranked #8 for The Shadow Society fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shadow Society.
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shadow Society at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Society.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shadow Society.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Society.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Society.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shadow Society.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shadow Society.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under The Shadow Society on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shadow Society.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Shadow Society.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Society.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shadow Society.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shadow Society.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Hosted Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fallen Hero: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
Fallen Hero: Retribution
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Tin Star
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shadow Society.
Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shadow Society.
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Lords of Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shadow Society.
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Another title from Hosted Games, the studio behind The Shadow Society. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
The Soul Stone War
WHY THIS
Shares romance systems and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Society.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Society.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Frequently asked about The Shadow Society
- How much does The Shadow Society cost?
- The Shadow Society is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Shadow Society?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shadow Society are Fallen Hero: Retribution, Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two, The Soul Stone War.
- Who developed The Shadow Society?
- The Shadow Society was developed by Hosted Games.
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