Games like Shadows Behind the Throne 2
If Shadows Behind the Throne 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Just Power: The Papal States, Hedge Fund Tycoon and Shadows of Forbidden Gods — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep agent based politics, replayable with endless strategies and bleak. 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 Shadows Behind the Throne 2: An apocalyptic grand strategy game, in which you take the role of the forces of darkness, trying to bring an end to a fantasy world. Complete with complex internal politics by NPC factions and wide ranges of strategies and types of doom to choose between.
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Steam players who put hours into Shadows Behind the Throne 2 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.
Just Power: The Papal States
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Are you ready to found a dynasty which controls the Holy See over the centuries? Climb the hierarchies, hire your relatives, blackmail and bribe to get everything you want in this turn-based political simulator.
Hedge Fund Tycoon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Second-strongest match for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Are you ready to climb the ranks of the elite and become the wealthiest hedge fund in the world? In this thrilling new stock market game, you'll trade stocks, bonds, and use corruption to achieve your goals. Don't miss your chance to dominate the world of finance and amass a fortune.
Shadows of Forbidden Gods
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Third-strongest match for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.
Solium Infernum
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Ranked #4 for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Take the Infernal Throne in this hellish turn-based grand strategy game. The Prince of Darkness has vanished, leaving Archfiends to conspire: muster your legions while intoning dark sorceries, devilish schemes, and machiavellian plots. Who will be the new ruler of Hell and ascend the Throne?
Age of History II
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Ranked #5 for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Secret Government
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Ranked #6 for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Global strategy game about secret societies. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.
Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Ranked #7 for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Ranked #8 for Shadows Behind the Throne 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Shadows Behind the Throne 2
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Ruinarch
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Reviewers of Shadows Behind the Throne 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Reviewers of Shadows Behind the Throne 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Ninja Infiltration
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shadows Behind the Throne 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Newly married ninja Ayame is assigned her most dangerous mission yet: To infiltrate Lord Amakusa’s castle for an undercover investigation. Acting as a mercenary for hire, it will take all of Ayame’s skill and willpower to uncover the truth and return home to her husband.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadows Behind the Throne 2 at current Steam store prices.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shadows Behind the Throne 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadows Behind the Throne 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadows Behind the Throne 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shadows Behind the Throne 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Shadows Behind the Throne 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shadows Behind the Throne 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadows Behind the Throne 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Saihate Station
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shadows Behind the Throne 2.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Frequently asked about Shadows Behind the Throne 2
- How much does Shadows Behind the Throne 2 cost?
- Shadows Behind the Throne 2 is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadows Behind the Throne 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadows Behind the Throne 2 are Just Power: The Papal States, Hedge Fund Tycoon, Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
- Who developed Shadows Behind the Throne 2?
- Shadows Behind the Throne 2 was developed by Bobby Two Hands.
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