Games like Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
If Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is your kind of game, the closest matches are Total War: WARHAMMER III, Total War: WARHAMMER II and Veterans: Napoleonic Wars — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its crew abilities combine unpredictably, atmospheric and immersive. 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 Gambit: The Cursed Crew is a stealth strategy RPG set aboard a ghost ship navigating the world of the Inquisition. Developed by Mimimi Games and published by Hooded Horse, the 2023 release tasks players with assembling a crew of eight pirate characters, each offering distinct abilities that combine unpredictably according to players. The game emphasizes character-progression, crew-selection, and island-overlap missions where the same maps serve multiple objectives with unique goals. Reviewers highlight the writing and character-quests that flesh out the crew, and players describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, mysterious, and whimsical. Easter eggs and secrets reward exploration, while replayable challenges unlock after completion. The game runs Verified on Steam Deck at $39.99 and holds a 90% positive rating from 1939 Steam reviews.
About Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew: Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
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Shares an immersive mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Total War: WARHAMMER II
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Shares an immersive mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Second-strongest match for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Veterans: Napoleonic Wars
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Third-strongest match for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Experience the ultimate Napoleonic Wars Wargame where every volley matters. Command history and turn the tides of war in this immersive Real-Time Strategy experience. Quick decisions and keen tactical formations are the only things that stand between your troops and victory.
Crusader Kings III
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Shares an immersive mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Ranked #4 for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Chronicle of the States: Qin Shi Huang
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Ranked #5 for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
This is a grand strategy game set in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States Period. Become an empire ruler or an ambitious noble, shaping your dynasty through politics and war. Face family conspiracies and minister betrayals, and write an immortal legend with your brilliant strategies.
Legends of Goodness
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Ranked #6 for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
A revolutionary hybrid of strategy and action. Command your forces from above, then fight as a hero with Hero Takeover Mode. Lead 22 chosen heroes from different nations and battle the reptilian armies of the demon Whispera in a world torn between light and darkness.
Rank & Ruin
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Ranked #7 for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
A 2D War game inspired by Total War. Lead pixel armies, use formations and strategy to outmaneuver enemies, and grow your warband through a roguelite campaign or custom battle simulator.
AI War 2
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Ranked #8 for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shares an immersive mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
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Warlords: Age of Shadow Magic Tactical Action RPG Save the World by destroying it? Gather your squad and "put things in order"!
Steam Tactics
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Shares a whimsical mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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Welcome aboard your airship, captain! Engage in tactical combats, upgrade your ships and weapons, level up your pilots.
Partisans 1941
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Shares character progression and an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.
Desperados III
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
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LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an action adventure game that brings the Pirates of the Caribbean world and all its colorful characters to life in LEGO Brick form. Players experience all the memorable scenes from all four films in the humorous and quirky LEGO Video Games style.
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Priced ~63% under Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
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Priced ~50% under Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~75% under Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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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!
Balatro
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The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shares an immersive mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Another title from Mimimi Games, the studio behind Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Desperados III
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Another title from Mimimi Games, the studio behind Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Another title from Mimimi Games, the studio behind Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. Shares Strategy with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.
The Last Tinker™: City of Colors
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Another title from Mimimi Games, the studio behind Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button. Koru, a boy from the slums of Colortown, must rise and stand against the Bleakness, a dark force intent on wiping out joy. Koru must use color and emotion to restore life to Colortown!
Frequently asked about Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
- Is Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew cost?
- Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew are Total War: WARHAMMER III, Total War: WARHAMMER II, Veterans: Napoleonic Wars.
- Who developed Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew?
- Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew was developed by Mimimi Games and published by Hooded Horse, Mimimi Games.
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