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Games like Earth's Shadow

If Earth's Shadow is your kind of game, the closest matches are Avium, SUNSET SURVIVAL STATION and Radiant Exodus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its boss fights reward creativity, dense enemy variety and atmospheric. 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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About Earth's Shadow: Earth's Shadow is a third person action Sci-Fi dungeon crawler set in the year 3081 on planet Sumbra; a remote alien planet where legends of valuable relics surround this black world, calling to the greedy and brave explorers seeking a bright future... but end up uncovering an even darker past.

2023ActionRPG14.99 USDWindowsby WRF Studios
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Steam players who put hours into Earth's Shadow 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.

  1. Avium

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Top pick for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Avium is a sci-fi action-adventure RPG in a city ruled by those of great cybernetic wealth and influence, such as the Big Four. A Plutocracy, a "banana republic" that keeps its peace with the employment of Vigilantes like you, Diezel, a War-Suit donning, crime-fighting hero with a dark past.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. SUNSET SURVIVAL STATION

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    A survival game in which we upgrade our car and fight hordes of mutants. The game contains roguelike and RPG elements, a deep leveling system for each car, a wide variety of guns and adrenaline-pumping gameplay.

    2024ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Radiant Exodus

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    A quiet night turns to horror as strange lights fill the sky and Gleam City falls apart. Play as Sarah, an ex-soldier fighting to survive, searching for her missing father, and facing something the world wasn't meant to see.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Ranked #4 for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Meet the completely reworked legendary game loved by millions of players worldwide! Alien Shooter 2 - the Legend is an ambitious follow-up to the famous Alien Shooter series.

    2020ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Glitch Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Shoot > Loot > Hack > Die > Repeat. Glitch Hunt is a cyberpunk action-RPG roguelike. Capture droid enemies, equip and evolve them. Hack and control powerful turrets. Synergize skills and an abundance of gear to build your playstyle. Explore procedural maps and destroy SINUS, humanity's AI “saviour”.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Dreadhunter

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Ranked #6 for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Plough through hordes of deadly monsters and defeat vicious bosses in an intense fast paced shooter RPG where all items are “legendary”, levels are ever-changing and combat is razor-sharp.

    2023ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. LIFE EFFECT Survival

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Ranked #7 for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Surge

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Ranked #8 for Earth's Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.

    2017ActionRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Earth's Shadow at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Earth's Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from WRF Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by WRF Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. BloodLust Shadowhunter

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Bloodlust is a dungeon crawling / action RPG experience that will allow players to explore the dark underworld of a forgotten society of Vampires and their disciplines, all while trying to battle for hierarchy among the clans in search of their sire.

    2015ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. BloodLust 2: Nemesis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Bloodlust 2: Nemesis is a "Hack 'n Slash - Dungeon Crawling - Action RPG" experience that will allow players to explore the dark underworld of a forgotten society of Vampires and their disciplines, all while trying to solve the secrets to their bloodline's scientifically enhanced monstrous power.

    2020ActionIndieRPG12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Last Half of Darkness - Society of the Serpent Moon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow.

    Society of the Serpent Moon is a "Point and Click" style adventure where the player investigates and explores a mysterious small European town, uncovering the secrets behind Vampire-like murders that are plaguing its dark streets. BONUS: 3 Additional "Last Half" Games included FREE!

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Lost City of Vampires

    WHY THIS

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Sent by the Council to hunt the "lost city" factions... You must destroy an entire bloodline and put an end to an unsanctioned blood war by remaining the last vampire standing in this single player shooter challenge. (Not Exactly, but Similar to a Battle Royale)

    2019ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Vampirem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.

    Another story of Bloodlust, this time told through the eyes of Ravenblood; part Ghost... part Vampire... and 100% bada$$. His journey in search of lost strength and revenge will take you through the dark tombs and dungeons of the Vampirem.

    2021ActionRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. NightFeed

    WHY THIS

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Play alone or invite up to 3 friends in this co-op online action rogue survival. A coven of Shadow Hunters perform a nightly feed across the moors, consuming the dead and acquiring relics from the graves, all to provide an even stronger protection against the darkness during the next NightFeed!

    2024ActionCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Last Half of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Earth's Shadow.

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow.

    Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. Now the secret will go to the grave with her... unless you can find the missing ingredients.

    2025Adventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Edge Of Evil

    WHY THIS

    Another title from WRF Studios, the studio behind Earth's Shadow. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.

    Descend into terror as you follow your tiny lost kitten into an ancient crypt where a protected coven of pirates lie buried. Dig for clues... literally, while unraveling a chilling mystery, all in a desperate bid to rescue your curious pet from this dark tomb.(First-Person psychological horror game)

    ActionAdventureCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Earth's Shadow

Does Earth's Shadow work on Steam Deck?
Earth's Shadow is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Earth's Shadow cost?
Earth's Shadow is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Earth's Shadow?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Earth's Shadow are Avium, SUNSET SURVIVAL STATION, Radiant Exodus.
Who developed Earth's Shadow?
Earth's Shadow was developed by WRF Studios.

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