Games like Shadows of Forbidden Gods
If Shadows of Forbidden Gods is your kind of game, the closest matches are Extinction Day, Shadows Behind the Throne 2 and Ardarium — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, dark and mysterious. 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 of Forbidden Gods: 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Shadows of Forbidden Gods 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.
Extinction Day
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Top pick for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
End humanity using disasters, plagues, and war. Spread chaos worldwide, combine catastrophic events, and stop them before they escape to the Ark.
Shadows Behind the Throne 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Second-strongest match for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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.
Ardarium
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Third-strongest match for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Watch a simulated 2D world including weather, plants, animals, and humans in this casual sandbox game about nature and life. Start meteor showers, spawn new animals, or just let things play out naturally. It's like a screensaver you can play.
Ukraine Defender
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Get ready to defend Ukraine in the intense, action-packed Combat Flight Simulator 2022! Take control of a fighter jet and engage in a race against the clock(500s) to defeat the invading Russian Z forces.Can you save Ukraine before it's too late? Get ready to find out in Combat Flight Simulator 2022!
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game where you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj. It eXplores space left uncharted by the genre and proposes alternatives to established systems.
Just Power: The Papal States
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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.
Epoch of Guardians
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
In history, many brilliant civilizations faced annihilation due to the invasion of powerful empires, leaving only sighs of regret. In a fictional world, you will take on the role Guardian of Civilization. Can you help these civilizations grow and thrive, resisting the invasion of formidable enemies?
Command by Voice: World Conquest
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Shadows of Forbidden Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Rule a nation by issuing voice or text commands to an AI and conquer the world. Voice input supports Chinese and English; text input supports all languages.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Shadows of Forbidden Gods
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Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Reviewers of Shadows of Forbidden Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Plague Inc: Evolved
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shadows of Forbidden Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shadows of Forbidden Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Reviewers of Shadows of Forbidden Gods cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadows of Forbidden Gods at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shadows of Forbidden Gods on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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.
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!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
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.
The Children of Clay
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Frequently asked about Shadows of Forbidden Gods
- Does Shadows of Forbidden Gods run on Steam Deck?
- Shadows of Forbidden Gods is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Shadows of Forbidden Gods cost?
- Shadows of Forbidden Gods is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadows of Forbidden Gods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadows of Forbidden Gods are Extinction Day, Shadows Behind the Throne 2, Ardarium.
- Who developed Shadows of Forbidden Gods?
- Shadows of Forbidden Gods was developed by Bobby Two Hands and published by Forbidden Oak Games Limited.
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