Games like Sword and Shadow
If Sword and Shadow is your kind of game, the closest matches are dot TANKI, Immortal Sect Defend and Hidden World 10 Top-Down 3D — picked from the ranked list below. 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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Immortal Sect Defend
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sword and Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Guard the Sect Eye or lose everything. Build immortal towers to defend against demon hordes. Explore dangerous realms, slay beasts, and upgrade your defenses in this unique cultivation tower defense game.
Hidden World 10 Top-Down 3D
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sword and Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sword and Shadow.
Find the objects that are hidden on the map.
SpellForce 3 Versus Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Sword and Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Sword and Shadow.
The SpellForce 3: Versus Edition gives you the chance to enter the battlefields of Eo for free, letting you test your RTS skills against AI opponents or even other human players.
Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sword and Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sword and Shadow.
Easy to learn but hard to master, Touhou Monster TD is a unique Tower defense Game. Control your character, level up and unlock tower skills and character talents, use your wisdom to defeat incoming enemies. Travel the Gensokyo, find out why the “Incident” happened this time.
OTTTD
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sword and Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.
HOTEL BARCELONA
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Sword and Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
A marshal possessed by a murderer, a hotel full of killers, and a time-bending witch? From the legendary creators of DEADLY PREMONITION + NO MORE HEROES comes a 2D Action Roguelike unlike any other. Under New Management update is free for everyone now! CHECK IN, WIPE ‘EM OUT.
Deathtrap
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sword and Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sword and Shadow.
Deathtrap is a Tower Defense game with strong action-RPG elements, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sword and Shadow at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Sword and Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Sword and Shadow.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Sword and Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Sword and Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Sword and Shadow.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Sword and Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Sword and Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Sword and Shadow.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sword and Shadow.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sword and 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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sword and Shadow.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Sword and Shadow
- How much does Sword and Shadow cost?
- Sword and Shadow is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sword and Shadow?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sword and Shadow are dot TANKI, Immortal Sect Defend, Hidden World 10 Top-Down 3D.
- Who developed Sword and Shadow?
- Sword and Shadow was developed by 伊泽悦耳.
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