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Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to The Shadelight for fans of action, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in The Shadelight also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About The Shadelight: Shadelight is a horror game set in Louisiana. Hide and sneak to avoid mutant family. Find nesesary items to leave their mansion.

2022Action0.99 USDWindowsby Ordinary Pine Studio
The Shadelight — Steam game cover

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    Maid of Sker — Steam game cover

    Maid of Sker

    Top pick for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Pine Harbor — Steam game cover

    Pine Harbor

    Second-strongest match for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    Pine Harbor was a small fishing town on the shores of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by cliffs and dense pine forests, shrouded in thick fog. But everything changed as a result of a technological disaster. Explore the town, help its residents, and delve into the depths of the dark forests.

    2024ActionIndieRPGDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Apsulov: End of Gods — Steam game cover

    Apsulov: End of Gods

    Third-strongest match for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    In this future viking horror you awake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete, built to research and exploit the worlds of Yggdrasil, and to house an artifact, buried in the earth aeons ago.First person with a futuristic Norse mythology story. Horror adventure in the realms of Yggdrasil.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Friday the 13th: The Game — Steam game cover

    Friday the 13th: The Game

    Ranked #4 for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!

    2017ActionSteam ↗
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    The Evil Within — Steam game cover

    The Evil Within

    Ranked #5 for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

    2014Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Remothered: Tormented Fathers — Steam game cover

    Remothered: Tormented Fathers

    Ranked #6 for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Outlast — Steam game cover

    Outlast

    Ranked #7 for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Manhunt — Steam game cover

    Manhunt

    Ranked #8 for The Shadelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadelight.

    You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.

    2008Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Shadelight

How much does The Shadelight cost?
The Shadelight is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Shadelight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shadelight are Maid of Sker, Pine Harbor, Apsulov: End of Gods.
Who developed The Shadelight?
The Shadelight was developed by Ordinary Pine Studio.

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