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Games like Shadow Lens

If Shadow Lens is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow Man Remastered, Hob and Mirror's Edge™ — 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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About Shadow Lens: A PS2-inspired analog horror game with remastered graphics. Now cracked, its mystery can be unraveled. Collect items and cheats to glitch out of bounds, find exploitable developer rooms, and escape the madness. Are you prepared to step into the shadows?

2023ActionAdventure0.99 USDWindowsby Retromind
Shadow Lens — Steam game cover

Players who liked Shadow Lens also play

Steam players who put hours into Shadow Lens 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. Shadow Man Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shadow Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    He is coming, stalking criminals in the spirit world and the real world. A possessed man is coming, a voodoo mask in his chest and lines of power in his back. Shadow Man is coming, trailing evil from Liveside to Deadside. To stop an apocalypse. To save your soul.

    2021ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hob

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shadow Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Mirror's Edge™

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shadow Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.

    2009ActionAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Babushka's Glitch Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shadow Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Eternity Egg

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shadow Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Chaotic adventure-platformer with bouncy movement, grotesque characters & high-energy trance music.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shadow Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Vigil: The Longest Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

    2020ActionIndieRPG21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Crow's Eye

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shadow Lens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.

    2017IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Lens.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Lens.

    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:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    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?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Lens.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Lens.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  7. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Lens.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Love wish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Shadow Lens on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Lens.

    Love Wish is an easy, fun and challenging jigsaw puzzle.♪(^∇^*) Put the pieces together to restore the full picture of the girls. Collect their photos and animations and remember this wonderful moment❤

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Shadow Man Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    He is coming, stalking criminals in the spirit world and the real world. A possessed man is coming, a voodoo mask in his chest and lines of power in his back. Shadow Man is coming, trailing evil from Liveside to Deadside. To stop an apocalypse. To save your soul.

    2021ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Eternity Egg

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Chaotic adventure-platformer with bouncy movement, grotesque characters & high-energy trance music.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Lens.

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Vigil: The Longest Night

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Lens.

    Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.

    2020ActionIndieRPG21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadow Lens

How much does Shadow Lens cost?
Shadow Lens is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Shadow Lens?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Lens are Shadow Man Remastered, Hob, Mirror's Edge™.
Who developed Shadow Lens?
Shadow Lens was developed by Retromind and published by Retromind Interactive .

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Shadow Lens.

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