Games like House of Shadow
If House of Shadow is your kind of game, the closest matches are Diggy Diggy Mole, Xolotl and Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores — 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.
Get personalized picks →About House of Shadow: House of Shadow is an action-adventure metroidvania wherein you wield the powers of darkness! Explore, traverse obstacles, battle monsters born of light, slay fearsome bosses, and claim the Shadow Throne!
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Steam players who put hours into House of 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.
Diggy Diggy Mole
WHY THIS
Top pick for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
In this metroidvania platformer originally made for NES, play as mole digging your way with great agility through deep caverns, in search of a lost dwarven treasure to repay your debts.
Xolotl
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
Jump, dash, and swim in this epic adventure! Explore the vast Aztec lands in an axolotl action-platformer! Xolotl is a cute, 2D action-platformer, in which your goal is to regain your godly form and powers.
Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Derelict Star
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Ranked #4 for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with House of Shadow.
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Leap Year
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Ranked #5 for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
BIOMORPH
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with House of Shadow.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Primal Planet
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Ranked #8 for House of Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Derelict Star
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with House of Shadow.
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Leap Year
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
BIOMORPH
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with House of Shadow.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with House of Shadow.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Frequently asked about House of Shadow
- Does House of Shadow run on Steam Deck?
- House of Shadow is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is House of Shadow free to play?
- Yes — House of Shadow is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to House of Shadow?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside House of Shadow are Diggy Diggy Mole, Xolotl, Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores.
- Who developed House of Shadow?
- House of Shadow was developed by High Clarity Games.
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 House of Shadow.
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