Games like City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo
If City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo is your kind of game, the closest matches are Celestine, Echoes of Numa and Into the Abyss — 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 City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo: Immerse yourself in an epic JRPG set in the midst of Tokyo's apocalyptic turmoil. Survive a catastrophic earthquake triggered by a meteorite impact, battle otherworldly creatures, and embark on a quest to reunite with your loved ones. Can you save Tokyo from impending doom?
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Celestine
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Top pick for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Celestine, by the makers of Final Battle, features an enthralling story with many twists and turns, and a gameplay to satisfy the itch of RPG players. It is a must-have for fans of the old Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Breath of Fire.
Echoes of Numa
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Second-strongest match for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Jessabel is the guardian of the next Vessel, Allegra. Responsible for training her, she'll soon find out that there is more to Allegra than she could have ever imagined. This 1 Vessel has the power to change everything. It's Jessabel's duty to make sure Allegra does well. For the sake of humankind.
Into the Abyss
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Third-strongest match for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
You are Sonja, a student of necromancy fighting to rid the world of a terrible illness that's taking the lives of all mankind. Fight alongside a zombie, a witch and even death in this exciting journey of persistence, friendship and determination!
Labyrinth of Touhou Tri -The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs-
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Ranked #4 for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
The girls of Gensokyo weave together a DRPG with not-so-easy boss fights! Form a party of 12 allies out of a pool of 40+, and create with 1000+ skills to choose from! Hack, slash, and grow stronger, then make builds (or counter-builds!) to take down powerful bosses awaiting you in the dungeons!
Witch and Lilies
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Ranked #5 for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Witch and Lilies is a 3D dungeon-crawling RPG where you foster romantic relationships between girls. Form a party of five girls from ten unique classes to navigate dangerous dungeons - all the while managing the relationships between them!
Elminage Gothic
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Ranked #6 for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
From the makers of the world renowned “Wizardry Empire” titles, Starfish SD brings you the latest entry in their popular series of dungeon crawlers. Elminage Gothic, previously only available in Japanese on PlayStation® Portable, now comes to PC offering a classic old school dungeon crawling experience with a dark, gothic twist!
Wizardry: The Five Ordeals
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Ranked #7 for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Welcome to the world of dungeon crawling! The classic dungeon crawler released back in 2006, returns to Steam with improved UI and more.
Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening
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Ranked #8 for City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
"GODSOUL" is a story-driven,Hyper-visually RPG. Team with "rebel" girls who love gaming and drawing（and more）, resist villains and enjoy a mix of cyber reality, fantastical worlds, and card game action.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~50% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~75% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
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. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
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.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
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More from DIG Games
Other recommendable Steam games by DIG Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Aeve:Zero Gravity
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo. Shares Indie with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
"Aeve:Zero Gravity" is an arcade space shooter about battles in open space. In a classic mode "Shoot'em'all"
Soccer Battle Royale
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo. Shares Indie and Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Imagine battle royal and soccer will be combined in one game. This is exactly this game, Soccer Battle Royale.
Me And Dungeons
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo. Shares Indie and RPG with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Me And Dungeons is a first-person action game for one player. Pass through all the dungeons to prove your courage and become a real warrior. Kill monsters, grab gains, and buy weapons. You may also create your own adventure with a simple dungeon editor.
Candy Mandy
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo. Shares Indie and Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Classic game in the popular "three in a row" genre.
Dust On Wheels
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Who comes first to the finish in this long grueling dusty race depends on you.
Dice Keeper
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo. Shares Indie and Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Play chill or try to beat the world record in this dice-based Puzzle Game, Dice Keeper the very first game of Zanarka Studios.
Cannibal Chickens
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo. Shares Indie and Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Even chickens love chicken! A feeding frenzy for up to four players! Straightforward play for casual and hardcore gamers alike!
Aircraft War
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Another title from DIG Games, the studio behind City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo. Shares Indie and Casual with City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
Fight against enemy planes with the fun Aircraft War! Challenge your friends with single and double player modes. Conquer the sky, enjoy the victory!
Frequently asked about City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo
- How much does City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo cost?
- City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo are Celestine, Echoes of Numa, Into the Abyss.
- Who developed City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo?
- City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo was developed by DIG 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 City of Despair: Shadows Over Tokyo.
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