Games like Shadow of Scintilla
If Shadow of Scintilla is your kind of game, the closest matches are Arenfall, Ember and Blade and Black Hollow — 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 Shadow of Scintilla: Hack and slash your way through two worlds by time-traveling between the past and present in this action roguelike. Master melee and ranged weapons with unique upgrades, and uncover the secrets of a dark fantasy realm.
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Arenfall
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Top pick for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
Arenfall is a dark fantasy boss-battling action RPG. Master parry and dodge across 4 classes, solo or in co-op for up to 3 players. Take on Story mode, then the roguelite Boss Rush where every run reshuffles the deck.
Ember and Blade
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Second-strongest match for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow of Scintilla.
Become the immortal hunter and stand against the archdemon Asmodeus. Cut through bullet-hell swarms, clash with Souls-like bosses, and harness celestial blessings that reshape your powers each run. The demons are rising—raise your sword.
Black Hollow
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Third-strongest match for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow of Scintilla.
Become the doctor the plague fears. Black Hollow is a first-person dark-fantasy horde-survival roguelite where you slaughter infected hordes, harvest their ichor, and forge devastating builds before the next bell toll.
Risen Blade
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Ranked #4 for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow of Scintilla.
Smash the Dudes. Risen Blade is a fast-paced hack and slash roguelike where you chain brutal combos, carve through endless enemies, and forge powerful builds across unique classes.
Unwanted Dungeon
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Ranked #5 for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow of Scintilla.
A dark fantasy survivorslike with classic ARPG essence: Deep builds, rare loot, NPC shops, shared storage, and a semi-procedural dungeon with bosses, events, and curses. Fast-paced roguelite action meets old-school dungeon crawling. Every lost run is a new idea. Welcome to Unwanted Dungeon!
Terraclysm Survivors
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Ranked #6 for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
Terraclysm Survivors is a fast-paced action roguelike sidescroller. Earth is in peril, jump and attack through treacherous stages packed with enemy hordes while building the ultimate loadout. With up to 8 players online, defeat the invaders and survive in this apocalyptic and chaotic challenge!
Karnage: The Legend Grows
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Ranked #7 for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
A challenging, heavy metal–infused rogue-lite where you battle hordes, build powerful weapon synergies, and rise to challenge the great wyrms across a dark fantasy world.
Helmscape
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Ranked #8 for Shadow of Scintilla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
Lead a party of fantasy heroes in action-packed battles...in SNAKE formation! Choose your party and venture forth into an ever-changing world as you discover new heroes and find better loot to keep gearing up.
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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 with Shadow of Scintilla.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow of Scintilla.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow of Scintilla.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Scintilla.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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- What games are most similar to Shadow of Scintilla?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow of Scintilla are Arenfall, Ember and Blade, Black Hollow.
- Who developed Shadow of Scintilla?
- Shadow of Scintilla was developed by Li Meng.
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 of Scintilla.
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