Games like Shadow of Ether
If Shadow of Ether is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Chaput's Baby, Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil and Sleepover at Sam’s — 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 Ether: Shadow of Ether is a first person horror game where a man with a spiritual power goes deep into the lower astral plane to banish an archon in a secluded haunted house in a forest.
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The Chaput's Baby
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Top pick for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
The Chaput Baby is a first-person horror game. Play as Samantha, hired to care for the Chaput family's baby. Take on a babysitting night in a former church as you unravel deep secrets about one of the oldest families in the city.
Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
In this story focused horror game, you are a priest! And you need to help a family with their cursed house, explore, follow your visions, find the root, and exorcize it!
Sleepover at Sam’s
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
You’re invited to a birthday sleepover in May 1985. But when the laughter fades, the nightmare begins. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive the night in this psychological horror inspired by MADiSON and Stranger Things.
Silent
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Ranked #4 for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
It's a different way to feel the emotion of fear. While playing a game, even the slightest sound will cause you to start the game from the beginning. While you are trying to solve a mysterious case, you have an accident on the forest road. You must find a way out of the forest.
ZHITEN
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Ranked #5 for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
Some villages aren't just abandoned, they are cursed. Zhiten, a victim of clashing cults, awakens from its slumber with Nikolay's return. While Nikolay searches for traces of the past, he will be forced to meet the village's new owners.
Chaperone
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Ranked #6 for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
Chaperone is a first-person psychological horror game. The events are completely real. Supernatural events taking place in an atmospheric and constricting closed house, events of unknown cause. You can enjoy being scared to the fullest.
Medium Chronicles: Room 644
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Ranked #7 for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
You must speak to survive. But speaking might kill you. Whisper rituals into your microphone — while a demon hunts every sound you make.
Recycling Factory
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Ranked #8 for Shadow of Ether fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
Your goal in this horror game is simple: collect bodies, get rid of them, and find a way out. But in this dark place, everything is dangerous. Solve puzzles and escape the fear that surrounds you.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow of Ether at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~55% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~55% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~91% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
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Priced ~45% under Shadow of Ether on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow of Ether.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow of Ether.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about Shadow of Ether
- How much does Shadow of Ether cost?
- Shadow of Ether is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow of Ether?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow of Ether are The Chaput's Baby, Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil, Sleepover at Sam’s.
- Who developed Shadow of Ether?
- Shadow of Ether was developed by Erick Alejandro Perez Orona.
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 Ether.
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