Games like The Shivah
If The Shivah is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Blackwell Legacy, Gemini Rue and Blackwell Epiphany — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hotbar highlights interactable items, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 The Shivah: Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
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Steam players who put hours into The Shivah 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.
The Blackwell Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Top pick for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
Gemini Rue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Second-strongest match for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Blackwell Epiphany
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Third-strongest match for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
The last game in the Blackwell series.
The Charnel House Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Ranked #4 for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
Kathy Rain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Ranked #5 for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Lamplight City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Ranked #6 for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Whispers of a Machine
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Ranked #7 for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Shivah.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Resonance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Ranked #8 for The Shivah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shivah at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Shivah.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shivah.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
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?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Shivah on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shivah.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 The Shivah.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Shivah.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shivah.
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 The Shivah.
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 The Shivah.
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 The Shivah.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Blackwell Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
Gemini Rue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Blackwell Epiphany
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
The last game in the Blackwell series.
Resonance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shivah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Frequently asked about The Shivah
- Is The Shivah verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Shivah is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Shivah cost?
- The Shivah is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Shivah?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shivah are The Blackwell Legacy, Gemini Rue, Blackwell Epiphany.
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 The Shivah.
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