Games like ! Shakabula *
If ! Shakabula * is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bombyx, Absence of Light and Waves — 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 ! Shakabula *: A South African urban legend called the Shakabula traps you in your house, could it be connected to your problematic past? You will need to find a way out of this horrendous curse. Creepy FMV+2D Art Atmosphere. "Steer" 'n Click + Metroidvania navigation system. JRPG + Twin-Stick Bullet Hell battles
Players who liked ! Shakabula * also play
Steam players who put hours into ! Shakabula * 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.
Bombyx
WHY THIS
Top pick for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Psychedelic shmup zones with Gravatar & ZeroG! Fast, fluid, comfortable movement. Challenging enemies, met with powerful weapons. Sandbox gameplay at your own pace. With colorful graphics, interactive music, VR & Controller support.
Absence of Light
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
"Absence of Light" is an exploration based shoot 'em up that combines intense bullet-dodging combat with a metroidvania-style level design. Solve, shoot, and shine your way through the kingdom of Luminara and reawaken the light!
Waves
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
ASCENXION
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
ASCENXION is a 2D shoot 'em up game where you explore the field to progress. Players must overcome puzzles, traps, elite units, boss fights, and other various obstacles while navigating the field. Grow stronger through rewards earned, to uncover the truth of this world.
DUNGEON RAZE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Demolish walls to grow stronger! DUNGEON RAZE is a high-octane top-down shooter that fuses strategic destruction with exponential power scaling. Smash through the environment with overwhelming, "hyper-inflated" firepower to rescue allies and collect power-ups.
Minishoot' Adventures
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with ! Shakabula *.
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
"The Disappearing of Gensokyo" is a Touhou Project doujin game from MyACG Studio, a Chinese doujin game fan circle. We have re-imagined Touhou as an ARPG, creating this "Danmaku-Shooting-ARPG". We hope this game will be a good experience for those who are both new and knowledgeable of Touhou!
Glimmer in Mirror
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for ! Shakabula * fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ! Shakabula * at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ! Shakabula *.
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 ~67% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with ! Shakabula *.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Action with ! Shakabula *.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ! Shakabula *.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under ! Shakabula * on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ! Shakabula *.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
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 with ! Shakabula *.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with ! Shakabula *.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with ! Shakabula *.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Skermunkel
Other recommendable Steam games by Skermunkel, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
'n Verlore Verstand
WHY THIS
Another title from Skermunkel, the studio behind ! Shakabula *. Shares Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?
Vapour
WHY THIS
Another title from Skermunkel, the studio behind ! Shakabula *. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
WARNING! This game has an Age Restriction of 18. Vapour is an experimental horror game, that fuses elements of both old school and modern horror titles with the frantic game play of classic First Person Shooter titles. Blending horror, shooter, action, puzzle and platformer in a dynamic yet cohesive combination.
Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)
WHY THIS
Another title from Skermunkel, the studio behind ! Shakabula *. Shares Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey.
Geeste
WHY THIS
Another title from Skermunkel, the studio behind ! Shakabula *. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Take on the role of the ultimate Ghost-Fighting robot "Ghostatron 9000" and eradicate every ghost in site, you are humanity's last hope. Will you be the 1st one to make it to the end, to claim your prize?
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Absence of Light
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
"Absence of Light" is an exploration based shoot 'em up that combines intense bullet-dodging combat with a metroidvania-style level design. Solve, shoot, and shine your way through the kingdom of Luminara and reawaken the light!
Waves
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
DUNGEON RAZE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Demolish walls to grow stronger! DUNGEON RAZE is a high-octane top-down shooter that fuses strategic destruction with exponential power scaling. Smash through the environment with overwhelming, "hyper-inflated" firepower to rescue allies and collect power-ups.
Minishoot' Adventures
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with ! Shakabula *.
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Glimmer in Mirror
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ! Shakabula *.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
Frequently asked about ! Shakabula *
- How much does ! Shakabula * cost?
- ! Shakabula * is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ! Shakabula *?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ! Shakabula * are Bombyx, Absence of Light, Waves.
- Who developed ! Shakabula *?
- ! Shakabula * was developed by Skermunkel.
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 ! Shakabula *.
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