Games like Shadow Pulse
If Shadow Pulse is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chernobyl inferno, Unhappening and Among the 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 Shadow Pulse: Face terrifying monsters and evade deadly traps in the 2.5D survival horror Shadow Pulse! Your resources are limited. Madness and death lurk at every step. Will you uncover the secrets of this post-apocalyptic world?
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Chernobyl inferno
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Top pick for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Pulse.
Go in search of your brother, who got lost in the catacombs of Chernobyl, among aggressive inhabitants mutilated by radiation.
Unhappening
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Second-strongest match for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Pulse.
Navigate a collapsing world where light is your only protection. Solve physics-based environmental puzzles with the help of temporary companions, and survive the darkness consuming fractured memories of humanity’s final survivor. For fans of Inside, Limbo, and Little Nightmares.
Among the Waves
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Third-strongest match for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Pulse.
Carry the Divine Child. Bend the laws of physics and uncover the mystery of the Doors of Birth. The fate of a world where artificial intelligence has learned to believe lies in your hands.
Defiant Ascent
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Ranked #4 for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Pulse.
The only known immune survivor has one last chance to reach the surface. Every floor hides new dangers as you ascend through a zombie-infested military bunker in this survival roguelike, where tense turn-based combat could mean the difference between life and death. The only way out is up.
FlowerRock
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Ranked #5 for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Pulse.
FlowerRock is a 2D platformer for players who love intense boss fights and an mysterious story. Something happened to this world, powerful enemies and secrets litter the landscape. Unlock upgrades for your laser to blast stronger enemies and unravel the story of what happened to this forsaken world.
Crash Test Oliver
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Ranked #6 for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Pulse.
Dive into a stylized 2.5D metroidvania world. Beat enemies, find and collect items as you progress through a struggling world to finally escape the simulation. Are you ready for this journey?
Expediente Herodes
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Ranked #7 for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Pulse.
En 2010, un virus cósmico obliga a aislar la colonia Asturias. Horas antes de ser sellada, tu hija es secuestrada y arrastrada al interior. Eres policía, pero has abandonado tu placa; en este crudo survival horror, tu única misión es adentrarte en la zona muerta para recuperarla.
Paradise Lost
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Ranked #8 for Shadow Pulse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Pulse.
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
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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 and Adventure with Shadow Pulse.
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 Pulse.
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 and Adventure with Shadow Pulse.
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 Pulse.
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.
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 Shadow Pulse.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Pulse.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Pulse.
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 Shadow Pulse.
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.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about Shadow Pulse
- What games are most similar to Shadow Pulse?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Pulse are Chernobyl inferno, Unhappening, Among the Waves.
- Who developed Shadow Pulse?
- Shadow Pulse was developed by Sneaky Gremlin 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 Shadow Pulse.
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