Games like Shadow Blade: Reload
If Shadow Blade: Reload is your kind of game, the closest matches are STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®, Ninja Pizza Girl and 10 Second Ninja X — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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 Blade: Reload: Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Top pick for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Ninja Pizza Girl
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Second-strongest match for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Ninja Pizza Girl is a serious game about bullying, emotional resilience – and pizza delivering ninjas! It’s a fast, flow-based game about Gemma, a sixteen-year-old girl trying to keep her dreams alive in face of the most merciless enemies known to any teenage girl – other teenagers.
10 Second Ninja X
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Third-strongest match for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Super House of Dead Ninjas
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat and a retro mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Ranked #5 for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
10 Second Ninja
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Ranked #6 for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
My Friend Pedro
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Hell is Other Demons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Ranked #8 for Shadow Blade: Reload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Shadow Blade: Reload
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Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Reviewers of Shadow Blade: Reload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shadow Blade: Reload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
STEEL STRIDER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Reviewers of Shadow Blade: Reload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!
Shinobi Shift
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shadow Blade: Reload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Shinobi Shift is a first-person platformer with shooter elements where you can control the time!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat and a challenging mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Reviewers of Shadow Blade: Reload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Join the Turtle brothers straight from the sewers and slide into this new adventure of shell-shocking proportions!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow Blade: Reload at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
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 ~50% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
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 ~70% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadow Blade: Reload on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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More from Dead Mage
Other recommendable Steam games by Dead Mage, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Children of Morta
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Another title from Dead Mage, the studio behind Shadow Blade: Reload. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Wizard of Legend 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Another title from Dead Mage, the studio behind Shadow Blade: Reload. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Face perilous magical trials in the fast-paced rogue-lite follow-up to the acclaimed original, featuring co-op and vibrant new 3D visuals. Master new Arcana and elements, experiment with spell combinations, and become the next Wizard of Legend!
Garshasp: The Monster Slayer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Another title from Dead Mage, the studio behind Shadow Blade: Reload. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
As the legendary Persian hero, fight your way in a journey to revenge and reclaim the legendary mace of his ancestors stolen by the Deevs. Purchase before 5/16 and save!
Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon
WHY THIS
Another title from Dead Mage, the studio behind Shadow Blade: Reload. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
The mighty mythological hero, Garshasp, travels into distant lands in search for the secrets hidden in the temple of the dragon, unaware of the hidden dangers and creatures awaiting him in the cursed lands.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Ninja Pizza Girl
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Ninja Pizza Girl is a serious game about bullying, emotional resilience – and pizza delivering ninjas! It’s a fast, flow-based game about Gemma, a sixteen-year-old girl trying to keep her dreams alive in face of the most merciless enemies known to any teenage girl – other teenagers.
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
10 Second Ninja
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
My Friend Pedro
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Frequently asked about Shadow Blade: Reload
- How much does Shadow Blade: Reload cost?
- Shadow Blade: Reload is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow Blade: Reload?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Blade: Reload are STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®, Ninja Pizza Girl, 10 Second Ninja X.
- Who developed Shadow Blade: Reload?
- Shadow Blade: Reload was developed by Dead Mage.
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