Games like The Shadow Cat
If The Shadow Cat is your kind of game, the closest matches are 2D Platformer GAME (Toy Factory), Tuna The Cat and Alaric's Quest — 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 The Shadow Cat: Transform into a mysterious black cat, navigate through various traps in the shadows, and find the treasure in the ancient castle.
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Steam players who put hours into The Shadow Cat 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.
2D Platformer GAME (Toy Factory)
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
It is a 2D adventure game with cute characters.
Tuna The Cat
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Shadow Cat.
Inspired by side scrollers from the 80's and 90's, Tuna The Cat is a true jump style side scroller. With todays graphics and yesterdays playstyle it's a combination for fun. Jump, slide, and run your way through 20 stages of colorful 2.5D excitement.
Alaric's Quest
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Alaric's Quest: Charming 2D platformer with a medieval theme and high difficulty level. Available on Linux, Windows, and Steam Deck, compatible with keyboard, controller, and touchscreen.
Fatal Claw
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
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.
Haimrik
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Make words come to life in this action adventure unlike any other! Haimrik blends gameplay with the narrative of its story set in medieval times. Combined with crisp humor and rare visual style, Haimrik’s journey is sure to entertain. Word’s the word!
Super Catboy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
Tribal Hunter
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Ranked #8 for The Shadow Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
An action platformer with size-changing mechanics. Be quick and nimble or large and in-charge!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shadow Cat at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Shadow Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Shadow Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Shadow Cat.
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 ~50% under The Shadow Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shadow Cat.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under The Shadow Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Shadow Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Shadow Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~50% under The Shadow Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Shadow Cat.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shadow Cat.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Cat.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Fatal Claw
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
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 Catboy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cat.
Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!
Frequently asked about The Shadow Cat
- How much does The Shadow Cat cost?
- The Shadow Cat is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Shadow Cat?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shadow Cat are 2D Platformer GAME (Toy Factory), Tuna The Cat, Alaric's Quest.
- Who developed The Shadow Cat?
- The Shadow Cat was developed by Nocturnal Soul.
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 Shadow Cat.
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