Choose Kult: Heretic Kingdoms
Choose Kult: Heretic Kingdoms if you want an Indie and Adventure experience. On Steam, it's currently about 83% cheaper on the Steam Store. Kult: Heretic Kingdoms launched in 2015.
Kult: Heretic Kingdoms vs Shadows: Awakening
Kult: Heretic Kingdoms and Shadows: Awakening both land in Action, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, RPG on Steam. Kult: Heretic Kingdoms (2015) is 3 years older than Shadows: Awakening (2018). Both sit near 78% positive on Steam (Kult: Heretic Kingdoms: 64 reviews, Shadows: Awakening: 775). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Shadows: Awakening
Choose Shadows: Awakening if it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Shadows: Awakening launched in 2018.
Both Kult: Heretic Kingdoms and Shadows: Awakening sit in Action and RPG on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (78.1% vs 78.5% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Kult: Heretic Kingdoms |  Shadows: Awakening | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, RPG | Action, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 78.1% positive (64 reviews) | 78.5% positive (775 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Games Farm | Games Farm |
Side by side
- Both share Action, RPG on Steam.
- Kult: Heretic Kingdoms (2015) is 3 years older than Shadows: Awakening (2018).
- Both sit near 78% positive on Steam (Kult: Heretic Kingdoms: 64 reviews, Shadows: Awakening: 775).
- Kult: Heretic Kingdoms is currently ~83% cheaper on Steam than Shadows: Awakening (4.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Kult: Heretic Kingdoms is Deck Unsupported, Shadows: Awakening is Deck Playable.
Kult: Heretic Kingdoms vs Shadows: Awakening — FAQ
- Should I play Kult: Heretic Kingdoms or Shadows: Awakening first?
- If you want chronology, Kult: Heretic Kingdoms (2015) came out before Shadows: Awakening (2018). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Kult: Heretic Kingdoms and Shadows: Awakening similar?
- They overlap on Action, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.