Games like Shadowgate
If Shadowgate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grim Fandango Remastered, The Night of the Rabbit and The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and mysterious. 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 Shadowgate: Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.
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Grim Fandango Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Top pick for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
The Night of the Rabbit
WHY THIS
Shares hint system and an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Second-strongest match for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a nostalgic mood with Shadowgate.
Third-strongest match for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
The Curse of Monkey Island
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Ranked #4 for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Shadowgate.
Ranked #5 for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
King's Quest
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a nostalgic mood with Shadowgate.
Ranked #6 for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
Maniac Mansion
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Shadowgate.
Ranked #7 for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Ranked #8 for Shadowgate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
About Chapter One The saga begins with a heated battle involving the brave but often bumbling Mighty Pirate™ Guybrush, his beloved wife Elaine, and their nemesis, the demon pirate LeChuck. When the showdown goes up in flames, Guybrush finds himself marooned on a strange island with winds that always blow inward.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Shadowgate
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Grim Fandango Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Reviewers of Shadowgate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
Shadowgate: MacVenture Series
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Reviewers of Shadowgate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of Shadowgate! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions to experience where the franchise began.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Shadowgate.
Reviewers of Shadowgate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Reviewers of Shadowgate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
Travel through five mind-bending worlds to discover the ancient secret of Alchemy that will free the trapped souls from evil’s grip…Do you dare enter the Forbidden Lands?
Uninvited Guest
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Reviewers of Shadowgate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
Unwelcome
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shadowgate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
Deja Vu
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shadowgate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Get ready for a mindbending cyberpunk experience! Figure out more than a dozen puzzles through your manipulation of time based clones and try to get the best time in each level! Dive into Déjà Vu, inspired by puzzlers like Braid and The Swapper.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadowgate at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
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 Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
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?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
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 Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
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 Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
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 ~67% under Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shadowgate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
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 and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowgate.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
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.
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More from Zojoi
Other recommendable Steam games by Zojoi, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Shadowgate: MacVenture Series
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of Shadowgate! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions to experience where the franchise began.
The Uninvited: MacVenture Series
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of The Uninvited! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and survive the supernatural dangers of the haunted mansion.
Déjà Vu: MacVenture Series
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of Déjà Vu! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and discover a classic detective mystery adventure.
Déjà Vu II: MacVenture Series
WHY THIS
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowgate.
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of Déjà Vu II! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions as a hard-boiled detective in a city full of crime and mystery.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mummy's Curse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
The London Times started it all – calling the murders the work of an ancient Egyptian curse. I accused the tabloid of capitalizing on the superstitions of the populace. Yet, three men were dead, with the wrappings of a 4000-year old mummy binding their fates together.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier
WHY THIS
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
Inspector Smythe from Scotland Yard has informed Watson and me of the murder of General Armstead, a Tontine ticket holder. Something about this case intrigues me. Perhaps it ís that the General was about to publish a scintillating addendum to his infamous book on treasure.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mystified Murderess
WHY THIS
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
An unassuming woman has been charged with the death of a scoundrel, a fortune-squandering bounder. She was found over the body, pistol in hand but there are other avenues in this case that even the Yard refuses to set foot upon. I have the feeling that there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Argonus and the Gods of Stone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowgate.
Another title from Zojoi, the studio behind Shadowgate. Shares Adventure with Shadowgate.
The creators of Shadowgate present Argonus and the Gods of Stone, an epic first-person adventure set in ancient Greece. Stranded on an uncharted isle, you must use your wits to unlock legendary mysteries, barter with gods and overcome an evil that threatens to bring the world to ruin...
Frequently asked about Shadowgate
- Does Shadowgate run on Steam Deck?
- Shadowgate is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Shadowgate cost?
- Shadowgate is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadowgate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadowgate are Grim Fandango Remastered, The Night of the Rabbit, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition.
- Who developed Shadowgate?
- Shadowgate was developed by Zojoi.
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