Games like The Shadow Over Cyberspace
If The Shadow Over Cyberspace is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ichth.ys, Hello Girl and Lovely Lady RPG — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 Over Cyberspace: Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
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Ichth.ys
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Top pick for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!
Hello Girl
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Shares visual novel style, nostalgic and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Second-strongest match for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Have you ever felt like a rabbit with a telephone? Hello Girl is a thrilling kinetic visual novel about connection and disconnection, set during a time of great uncertainty.
Lovely Lady RPG
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Shares visual novel style, branching narrative and atmospheric with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Third-strongest match for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Made Marion
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Shares choice consequences, branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Ranked #4 for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
A romantic action-adventure visual novel based on Robin Hood lore. Play as Lady Marion and choose what kind of leader and lover you want to become. Join Robin's rowdy rebels in Sherwood or tackle the political pitfalls of the Sheriff's Nottingham. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
Observer: System Redux
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Ranked #5 for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Life Eater
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Shares investigation, hidden object search, psychological horror and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Ranked #6 for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Athanasy
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Shares branching dialogue, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Ranked #7 for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Home Safety Hotline
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Shares hidden object search, branching narrative and atmospheric with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Ranked #8 for The Shadow Over Cyberspace fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
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Undertale
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Shares choice consequences, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Reviewers of The Shadow Over Cyberspace cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
Arcade Spirits
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Reviewers of The Shadow Over Cyberspace cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
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Reviewers of The Shadow Over Cyberspace cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
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Arcade Spirits
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Another title from Fiction Factory Games, the studio behind The Shadow Over Cyberspace. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
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Shares mini games and an atmospheric mood with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Another title from Fiction Factory Games, the studio behind The Shadow Over Cyberspace. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
WHY THIS
Another title from Fiction Factory Games, the studio behind The Shadow Over Cyberspace. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
Frequently asked about The Shadow Over Cyberspace
- Is The Shadow Over Cyberspace free to play?
- Yes — The Shadow Over Cyberspace is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to The Shadow Over Cyberspace?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shadow Over Cyberspace are Ichth.ys, Hello Girl, Lovely Lady RPG.
- Who developed The Shadow Over Cyberspace?
- The Shadow Over Cyberspace was developed by Fiction Factory 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 The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
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