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Games like Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

If Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition and Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters feel deeply personal, multiple endings to explore and atmospheric. 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.

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Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut is a turn-based tactical RPG set in a cyberpunk Berlin district where magic has returned to the world. Players build characters through theorycrafting systems, recruit companion agents, and navigate dialogue-driven missions where story choices are irreversible. Tactical positioning matters in combat encounters, rewarding strategic thinking over button-mashing. Reviewers note that characters feel deeply personal and the cyberpunk-magic fusion creates a unique setting. Multiple endings encourage exploration of different outcomes. The game earned a 90% positive rating from over 4,000 Steam reviews and is priced around $3.74 USD. Players describe it as atmospheric, contemplative, and dark, finding it challenging yet immersive. This is a solo-only experience that does not currently support Steam Deck.

About Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut: Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

2014StrategyIndieAdventureRPG3.74 USDMetacritic 87Windows · macOS · Linuxby Harebrained Schemes
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  1. Shadowrun Returns

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Second-strongest match for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Third-strongest match for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Torment: Tides of Numenera

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston Lockdown

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Ranked #5 for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Lead your team of Runners to survive a corrupt megacorporation’s intrigue threatening thousands of lives in this new action-strategy game set in the most popular cyberpunk universe of all times – Shadowrun.

    2015StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Ranked #6 for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Blackguards

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Ranked #7 for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wintermoor Tactics Club

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Shadowrun Returns

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Reviewers of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Are you prepared to lose everything to save the galaxy? You'll need to be, Commander Shepard. It's time to bring together your greatest allies and recruit the galaxy's fighting elite to continue the resistance against the invading Reapers.

    2010RPGDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

    2012Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Reviewers of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Reviewers of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cyberpunk 2077

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Reviewers of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

    2020RPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Harebrained Schemes

Other recommendable Steam games by Harebrained Schemes, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. BATTLETECH

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

    2018ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Shadowrun Returns

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION is a major update featuring a new playable adventurer (The Brute), a completely new outdoor environment (The Black Forest), and lots of new enemies, weapons, armor, traps, potions, scrolls, and other big improvements to the game.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Lamplighters League

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Another title from Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

    Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

Does Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut work on Steam Deck?
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut cost?
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut is listed on Steam at 3.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut are Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Who developed Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut?
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut was developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive.

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