Games like BLACKSHARD
If BLACKSHARD is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sp(L/R)ite スプライト, "I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue) and Office After Hours — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and eerie. 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 BLACKSHARD: BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
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Sp(L/R)ite スプライト
WHY THIS
Top pick for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
You awaken in a strange, floating room in another dimension. To escape, you'll need to team up with an energetic goddess and a mysterious girl just beyond the wall. Together, you’ll unravel the secrets of this surreal space in this adventure game. Which door will you choose—and where will it lead?
"I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
Office After Hours
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with BLACKSHARD.
Third-strongest match for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
The Old City: Leviathan
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Ranked #4 for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Route8
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
"You're lost on Route 8. You must find a way to escape. This eerie road is terrifying.""Night falls, the phone rings. Who are you? You find yourself driving along Route 8, repeating endlessly."
Eschaton
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
Call of the Elder Gods
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, exploration, lovecraftian and an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Ranked #7 for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.
Haven Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Ranked #8 for BLACKSHARD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.
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NaissanceE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Venineth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Stray
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Metal Garden
WHY THIS
Shares first person exploration, environmental storytelling and atmospheric with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares non linear exploration and an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Observation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
ECHO
WHY THIS
Shares non linear exploration and an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. But nothing could prepare her for what she’ll face in the ancient halls below.
Blame Him
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BLACKSHARD.
Reviewers of BLACKSHARD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Blame Him is true first-person survival horror. A game about surreal atmosphere and dark challenges. A bone-chilling experience made by 2 people from Japan. Loved by and scared many YouTubers and Streamers.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BLACKSHARD at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under BLACKSHARD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD.
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 BLACKSHARD.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Frequently asked about BLACKSHARD
- Does BLACKSHARD work on Steam Deck?
- BLACKSHARD is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does BLACKSHARD cost?
- BLACKSHARD is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to BLACKSHARD?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BLACKSHARD are Sp(L/R)ite スプライト, "I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue), Office After Hours.
- Who developed BLACKSHARD?
- BLACKSHARD was developed by Redlock Studio, Enclave and published by Redlock Studio, Plug In Digital.
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