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Games like Living Shadows

If Living Shadows is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blackfield, Fire and Water: Spirits of the Forest and ROSE — picked from the ranked list below. 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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About Living Shadows: In Living Shadows, explore a dystopian future where humans and shadows have been separated. Solve puzzles, face challenges, and dive into a deep narrative as you uncover hidden secrets in a dark world.

2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby MR Consulting, Messier Data e Creative
Living Shadows — Steam game cover

Players who liked Living Shadows also play

Steam players who put hours into Living Shadows also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Blackfield

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    In a shadowed parallel universe, 8-year-old Marta navigates desolate landscapes ruled by mechanical overlords and nightmarish creatures, desperately seeking her lost family while survival becomes a relentless test of wits and willpower.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Fire and Water: Spirits of the Forest

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    Embark on this two-player adventure in a colorful world to forge a strong bond with your friend, partner, or family. Overcome challenging puzzles. Unleash your unique playstyle using the diverse abilities of Fire, Water, and 5 other forest spirits.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. ROSE

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Living Shadows.

    “The journalist who lost his daughter unveils the veil of truth with his light”

    2025ActionAdventureEarly Access5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Living Shadows.

    Tomba is back for more in Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition, a celebration of the often overlooked sequel to the legendary platformer, Tomba!

    2025ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Living Shadows.

    Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Primal Planet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Deer & Boy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Living Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Living Shadows at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Living Shadows.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Action with Living Shadows.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Living Shadows.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Living Shadows.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    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 ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Living Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Shadows.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    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 ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Living Shadows.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Living Shadows.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Primal Planet

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Deer & Boy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Living Shadows.

    In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Living Shadows

How much does Living Shadows cost?
Living Shadows is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Living Shadows?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Living Shadows are Blackfield, Fire and Water: Spirits of the Forest, ROSE.
Who developed Living Shadows?
Living Shadows was developed by MR Consulting, Messier Data e Creative and published by Messier Data e Creative.

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 Living Shadows.

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