Games like SHADOW
If SHADOW is your kind of game, the closest matches are HAIGLA, Norbert's Diary and Bigfoot Forest — 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.
Get personalized picks →About SHADOW: In SHADOW, expect the unexpected. Every shadow conceals danger, every sound fuels your dread. Dare to survive a night of terror where the darkness is your enemy, and the unknown waits at every turn.
Players who liked SHADOW also play
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HAIGLA
WHY THIS
Top pick for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this strange place.
Norbert's Diary
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Norbert's Diary is a retro-themed psychological horror game set in the 2000s. You will learn the story of Norbert, the guy who opened a gas station in the wilderness. You have to earn money and serve customers, face danger and scream!
Bigfoot Forest
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
From The Darkness
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Those Who Remain
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
Corpse Party
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
Outlast
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for SHADOW fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below SHADOW at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with SHADOW.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SHADOW.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
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?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
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".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under SHADOW on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SHADOW.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 SHADOW.
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 SHADOW.
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 SHADOW.
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 SHADOW.
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 SHADOW.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
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.
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 SHADOW.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Frequently asked about SHADOW
- How much does SHADOW cost?
- SHADOW is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to SHADOW?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SHADOW are HAIGLA, Norbert's Diary, Bigfoot Forest.
- Who developed SHADOW?
- SHADOW was developed by PANACHE STUDIOS.
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 SHADOW.
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