Games like The Shadow Beneath
If The Shadow Beneath is your kind of game, the closest matches are For the Glory of Wilson, Aksun and Oblivium — 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 The Shadow Beneath: Rescue Akhenaten, the banished pharaoh, from an eternity beneath the sands. Wield the gifts of Aten's last disciples, unleash sacred techniques and battle the relentless guardians of the forgotten tombs in a fast-paced Action Roguelike.
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Steam players who put hours into The Shadow Beneath 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.
For the Glory of Wilson
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Top pick for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
For the Glory of Wilson is an action roguelite where you recruit allies who fight alongside you and influence every battle.
Aksun
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Second-strongest match for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
A hack & slash roguelite rooted in Korean shamanism. Descend to the dark shadows of Aksun, chain hundreds of elemental artifacts and abilities into devastating reactions, and break the cursed cycle.
Oblivium
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Third-strongest match for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Oblivium is a fast-paced, violent spellcasting action roguelike featuring elemental reactions where you battle through the nine circles of hell.
Shan Hai : Mythic Origins
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Ranked #4 for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
SHANHAI: Myth Origins is a MOBA-style action roguelike inspired by the Shanhaijing. Enter a mythic realm, forge divine weapons, wield the Five Elements, collect artifacts, bind spirits and capture beasts. Play solo or in up to 4-player co-op.
Tears of Vanfell
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Ranked #5 for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.
Thorn Knight
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Ranked #6 for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Fight. Die. Rise. Until your vow is fulfilled. Thorn Knight is a dark isometric action rogue-lite where ruthless, combo-driven combat meets a tower twisted by cursed echoes and buried sins. Every fight tests your skill. Every floor leads you deeper.
STEEL HEAVEN
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Ranked #7 for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
One hit kills them. The only currency is time. A fast, free-flowing first-person movement melee — dash, wall-jump and grapple through ever-changing arenas of hell, tear enemies apart, and beat the clock. Bend your route, never stop moving.
Heart of Vinterium
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Ranked #8 for The Shadow Beneath fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
There is an artifact capable of granting any wish, but only the strongest are destined to find it. In Heart of Vinterium, you must explore grim and shifting worlds where every step could be your last. Fight, collect magical cards, and solve mysteries.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
Liquidators
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
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Frequently asked about The Shadow Beneath
- What games are most similar to The Shadow Beneath?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shadow Beneath are For the Glory of Wilson, Aksun, Oblivium.
- Who developed The Shadow Beneath?
- The Shadow Beneath was developed by Techadise.
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 Beneath.
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