Games like NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow
If NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cave Crusade, Crown Control and Shrike — 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 NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow: "NINDO: Guardian of the starlit shadow" is a ninja rogue-like deck-building game set in a beautiful Japanese-inspired world. Face powerful enemies, make strategic choices, and grow stronger to craft a unique battle style.
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Cave Crusade
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Top pick for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Classic roguelike deckbuilder designed for quick runs. Upgrade your cards, discover powerful artifacts, and master the Wheel of Fortune to maximize your rewards.
Crown Control
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Second-strongest match for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Tactical roguelike deckbuilder: play solo or in online co-op with up to 4 players. Choose your character, level up your class, collect and play cards to attack, defend, heal, summon allies, place traps, and alter the terrain in turn-based isometric battles to overthrow a tyrant king.
Shrike
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Third-strongest match for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Pickpocket rival flocks to build a deck. Steal abilities, stay hidden, survive. A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder about one bird's grim migration north through a wretched medieval kingdom.
Low Magic They Said
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Ranked #4 for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder where broken builds are a feature, not a bug. Think Slay the Spire meets the unforgiving difficulty of Dark Souls, with Diablo 2's philosophy of letting you discover ridiculously powerful builds yourself. They lied about the magic being low.
Beards Go Underground
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Ranked #5 for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
The Mining Deckbuilder. Blow up the mountains using explosive card combos! Build your deck, prepare your strategy and BOOM! - call gold and gemstones your own.
As We Descend
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Ranked #6 for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
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Ranked #7 for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.
Roguebook
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Ranked #8 for NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
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
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Priced ~50% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
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
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Priced ~50% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit 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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit 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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Moonring
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
one night, hot springs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Frequently asked about NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow
- How much does NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow cost?
- NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow are Cave Crusade, Crown Control, Shrike.
- Who developed NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow?
- NINDO Guardian of the Starlit Shadow was developed by MORIKICHIDO.
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