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Games like Frontier: Path of Shadows

If Frontier: Path of Shadows is your kind of game, the closest matches are Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II, Inkbound and XCOM®: Chimera Squad — 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 Frontier: Path of Shadows: X-COM inspired tactical game. 25th century. The war with the mysterious Utopia is over — but new threats emerge. Come to the vast Frontier: assemble your crew, face tough choices, explore unknown worlds and win tactical battles!

2026StrategyIndieRPG12.74 USDWindowsby Oduvan Games
Frontier: Path of Shadows — Steam game cover

Players who liked Frontier: Path of Shadows also play

Steam players who put hours into Frontier: Path of 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. Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Fast-paced tactical combat meets strategic management in this sequel to the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Take control of either the ancient and deathless Necron legions or the techno-religious acolytes of the Omnissiah, with the fate of a world in your hands.

    2026ActionStrategyRPG35.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Inkbound

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. XCOM®: Chimera Squad

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.

    2020Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Banner Saga 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Wasteland 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Expeditions: Viking

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?

    2017StrategyIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Waters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Frontier: Path of Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    A real-time strategy combat game based on the world of the Line Of Defense. Command a team of four Galactic Command marines in highly classified missions in space and on planets.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Frontier: Path of Shadows at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frontier: Path of 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 ~61% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier: Path of 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. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frontier: Path of 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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of 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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Frontier: Path of Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frontier: Path of 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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Oduvan Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Oduvan Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Potion-making: Path of the Alchemist

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Oduvan Games, the studio behind Frontier: Path of Shadows. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    A digital adaptation of the cult-classic Potion-Making board game series. Brew elixirs, earn movement tokens, and reach three Places of Power to rekindle the flame of life.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Hell Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Oduvan Games, the studio behind Frontier: Path of Shadows. Shares Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Congratulations, you're dead again! Bet years of your sentence in Hell and earn your way back to life by reducing your debt to zero. Bid for the revolver like you're playing poker, take risks like you're playing Russian roulette, and claim the pot while everyone at the table tries to stop you.

  3. GERAND: Operation KV-44 2.0

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Oduvan Games, the studio behind Frontier: Path of Shadows. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frontier: Path of Shadows.

    Commander, Gerand here. I repeat: the Armored Train is surrounded! Build and upgrade your squad of living tanks, crush the enemy in tactical battles, and fight your way through the blockade. Your objective: create a legend of the USSR — KV-44 2.0. Copy that? Over!

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Frontier: Path of Shadows

How much does Frontier: Path of Shadows cost?
Frontier: Path of Shadows is listed on Steam at 12.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Frontier: Path of Shadows?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Frontier: Path of Shadows are Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II, Inkbound, XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
Who developed Frontier: Path of Shadows?
Frontier: Path of Shadows was developed by Oduvan Games and published by 3_PUBLISHING.

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 Frontier: Path of Shadows.

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