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Games like Shards of Dread

If Shards of Dread is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cursed Digilens, Cursed Toy and Haunted Property — 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 Shards of Dread: It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

2025Adventure1.99 USDWindowsby Markus Korda
Shards of Dread — Steam game cover

Players who liked Shards of Dread also play

Steam players who put hours into Shards of Dread 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. Cursed Digilens

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Use a digital camera to take photos of ghosts. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

    2025Adventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cursed Toy

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen. Do housework. You get haunted by a monsters.

    2024Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Haunted Property

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

    2024Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Uncanny Tales: Cold Road

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.

    2025IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. Seybul Tech

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss.

    2023AdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Barbotine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. NIGHTSLINK

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shards of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shards of Dread at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    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 ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Landlord of the Woods

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ukrainian ball in search of gas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Seen

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Vagrant

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.79 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hentai Vs Furries

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    Hentai VS Furries offers colorful gunshots. Skins, special angles for your enjoyment. And a "Pleasure" mode without a fight if you want to enjoy calm.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Achievement Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shards of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Markus Korda

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

  1. Haunted Property

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Markus Korda, the studio behind Shards of Dread. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Explore a haunted apartment. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

    2024Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cursed Home

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Markus Korda, the studio behind Shards of Dread. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

    2024Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cursed Toy

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Markus Korda, the studio behind Shards of Dread. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Monsters jumping towards at your screen. Do housework. You get haunted by a monsters.

    2024Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fear to Face

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Markus Korda, the studio behind Shards of Dread. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Take care of a cat and a house. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

    2025Adventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Cursed Digilens

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Markus Korda, the studio behind Shards of Dread. Shares Adventure with Shards of Dread.

    It is a psychological horror game and walking simulator. Use a digital camera to take photos of ghosts. Get chased by monsters. Monsters jumping towards at your screen.

    2025Adventure1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shards of Dread

How much does Shards of Dread cost?
Shards of Dread is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Shards of Dread?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shards of Dread are Cursed Digilens, Cursed Toy, Haunted Property.
Who developed Shards of Dread?
Shards of Dread was developed by Markus Korda.

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 Shards of Dread.

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