Games like The Shade
If The Shade is your kind of game, the closest matches are CH13: Rest Stop, Rehaunted and Radiolight — 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 Shade: A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
Players who liked The Shade also play
Steam players who put hours into The Shade 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.
CH13: Rest Stop
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
CH13: Rest Stop is a psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren't prepared for... Will you find out what awaits at the end of the road?
Rehaunted
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Shade.
Enter a house where every clue feels wrong. Investigate a brutal crime scene, uncover hidden evidence, and use your detective tools to piece together a disturbing truth buried beneath the silence.
Radiolight
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Last Days of Lazarus
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Dead of Darkness
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Blair Witch
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
LOST ZION
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Lost Zion is an atmospheric cyberpunk horror game. Awakened by a faint signal as a service bot, explore the forsaken megacity of Lost Zion. Uncover the Emperor's horrific secrets. Obey your sole command: Activate the Gravity Core.
Backrooms: Lost Tape
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Shade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shade at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shade.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
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 ~79% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
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 ~86% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Shade.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shade.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under The Shade on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 The Shade.
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 The Shade.
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 The Shade.
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 The Shade.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shade.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 The Shade.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shade.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Radiolight
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Last Days of Lazarus
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Dead of Darkness
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Frequently asked about The Shade
- How much does The Shade cost?
- The Shade is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Shade?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shade are CH13: Rest Stop, Rehaunted, Radiolight.
- Who developed The Shade?
- The Shade was developed by Blindside Studio.
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 Shade.
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