Games like Shadowbound
If Shadowbound is your kind of game, the closest matches are Herdles, Saving Yellow Ox and Gyro — 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 Shadowbound: Shadowbound is a minimalist 3D platforming and puzzle journey where light is your enemy and shadow your only ally. Overcome short challenges, manipulate light, and recover lost colors to rebuild the memories of a lifetime.
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Herdles
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Top pick for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowbound.
An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!
Saving Yellow Ox
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
Saving Yellow Ox is a chaotic co-op climbing game where 2–4 players race through a floating countryside full of traps, moving objects, and ridiculous obstacles. A UFO has abducted the yellow ox, and the only way to save it is to climb higher, push your rivals, rewind time, and survive the madness.
Gyro
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
Abandoned deep in space, Gyro is a small utility bot tasked to clean up what once was. Along your journey, discover an arsenal of increasing tools and challenges. Featuring the music of A Life Elided, Gyro offers up whimsical, mysterious, sci-fi-based puzzles that will keep you wanting more.
Up or Lava!
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Ranked #4 for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
Participate in only up races with 100 players. Fall down, and you'll burn in the lava! Play with friends or other players. The last survivor wins. Could it be you?
BRODUCE
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Ranked #5 for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
BRODUCE is a 3D platforming adventure game. Customize your BRODUCE and explore the universe! Solo, online with friends, or on a public server.
Galumb
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Ranked #6 for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
Punch, kick, push and race your way to the top in this chaotic multiplayer party game. Outsmart obstacles, team up when it helps, or betray your rivals. In Galumb, there are no rules.
UP
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
Test your reflexes in a vertically designed world. Master constantly changing mechanics and traps as you climb your way to the top.
Kwark
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Ranked #8 for Shadowbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
Kwark is a single player game about a creature that has to go through levels and then something impossible happens at the end! The game can be both from 1 person and from 3!
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 and Casual with Shadowbound.
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 Action and Adventure with Shadowbound.
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 Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
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 Shadowbound.
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 and Casual with Shadowbound.
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 Action and Indie with Shadowbound.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadowbound.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Frequently asked about Shadowbound
- Does Shadowbound have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shadowbound supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Shadowbound?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadowbound are Herdles, Saving Yellow Ox, Gyro.
- Who developed Shadowbound?
- Shadowbound was developed by Dozy Duck Games.
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 Shadowbound.
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