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Games like Shadow Monarchs Rise

If Shadow Monarchs Rise is your kind of game, the closest matches are HunterX, HOTEL BARCELONA and Trinity Fusion — 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 Shadow Monarchs Rise: Shadow Monarch’s Rise is a soulslike action RPG with fast, skill-based combat, many many quests, hidden treasures, epic bosses, and character progression. A Skilltree with epic Powers to unlock! Future updates will include more Skills, areas & Bosses who r gonna make u suffer!

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access9.59 USDWindowsby The Gaming Maker
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Steam players who put hours into Shadow Monarchs Rise 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. HunterX

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. HOTEL BARCELONA

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    A marshal possessed by a murderer, a hotel full of killers, and a time-bending witch? From the legendary creators of DEADLY PREMONITION + NO MORE HEROES comes a 2D Action Roguelike unlike any other. Under New Management update is free for everyone now! CHECK IN, WIPE ‘EM OUT.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Trinity Fusion

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    Three fractured realities. One collapsing multiverse. Fast, fluid combat in a dark sci-fi Roguevania where each run begins in a separate universe — then lets you fuse your parallel selves, powers, and worlds to create brutal, ever-evolving builds.

    2023ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    A Metroidvania x Roguelite where you journey with the aid of a cursed hat. Use a variety of magic or possess your enemies to reach the lowest levels! Bring back loot, build new facilities in your village, make a living and strengthen yourself for the next battle! Supports up to 4-player multiplayer.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.29 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dragon Is Dead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    Dragon is Dead is a 2D dark fantasy roguelite with hack-and-slash combat and unlockable classes. Build class skill trees, slot runes, and chase Legendary and Mythic loot through corrupted stages.

    2025ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Minoria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. HunterX: code name T

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Cinderia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shadow Monarchs Rise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    A fast, brutal action roguelite with razor-sharp controls and insane build freedom. Fuse embers, skill cards, and gear into wildly overpowered combat styles — and break each run in a world consumed by the Ash Witch.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow Monarchs Rise at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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 ~48% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Shadow Monarchs Rise on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 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. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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. 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 Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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 ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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 ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. HunterX

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Trinity Fusion

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    Three fractured realities. One collapsing multiverse. Fast, fluid combat in a dark sci-fi Roguevania where each run begins in a separate universe — then lets you fuse your parallel selves, powers, and worlds to create brutal, ever-evolving builds.

    2023ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Minoria

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. HunterX: code name T

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cinderia

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Monarchs Rise.

    A fast, brutal action roguelite with razor-sharp controls and insane build freedom. Fuse embers, skill cards, and gear into wildly overpowered combat styles — and break each run in a world consumed by the Ash Witch.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadow Monarchs Rise

How much does Shadow Monarchs Rise cost?
Shadow Monarchs Rise is listed on Steam at 9.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Shadow Monarchs Rise?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Monarchs Rise are HunterX, HOTEL BARCELONA, Trinity Fusion.
Who developed Shadow Monarchs Rise?
Shadow Monarchs Rise was developed by The Gaming Maker.

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 Shadow Monarchs Rise.

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