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Games like Shadow Mysteries

If Shadow Mysteries is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kalamor, Delverium and Hallowlands — 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 Mysteries: Survive the Shadow Realm, a changing world of forgotten myths. Gather resources, build a base, endure the seasons, and follow a prophecy through 13 characters, each with unique abilities and a story of their own.

IndieAdventureRPGWindows · macOS · Linuxby Kapcrew Gaming
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Steam players who put hours into Shadow Mysteries 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. Kalamor

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shadow Mysteries fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Shadow Mysteries.

    Kalamor is an action roguelike with strong Souls-like influences. During a run, you'll explore dark dungeons, face challenging enemies, and discover chests with random upgrades. Outside of a run, you can spend the experience you've earned to improve your character or unlock new weapons.

    2027ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. Delverium

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore, Build, Farm, Craft and Fight in this survival sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Delve deep to uncover the secret of the invading 'Faults' and restore stability to the land.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Hallowlands

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a procedurally generated open world with many biomes to explore and harvest resources from. You can chop down trees, mine rocks/ore, and find unique items to help you along your journey. Using the resources that you find, you can craft powerful weapons and items.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Tears of Vanfell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shadow Mysteries fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.

    Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Allumeria

    WHY THIS

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

    A classic voxel sandbox combined with in-depth progression through exploration, dungeon crawling and boss battles. Spend every minute discovering new weapons, abilities, resources, enemies, structures, mechanics and tools. With a strong focus on discovery, variety and creativity, the world is yours.

    2026AdventureEarly Access9.59 USDSteam ↗
  6. Minotaur Maze

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shadow Mysteries fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.

    Minotaur Maze is a simple action puzzle game about navigating a maze and avoiding a monster. Somewhere out there lurking, The Minotaur is honing in on your location and hunting you down! With each new level, the difficulty increases because the maze gets larger and the Minotaur gets faster.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Badiya: Desert Survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shadow Mysteries fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.

    Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Core Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shadow Mysteries fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.

    Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Liquidators

    WHY THIS

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

    Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Wheelchair Wizards

    WHY THIS

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

    Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. A Space For The Unbound - Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers

    2020IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadow Mysteries

What games are most similar to Shadow Mysteries?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Mysteries are Kalamor, Delverium, Hallowlands.
Who developed Shadow Mysteries?
Shadow Mysteries was developed by Kapcrew Gaming.

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 Mysteries.

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