Games like Shadow Rush
If Shadow Rush is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hexforger, Nothing Lost and Soulcery: Deck of Shadows — 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 Shadow Rush: Slay hordes of Shadow Demons in this Action RPG with roguelike elements. Fast-paced combat, quick runs, build experimentation, and re-rolling characters. Spells are collectable, equip-able 'Shards' that trigger when you attack. CAN YOU BEAT THE SPEED OF DARKNESS?
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Hexforger
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Top pick for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Rush.
Craft your spells in ONLINE CO-OP with your friends in this SURVIVORS-LIKE! Slaughter monsters, gain gold, upgrade your spells to infinite heights. Crush challenges and unlock new spells, upgrades, pickups, realms. Up to 4 players in this unique twist on the survivors-like formula!
Nothing Lost
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Second-strongest match for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow Rush.
Nothing Lost is a generational action-roguelike where every death strengthens your next hero. Battle through ever-shifting dungeons, absorb the powers of your fallen heroes, and combine their abilities to conquer the Tower of Souls.
Soulcery: Deck of Shadows
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Third-strongest match for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Rush.
An action roguelike fused with deck-building combat. Steal enemy abilities to shape your battle deck and unleash relentless, zero-cooldown combos.
Dread Rune
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Ranked #4 for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow Rush.
A roguelike RPG inspired by Pixel Dungeon. Choose from 12 heroes, explore ever-changing dungeons, and master 130+ items that wear down with use. Every run is a test of combat skill, strategy, and knowing when to use what you've got.
FIGHT-QUEST
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Ranked #5 for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow Rush.
FIGHT-QUEST is a first-person roguelite where you become an unstoppable "Hero". Stack game-changing upgrades to slay thousands of fantasy foes, discover sinster secrets in a colorful world, and bank your hard-earned gold.
Angelfall
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Ranked #6 for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow Rush.
Face the endless armies of Light and become the nightmare they fear! Angelfall is a roguelike reverse-horror game, in which you play as powerful Archdemon, slaughter hordes of humans, harvest their souls, and discover devastating synergies. Grow stronger, unlock new powers, and conquer the Light.
Ember and Blade
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Ranked #7 for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow Rush.
Become the immortal hunter and stand against the archdemon Asmodeus. Cut through bullet-hell swarms, clash with Souls-like bosses, and harness celestial blessings that reshape your powers each run. The demons are rising—raise your sword.
Fist of Yokai
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Ranked #8 for Shadow Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Rush.
Throw down in a world where steam meets the supernatural, as you hack and slash your way through a maze filled with yokai horrors. Upgrade yourself and slash through yokai leaders to save the steampunk metropolis in this exciting roguelite dungeon crawler. An indie game by 2 friends.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shadow Rush.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Shadow Rush.
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Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Rush.
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!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Rush.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Lily's Well
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shadow Rush.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shadow Rush.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Frequently asked about Shadow Rush
- What games are most similar to Shadow Rush?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Rush are Hexforger, Nothing Lost, Soulcery: Deck of Shadows.
- Who developed Shadow Rush?
- Shadow Rush was developed by Andrew Teo.
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 Rush.
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