Games like In The Shadows
If In The Shadows is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pandamonium, Dotto Botto and Elephantasy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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 In The Shadows: In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!
Players who liked In The Shadows also play
Steam players who put hours into In The Shadows 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.
Pandamonium
WHY THIS
Top pick for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
A panda who stumbles into the Lost Capital of Hell. Explore a beautiful and dangerous world with hand drawn crisp pixel art and 2.5D graphics. Face perilous foes, bosses and friendly allies. Customize yourself with abilities and outfits that will help you conquer your way through this doomed land.
Dotto Botto
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
Dotto Botto: a classic Super Mario Bros. style platformer game.
Elephantasy
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with In The Shadows.
Third-strongest match for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
After falling from the sky into a miniature world, a tiny Elephant has a big adventure in store for them! Climb, dash, lift, and swim while exploring colorful pixel-art environments in this cute 2D puzzle-platformer! Can you collect all the Gems, reach the Tower in the clouds, and return home?
Swapshot
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with In The Shadows.
In Swapshot, you take control of this fearless protagonist, equipped with an incredible teleportation gun. Your mission is to overcome a series of challenges in a world filled with 2D platforms and intriguing puzzles.
The Pedestrian
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with In The Shadows.
Ranked #5 for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
Below The Ocean
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
Dive into the world 'Below the Ocean'! Master thrilling moves like tether-swinging, bubble-jumping, bungee-bouncing, and sling-shot in a mesmerizing underwater adventure. Solve intriguing puzzles and seek hidden treasures. Are you ready to embark on this unforgettable journey?
Bloopy & Droopy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
A Game Boy style 8-bit platformer, giving you an old-school experience in which you can switch characters at any time and use your digging skills to make your way through the terrain!
Swords & Bones 5
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for In The Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
The fifth and final chapter of the saga: embark on an action-platformer fantasy adventure in pixel art and put an end to the demonic threat once and for all!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below In The Shadows at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with In The Shadows.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with In The Shadows.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In The Shadows.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with In The Shadows.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with In The Shadows.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under In The Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with In The Shadows.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In The Shadows.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 In The Shadows.
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 In The Shadows.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with In The Shadows.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with In The Shadows.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Shadows.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about In The Shadows
- Does In The Shadows run on Steam Deck?
- In The Shadows is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does In The Shadows cost?
- In The Shadows is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to In The Shadows?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside In The Shadows are Pandamonium, Dotto Botto, Elephantasy.
- Who developed In The Shadows?
- In The Shadows was developed by Colorspace 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 In The Shadows.
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