Games like Shadow Gates
If Shadow Gates is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dark Sorcery, Wonder of Blue and Bauble — 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 Gates: A roguelite dungeon crawler where every death feeds your shadow army. Solo Leveling-inspired power fantasy: clear 5 gates, master 5 classes, climb 5 ascensions. Every hit lands, every death matters. Built for "one more run."
Players who liked Shadow Gates also play
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Dark Sorcery
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
Dark Sorcery is a dark fantasy roguelite where you battle endless hordes, unlock powerful upgrades, and create devastating builds. Master movement, teleportation, and strategy to survive increasingly dangerous enemy waves.
Wonder of Blue
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
Delve into Wonderland with Liddell in this Dungeon Crawler Roguelike based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Defeat great adversaries in this daunting fable and evade foes with a graceful twirl.
Bauble
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
A single-player roguelite about a planet of newly-sentient creatures. You play as small denizens with unique perspectives, trying to figure out what's happening to their planet (complicated by the fact they just became aware of it at all). In challenge mode, compete for score on a local leaderboard.
青铜灰烬
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
Bronze Ashes, a fantasy action roguelite inspired by Sanxingdui and Jinsha, conjures a cyclically reborn otherworld from ancient Shu's legends. Play alone or with friends: command shape-shifting arms, gather Golden Crow spells, and fight to save Shu from impending doom.
Payback Protocol
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
Annihilate alien armies, craft devastating builds and traverse hostile biomes in this fast-paced action roguelite! Choose from a roster of vengeful combat robots, each with unique strengths and abilities, and survive relentless alien hordes as you avenge the fall of humanity.
Warriors of the End
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!
Ascension Trail
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
A top-down co-op action roguelike where horde-slaying combat meets a real dungeon crawl. Fight with swords, bows, spells, or bare fists, manual or full auto-aim, solo or with a friend. Just climb faster than your shard-fire burns. The dark is hungry.
Katanaut
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Shadow Gates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow Gates at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Gates.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Gates.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Gates.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadow Gates.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Gates.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Gates.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shadow Gates on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 with Shadow Gates.
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 Shadow Gates.
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.
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 Gates.
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.
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 Gates.
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.
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 Gates.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Gates.
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 Shadow Gates
- How much does Shadow Gates cost?
- Shadow Gates is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow Gates?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Gates are Dark Sorcery, Wonder of Blue, Bauble.
- Who developed Shadow Gates?
- Shadow Gates was developed by Facundo Morelli.
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 Gates.
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