Games like The Shadow
If The Shadow is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Farm of the Living, The Pigment and Before They Catch Us — 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 The Shadow: What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Players who liked The Shadow also play
Steam players who put hours into The Shadow 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.
The Farm of the Living
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
The Pigment
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Before They Catch Us
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Roadwarden
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Shadow.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
The seven days i spent with you
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shadow at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
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 ~45% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
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 ~72% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Shadow.
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 ~72% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Shadow.
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 ~45% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
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 Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Shadow.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under The Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
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".
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 The Shadow.
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 Adventure with The Shadow.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shadow.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shadow.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 The Shadow.
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 The Shadow.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from PlayBook
Other recommendable Steam games by PlayBook, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Meridian
WHY THIS
Another title from PlayBook, the studio behind The Shadow. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
The Pigment
WHY THIS
Another title from PlayBook, the studio behind The Shadow. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
The Farm of the Living
WHY THIS
Another title from PlayBook, the studio behind The Shadow. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow.
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Frequently asked about The Shadow
- How much does The Shadow cost?
- The Shadow is listed on Steam at 3.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Shadow?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shadow are The Farm of the Living, The Pigment, Before They Catch Us.
- Who developed The Shadow?
- The Shadow was developed by PlayBook.
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 The Shadow.
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