Games like Shadow Runner
If Shadow Runner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Malignant Survivors 2, Koboo: The Tree Spirit and Warriors of the End — 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 Runner: A fast, brutal katana action-roguelike. Chain combos, dive-cancel through 23 nightmare foes across 12 descending chapters. Curses, loot, and endless mode reshape every run. One blade. No retreat.
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Steam players who put hours into Shadow Runner 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.
Malignant Survivors 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Experience the most intense 3D crowd combat ever. Pick a hero, gear up and face the horde. Grab loot, get stronger and stay alive. Died? Try another hero, another build. Find your own path to the Abyss.
Koboo: The Tree Spirit
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Koboo is a fast paced action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a small tree spirit by attacking their weak points. Forge powerful synergies, explore the Ancient Forest's branching paths, fish, catch bugs and garden to rebuild your home!
Warriors of the End
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
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!
Overleveled
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
A fast paced rogue-lite RPG where you create overpowered builds while exploring an expansive dungeon filled with dangerous monsters and powerful artifacts. Play solo or with up to three friends. Every run earns permanent gear upgrades. You'll need everything you have to beat... Doug
MOLTYN
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
MOLTYN is a destructible terrain physics sandbox where every pixel is real matter that melts, floods, freezes and falls. You are a volcano born superhero with all the powers of the earth. Dig, flood, erupt and fight walking Kaiju across an 18-mission story, or wreck free-play worlds however you like
Shotgun Rogue
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Shotgun Rogue is a fast-paced roguelite where you defend your home from waves of enemies. Upgrade weapons, build turrets and traps, and unlock passive abilities each round. Create powerful combos, fortify your base, and survive as long as you can.
Elsie
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Shadow Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Lady Tallowmere's kittens have been acting strange. Still, the dungeon's rituals must be carried out. Despite the unusual circumstances, how many rooms can you clear?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow Runner at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Streets of Rogue
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shadow Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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 Action with Shadow Runner.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
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 with Shadow Runner.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow Runner.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Frequently asked about Shadow Runner
- How much does Shadow Runner cost?
- Shadow Runner is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow Runner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow Runner are Malignant Survivors 2, Koboo: The Tree Spirit, Warriors of the End.
- Who developed Shadow Runner?
- Shadow Runner was developed by ArcadeDeck.
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 Runner.
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