Games like Shadowlight
If Shadowlight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Azure Ember, Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life and Last Ascender — 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 Shadowlight: A turn-based stealth roguelike with classic ASCII graphics where light and shadow decide who lives. Slip through procedurally generated dungeons as a thief who strikes from the dark for triple damage, dodges torch-carrying guards, and loots a manor heist — or dies in the light..
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Azure Ember
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
Azure Ember is a fast-paced crafting roguelike that thrusts you into a dangerous, ever-changing dungeon. Break objects and defeat enemies to collect materials, then forge powerful, one-of-a-kind weapons to overcome relentless foes and towering bosses.
Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Last Ascender
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowlight.
Last Ascender is a 1st-person turn-based strategy RPG combining classic RPG progression with roguelike tension and deckbuilding depth. In a world shrouded in darkness, you must end this desperate journey using only your unique builds and strategic choices.
Dungeons of Delveria
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Ranked #4 for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Shadowlight.
A turn-based roguelike where you can shape the dungeon to your advantage. Discover terrain powers which help you to fight your enemies more efficiently.
OneBit Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowlight.
OneBit Adventure is a casual turn-based roguelike where you adventure as far as possible to level up and battle against rogue monsters. Your primary goal in OneBit Adventure is to survive and loot. Choose from a variety of classes and build the ultimate class.
Torch Keeper
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
This is a small rogue-like dungeon crawler with an active time battle system, multiple masteries and procedurally generated dungeons to discover.
Immortal Wayfarer
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowlight.
Immortal Wayfarer is an endlessly replayable yet forgiving dungeon crawler RPG. Enemies only move when you do, you can rewind each step, and easily recover lost gear. Restore peace on your terms!
Tears of Vanfell
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Ranked #8 for Shadowlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadowlight at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shadowlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Shadowlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
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 ~67% under Shadowlight on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shadowlight.
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 ~67% under Shadowlight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadowlight.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shadowlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowlight.
"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!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shadowlight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Shadowlight.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shadowlight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shadowlight.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Shadowlight.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadowlight.
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!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadowlight.
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).
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Frequently asked about Shadowlight
- How much does Shadowlight cost?
- Shadowlight is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadowlight?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadowlight are Azure Ember, Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life, Last Ascender.
- Who developed Shadowlight?
- Shadowlight was developed by Unangwata and published by Rogue.
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 Shadowlight.
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