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Games like Shadron

Below are 13 hand-picked alternatives to Shadron for fans of animation & modeling, design & illustration, utilities, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Shadron also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Shadron: Shadron is the ultimate graphics editor for programmers. Create images, animations, 3D models, particle systems and more with a simple scripting language based on GLSL shaders. See the output of your scripts in real time and tweak your creations using adjustable parameters.

2016Animation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationUtilities17.99 USDWindows · macOSby Viktor Chlumský
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    AniCursor — Steam game cover

    AniCursor

    Top pick for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    AniCursor is an application for creating animated cursors. Download pre-made cursors from the Steam Workshop or create your own using the unique editor.

    2023IndieAnimation & ModelingDesign & Illustration1.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Wallpaper Engine — Steam game cover

    Wallpaper Engine

    Second-strongest match for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    Use stunning live wallpapers on your desktop. Animate your own images to create new wallpapers or import videos/websites and share them on the Steam Workshop!

    2018IndieCasualAnimation & Modeling4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    YoloMouse - Cursor Changer — Steam game cover

    YoloMouse - Cursor Changer

    Third-strongest match for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    Make your game or app cursor stylish and always visible. Replace, resize, recolor, and enhance with effects and animated styles. Create and share via Steam Workshop.

    2020ActionIndieAnimation & Modeling3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    [Unsupported] GameMaker Studio 2 Desktop — Steam game cover

    [Unsupported] GameMaker Studio 2 Desktop

    Ranked #4 for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    GameMaker has moved!This is a legacy version of GameMaker and does not receive any updates.To make sure you are on the latest version and able to get updates, search for "GameMaker" in the Steam Store.Any previous licence purchase is still valid for the new version.

    2017Animation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationEducationSteam ↗
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    Stream Avatars — Steam game cover

    Stream Avatars

    Ranked #5 for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    Stream Avatars is a content creation tool for live video broadcasting that adds flair to your video to promote viewer engagement and channel growth! Viewers can also spend their hard-earned stream currency on avatar customizations.

    2017Animation & ModelingAudio ProductionDesign & Illustration14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    SVFI — Steam game cover

    SVFI

    Ranked #6 for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    SVFI: Squirrel Video Frame Interpolation. An app to enhance your low-fps video or image sequence into high framerate footage with AI

    2021Animation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationPhoto Editing4.89 USDSteam ↗
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    MovieMator Video Editor Pro - Movie Maker, Video Editing Software — Steam game cover

    MovieMator Video Editor Pro - Movie Maker, Video Editing Software

    Ranked #7 for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    MovieMator Video Editor Pro is a handy and useful video editing software. It easily creates a variety of eye-catching animation effects with keyframes and provides the basic editing features like trimming, cropping, splitting, rotating, adding subtitle.

    2018AccountingAnimation & ModelingAudio Production14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    RainWallpaper — Steam game cover

    RainWallpaper

    Ranked #8 for Shadron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    RainWallpaper is a powerful customizable live wallpaper engine that allows you to easily create wallpapers containing videos, web pages, clocks, weather, text, images, etc. via the built-in WYSIWYG visual designer with minimal CPU and RAM usage. You are only limited by your imagination and creativity.

    2019Animation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationUtilities3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadron at current Steam store prices.

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    AniCursor — Steam game cover

    AniCursor

    Priced ~89% under Shadron on Steam right now. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    AniCursor is an application for creating animated cursors. Download pre-made cursors from the Steam Workshop or create your own using the unique editor.

    2023IndieAnimation & ModelingDesign & Illustration1.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Wallpaper Engine — Steam game cover

    Wallpaper Engine

    Priced ~72% under Shadron on Steam right now. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    Use stunning live wallpapers on your desktop. Animate your own images to create new wallpapers or import videos/websites and share them on the Steam Workshop!

    2018IndieCasualAnimation & Modeling4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    YoloMouse - Cursor Changer — Steam game cover

    YoloMouse - Cursor Changer

    Priced ~78% under Shadron on Steam right now. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    Make your game or app cursor stylish and always visible. Replace, resize, recolor, and enhance with effects and animated styles. Create and share via Steam Workshop.

    2020ActionIndieAnimation & Modeling3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    SVFI — Steam game cover

    SVFI

    Priced ~73% under Shadron on Steam right now. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    SVFI: Squirrel Video Frame Interpolation. An app to enhance your low-fps video or image sequence into high framerate footage with AI

    2021Animation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationPhoto Editing4.89 USDSteam ↗
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    RainWallpaper — Steam game cover

    RainWallpaper

    Priced ~78% under Shadron on Steam right now. Shares Animation & Modeling and Design & Illustration with Shadron.

    RainWallpaper is a powerful customizable live wallpaper engine that allows you to easily create wallpapers containing videos, web pages, clocks, weather, text, images, etc. via the built-in WYSIWYG visual designer with minimal CPU and RAM usage. You are only limited by your imagination and creativity.

    2019Animation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationUtilities3.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadron

How much does Shadron cost?
Shadron is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Shadron?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadron are AniCursor, Wallpaper Engine, YoloMouse - Cursor Changer.
Who developed Shadron?
Shadron was developed by Viktor Chlumský.

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