Games like Shu
If Shu is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eletar Hero 2, Mark of the Ninja and Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Shu: Shu is a stylish 2.5D platformer set in a beautiful and engrossing world. Guide Shu and a cast of beautifully hand-drawn characters as they run, jump and glide their way across exotic lands, forever pursued by the monstrous and unrelenting Storm. CAN YOU OUTRUN THE END OF THE WORLD?
Players who liked Shu also play
Steam players who put hours into Shu 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.
Eletar Hero 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Eletar Hero 2 is a fast, skill-based action platformer inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog and Megaman. Perfect movement, master powerful abilities, and survive intense boss fights where learning the patterns matters more than grinding.
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Bringing back the 90's-era PC platformer with a game inspired by classics like Commander Keen, Conker, Ruff'n'Tumble & Jazz Jackrabbit.
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shu.
Ranked #4 for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shu.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
TurnOn
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shu.
Ranked #5 for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shu.
Ranked #7 for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
Shadow Blade: Reload
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shu.
Ranked #8 for Shu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shu at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shu.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shu.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shu.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shu.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
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 ~70% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Transformice
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shu.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
MANDAGON
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shu.
Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .
Grapples Galore
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Grapples Galore is a fast-paced online multiplayer arena shooter with physics-based grappling hook movement, active ragdolls, and thrilling gunplay.
You Have to Win the Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.
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More from Coatsink
Other recommendable Steam games by Coatsink, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Kingdom Two Crowns
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shu.
Another title from Coatsink, the studio behind Shu. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shu.
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Chip
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shu.
Another title from Coatsink, the studio behind Shu. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Chip is an isometric puzzle game with robots, electricity and fancy dress! The player must help recharge Chip - a plucky little red robot - who has been imprisoned by the nefarious villain, Rust.
ESPER
WHY THIS
Another title from Coatsink, the studio behind Shu. Shares Indie with Shu.
As one of a small number of citizens who have been endowed with the power to move objects with their minds, you have been enrolled by the government to undertake a series of tests to show that you are in control of your powers.
Astronimo
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shu.
Another title from Coatsink, the studio behind Shu. Shares Adventure with Shu.
Crash-landed and ill-prepared, you and your friends must build, break, and rebuild to escape. A chaotic co-op puzzler about creativity, comedy, and questionable engineering.
Augmented Empire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shu.
Another title from Coatsink, the studio behind Shu. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Step into New Savannah, 2058 - a city divided by class and corruption, where your tactical choices spark a cyberpunk revolution. Assemble a team of misfits and lead them through 26 intense missions with deep strategy and immersive storytelling. Every decision shapes your rebellion.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shu.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Shu.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shu.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shu.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
Frequently asked about Shu
- Does Shu work on Steam Deck?
- Shu is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Shu cost?
- Shu is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shu?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shu are Eletar Hero 2, Mark of the Ninja, Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition.
- Who developed Shu?
- Shu was developed by Coatsink, Secret Lunch and published by Coatsink.
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 Shu.
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