Games like Mr. Shadow
If Mr. Shadow is your kind of game, the closest matches are Flag Color Number - Painting and Coloring, Charley's Day and Hidden Objects - The Mystery House — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious and unsettling. 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 Mr. Shadow: Mr. Shadow is a 2D graphic adventure game. The player uses a simple point and click interface to solve diverse puzzles. Enter a surreal and dark world inhabited by shadows.
Players who liked Mr. Shadow also play
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Flag Color Number - Painting and Coloring
WHY THIS
Top pick for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Flag Color Number - Painting and Coloring is a very relaxing and fun ASMR game, it's suit for healing stress and anger management. Simply follow the numbers and paint as quickly or slowly as you like. Watch your masterpiece sparkle with each color you complete.
Charley's Day
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Every night, Charley looks up at the stars in the sky and finally decides to go on an adventure on a special day! * Point and Click / Cute characters and sound / No dialogue *
Hidden Objects - The Mystery House
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Start playing the most exciting hidden object game with the most beautiful theme! Adventure through stunning hidden object levels. Find the objects and items hidden throughout custom designed maps. This is an incredibly relaxing hidden objects game for kids and adults alike!
Secret Saga: Xamadeon Stone
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Are you good at finding things and enjoy interactive levels? You are at the right place! You need to dig for artifacts, look inside a lion's mouth, beep-boop the cars and much more in Secret Saga!
Mr Rabbit's Cambridge Point and Click Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Discover an imagery Cambridge in this dynamic point and click adventure game. Find Mr Rabbit before The SS P320 leaves!
O.W.L Projekt
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
O.W.L Projekt is a 3D isometric puzzle game that will test your mind and logic skills. Controlling Elysion, a young being created in a mysterious experiment, you will face the enigmatic Watchers in a journey to escape and uncover secrets.
Kitten's Wardrobe
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
This is a relaxing casual game. Take a walk in Dessert Town, explore more areas, and meet new friends. The Kitten has the ability to turn the stuff in the painting into reality. Help it gather new clothing through drawing!
Monument Valley
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mr. Shadow.
Ranked #8 for Mr. Shadow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
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Samorost 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mr. Shadow.
Reviewers of Mr. Shadow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
Botanicula
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mr. Shadow.
Reviewers of Mr. Shadow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Fran Bow
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Mr. Shadow.
Reviewers of Mr. Shadow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Shadow.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mr. Shadow at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. 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 ~60% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. 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 ~70% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. 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 ~80% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Mr. 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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mr. Shadow.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mr. Shadow.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mr. 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 ~60% under Mr. Shadow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. 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?
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 and Casual with Mr. 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 Mr. 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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mr. 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 Mr. 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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mr. Shadow.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mr. Shadow.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mr. Shadow.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Frequently asked about Mr. Shadow
- How much does Mr. Shadow cost?
- Mr. Shadow is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mr. Shadow?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mr. Shadow are Flag Color Number - Painting and Coloring, Charley's Day, Hidden Objects - The Mystery House.
- Who developed Mr. Shadow?
- Mr. Shadow was developed by bycomb.
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