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Games like Shadows 2: Perfidia

If Shadows 2: Perfidia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sally's House, Bernie’s Nightmare and Alice | 愛莉澄 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, mysterious and tense. 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.

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About Shadows 2: Perfidia: Shadows 2: Perfidia is a survival horror game inspired by classics like the Penumbra series and Layers of Fear. Explore a darkened office complex and uncover the truth behind the horrifying events that have befallen its inhabitants.

2017ActionIndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDWindowsby MrCiastku
Shadows 2: Perfidia — Steam game cover
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Dual protagonists offer varied puzzles and pathsElevator floor mechanic is underused in horrorJump scares are intense and well timedDarkMysteriousTense

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Steam players who put hours into Shadows 2: Perfidia 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.

  1. Sally's House

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Reach the forest and find Sally’s little house, a little girl changed after a dark encounter. Enemies chase you, every shadow hides a threat, and unsettling areas will make you feel like you’re in the Backrooms. One mistake means game over.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bernie’s Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Nightmares come true in Bernie's Nightmare, a first-person survival horror game developed by 15-year-old indie horror developer. As Bernie Janson, fight through this interactive horror journey inside a person's nightmare... and try to escape.....or else.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Alice | 愛莉澄

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    "Alice | 愛莉澄" is a survival horror set in a Japanese construction site.Aim to escape from the construction site while escaping from the urban legendary woman.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Camp Sunshine

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a mysterious mood with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Ranked #4 for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Camp Sunshine is a 16-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Jez, who is dropped off at Summer Camp. He awakes in the middle of the night to discover blood everywhere, a rampaging killer on the loose dressed in a mascot costume and himself involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Backrooms Project

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. PATHOGEN X

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a tense mood with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Ranked #6 for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Daylight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Welcome to Hanwell

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Ranked #8 for Shadows 2: Perfidia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Shadows 2: Perfidia

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Outlast

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Reviewers of Shadows 2: Perfidia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Penumbra Overture

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a mysterious mood with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Reviewers of Shadows 2: Perfidia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Layers of Fear (2016)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Reviewers of Shadows 2: Perfidia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. INQUIR P.T.

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Shadows 2: Perfidia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    A post-apocalyptic story-based action adventure game. Fully customizable weapons and a high mobility character. Zombie horde mode and full of action, blood, brutality.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. AMNESIA

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Reviewers of Shadows 2: Perfidia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.

    2022IndieAdventureEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadows 2: Perfidia at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Shadows 2: Perfidia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Supper

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brief Karate Foolish

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Trick & Treat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.

    Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadows 2: Perfidia

How much does Shadows 2: Perfidia cost?
Shadows 2: Perfidia is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Shadows 2: Perfidia?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadows 2: Perfidia are Sally's House, Bernie’s Nightmare, Alice | 愛莉澄.
Who developed Shadows 2: Perfidia?
Shadows 2: Perfidia was developed by MrCiastku and published by IceTorch Interactive.

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 Shadows 2: Perfidia.

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