# Games like Shardlight

> The closest matches to Shardlight: Unavowed, Primordia, Technobabylon, Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, and Kathy Rain. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Unavowed](https://imho.run/games/336140/unavowed) — Shares point and click adventure and puzzle solving with Shardlight. 1,815 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/336140/)
2. [Primordia](https://imho.run/games/227000/primordia) — Shares puzzle solving with Shardlight. 2,376 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/227000/)
3. [Technobabylon](https://imho.run/games/307580/technobabylon) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 903 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/307580/)
4. [Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today](https://imho.run/games/339190/dead-synchronicity-tomorrow-comes-today) — Also Post-apocalyptic, like Shardlight. 432 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/339190/)
5. [Kathy Rain](https://imho.run/games/370910/kathy-rain) — Shares point and click adventure with Shardlight. 1,259 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/370910/)
6. [Resonance](https://imho.run/games/212050/resonance) — A frequent pick in Shardlight players' libraries, and another Indie. 366 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/212050/)
7. [Richard & Alice](https://imho.run/games/279260/richard-alice) — Shares puzzle solving with Shardlight. 236 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/279260/)
8. [The Excavation of Hob's Barrow](https://imho.run/games/1182310/the-excavation-of-hob-s-barrow) — A frequent pick in Shardlight players' libraries, and another Adventure. 1,857 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/)
9. [Blackwell Epiphany](https://imho.run/games/236930/blackwell-epiphany) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 629 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/236930/)
10. [The Samaritan Paradox](https://imho.run/games/283180/the-samaritan-paradox) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 99 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/283180/)
11. [Syberia II](https://imho.run/games/46510/syberia-ii) — Shares point and click adventure and puzzle solving with Shardlight. 595 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46510/)
12. [Gemini Rue](https://imho.run/games/80310/gemini-rue) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 913 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/80310/)
13. [Whispering Willows](https://imho.run/games/288060/whispering-willows) — Shares puzzle solving with Shardlight. 474 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/288060/)
14. [Rosewater](https://imho.run/games/1226670/rosewater) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 285 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/)
15. [The Night is Grey](https://imho.run/games/1281490/the-night-is-grey) — Shares puzzle solving with Shardlight. 183 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281490/)
16. [Whispers of a Machine](https://imho.run/games/631570/whispers-of-a-machine) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 995 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/631570/)
17. [The Longest Journey](https://imho.run/games/6310/the-longest-journey) — A frequent pick in Shardlight players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,339 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/6310/)
18. [Lamplight City](https://imho.run/games/761460/lamplight-city) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 599 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/761460/)
19. [BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION](https://imho.run/games/912570/beautiful-desolation) — Also Post-apocalyptic, like Shardlight. 257 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/912570/)
20. [Black Mirror I](https://imho.run/games/292930/black-mirror-i) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 431 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/292930/)
21. [The Charnel House Trilogy](https://imho.run/games/288930/the-charnel-house-trilogy) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 437 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/288930/)
22. [Strangeland](https://imho.run/games/1369520/strangeland) — Same atmospheric mood as Shardlight. 689 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/)
23. [NORCO](https://imho.run/games/1221250/norco) — Shares point and click adventure with Shardlight. 1,675 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/)
24. [Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive](https://imho.run/games/611760/don-t-escape-4-days-to-survive) — Shares puzzle solving with Shardlight. 1,504 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/611760/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=336130&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=336130&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=336130&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=336130
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/336130
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Shardlight

A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 336130
- **Developer:** Wadjet Eye Games
- **Publisher:** Wadjet Eye Games
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, RPG
- **Categories:** Captions available, Commentary available, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Mar 8, 2016
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 75
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/336130/shardlight)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=336130&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/336130/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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