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Games Like Shadow Hunter

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Strategy, RPG, Singleplayer.

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Shadow Hunter is a casual deductive puzzle game with RPG elements. Explore areas filled with turn-based random encounters and events, veiled under horror filled darkness. With your food supply running low, and wit and a little luck your only tools... tread carefully as every step can be your last.

Reviews: Mixed — 64% — of 73 reviews
Released: 2015-04-20
Developer: Jeff Trier
Genres: Free To Play, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2017
    Dev: Screenhit Studios
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    A new epic game where the perspective of the camera changes everything. Do not let your body parts get in the same view as a wall with the same color, or you’ll lose it! Puzzle your way through challenging and appealing surroundings and try to stay in one piece!

    Why similar: RPG 41.2%, Strategy 38.8%, Indie 20%

  2. #2 Shadownest
    96% matchMixed55% of 507 reviews2021
    Dev: Briny Boi StudiosPub: Briny Boi Studios
    Windows

    Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  3. #3 Project Hunter
    96% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: AstroChimps Games
    Windows

    Stealth and tactic game that give you the control of an alien that evolves, adquire new abilities and face levels in various ways.

    Why similar: Strategy 84.1%, Indie 15.9%

  4. #4 Sin Castle
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2017
    Dev: Primary cells studio
    Windows

    Sin Castle is a slightly high difficulty adventure game that focus on puzzling, contains various policy elements, rigorous rules. The key of puzzle this game is reasonable attributes assignment, props use, and equipment collocation. As the grids opened, game player will encounter all sorts of strategic monsters and puzzling design.

    Why similar: RPG 42%, Strategy 40.8%, Indie 17.2%

  5. #5 Jacob
    94% matchMostly Negative36% of 102 reviews2016
    Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
    Windows

    Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle

    Why similar: Strategy 69.2%, Indie 30.8%

  6. #6 Radical Dungeon Sweeper
    94% matchVery Positive80% of 205 reviews2018
    Dev: Benjamin Soulé
    Windows

    Explore every floors. Find the key. Find the door. Escape. And make sure to use the safest path. Monsters are everywhere.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, RPG 40.1%, Indie 18%

  7. #7 Fate Hunters
    92% matchMostly Positive79% of 876 reviews2019
    Dev: Tower Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Fate Hunters is a hardcore mix of strategy card battles and a roguelike adventure. Build your deck, explore the dangerous dark fantasy world and face fearsome foes! Risk your life to get powerful treasures!

    Why similar: Strategy 60.5%, Indie 21.2%, RPG 18.4%

  8. #8 Your Quest
    93% matchMixed60% of 167 reviews2015
    Dev: Oblivionburn Productions
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Your Quest is a casual 2D Strategy/RPG with progressive gameplay where you gather resources to construct a village, craft new weapons and armor, and try to survive the depths of a procedurally generated dungeon under the surface.

    Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Strategy 39.7%, Indie 18.1%

  9. #9 Expect The Unexpected
    91% matchMixed68% of 93 reviews2016
    Dev: GoldenGod Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Expect The Unexpected is a roguelike, fast-paced, turn-based game with RPG elements. Interact with random generated maps in which you have to deal with hundreds of different events and situations. What will you be? What will you become?

    Why similar: RPG 44.4%, Strategy 40.5%, Indie 15.1%

  10. #10 Card Hunter
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 5,319 reviews2015
    Dev: The Knights of Unity
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.

    Why similar: Board Game 42.4%, Strategy 26.9%, RPG 26.9%, Indie 3.8%

  11. #11 Shards of Order
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 543 reviews2026
    Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
    Windows

    A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.

    Why similar: RPG 66.6%, Strategy 22.3%, Indie 11.1%

  12. #12 Card Dungeon
    91% matchMixed56% of 55 reviews2015
    Dev: Playtap Games
    Windows · Mac

    Take on the invading hordes of the Nethermists as The Crusader and fight, think, and strategize to clear the monster infested, randomly created, dungeons in this card, board, and turn-based rogue-like.

    Why similar: RPG 46%, Strategy 38.3%, Indie 15.6%

  13. #13 Shadow of Fear
    89% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: 抖音-小六热游
    Windows

    In 'Shadow of Fear', your only purpose is to solve puzzles and then escape; You can also continue to survive, whether you can survive until the end depends on yourself

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  14. #14 Lightmatter
    88% matchVery Positive92% of 2,907 reviews2020
    Dev: Tunnel Vision GamesPub: Aspyr
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  15. #15 Shelley Manor
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2024
    Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
    Windows

    Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.

  16. #16 Boogey Hunters
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Keep The Engine GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Boogey Hunters is a strategic ammo-building game where you travel the world hunting mythical creatures from different folklore. Plan your moves carefully, combine bullets to unleash powerful moves, battle terrifying boogies, and save the world in the shortest day possible!

    Why similar: Strategy 60.9%, RPG 39.1%

  17. #17 Draft of Darkness
    85% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
    Dev: Crawly Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  18. #18 The wild darkness
    84% matchMostly Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
    Dev: popeyed inc
    Windows

    Explore a survival-roguelike RPG set in an unknown and bizarre world. To withstand its many dangers, you'll need to gain new knowledge, scavenge for food, and acquire useful items. Craft, build, and learn your way through a crucial adventure to uncover the world's secrets.

    Why similar: RPG 100%

  19. #19 Darkest Hunters
    86% matchMixed53% of 116 reviews2017
    Dev: ECC GAMES S.A.Pub: Ultimate Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Choose your hero, grab a weapon, learn new spells and… HUNT! Eliminate every nasty beast you meet, collect loot and find the rarest and the greatest equipment ever made. Remember, it’s the live of a Hunter you’ve become, only you are able to defeat the essence of evil.

    Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%

  20. #20 Bone Marrow
    84% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2020
    Dev: HugePixel
    Windows

    Bone Marrow is a game in the genre of role-playing board logic puzzle. During a certain time, combine the figures, increase your characteristics and do away with evil but consider the wrong step can lead to irreversible consequences!

    Why similar: Strategy 70.7%, Indie 29.3%

  21. #21 Free Will
    81% matchVery Positive96% of 377 reviews2024
    Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
    Windows

    Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

    Why similar: RPG 75.7%, Indie 24.3%

  22. #22 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
    80% matchVery Positive92% of 182 reviews2025
    Dev: Elite Lords Studios
    Windows

    A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  23. #23 REALITY
    83% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
    Dev: Grey Reality Studios
    Windows

    REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  24. #24 Rencounter
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
    Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.

    Why similar: RPG 43.3%, Strategy 39%, Indie 17.7%

  25. #25 Sneaky Sneaky
    82% matchVery Positive90% of 283 reviews2014
    Dev: Naiad Entertainment LLC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Sneak through the shadows, dash to cover, pick your moment and strike! Unleash your inner thief in this strategic stealth adventure.

    Why similar: Strategy 45.6%, RPG 39.8%, Indie 14.6%

  26. #26 Shiner
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 216 reviews2023
    Dev: Team ShinerPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
    Windows

    Learn every attack that gets used against you in this turn-based strategy game. Meet (and battle) a colorful cast of fully voice-acted characters as you search for the bully who wronged you.

    Why similar: RPG 52.6%, Strategy 47.4%

  27. #27 Inkshade
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 631 reviews2025
    Dev: Studio Vezelle
    Windows

    Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.

    Why similar: Board Game 44.3%, RPG 29.3%, Strategy 26.4%

  28. #28 Dungeon Raid: Zero Floor
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: 4Cats
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dungeon Raid is an adventure card roguelike. Dive deeper and deeper into the dungeon. Use everything you find to defeat enemies and kill the final boss. Good luck! And try not to die... from hunger.

    Why similar: Strategy 78.6%, Indie 21.4%

  29. #29 Seek Or Die
    81% matchMixed67% of 175 reviews2018
    Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  30. #30 • Dread Chess ✣
    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: • NullTalePub: • NullTale Scape
    Windows

    ✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...

  31. #31 Lord of the Dark Castle
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 182 reviews2015
    Dev: Craze Creative StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Lord of the Dark Castle is a casual turn-based retro style roguelike dungeon crawler with elements of strategy. Randomized levels, lots of skills without dependencies and lots of spells to cast. Challenging Monster AI - play it smart or die. Remember: Death is Permanent!

    Why similar: RPG 45.4%, Strategy 39.6%, Indie 15%

  32. #32 Island Marauder
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 183 reviews2019
    Dev: MSOL
    Windows

    Indie Puzzle Game

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  33. #33 Dungeon Divers
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 107 reviews2024
    Dev: Wilson The BallPub: GIGATANK 3000
    Windows · Linux

    Dungeon Divers is a dungeon-themed roguelike puzzle game about clearing derelict dungeons. As the newest employee of Dungeon Divers Inc., you must advance through multiple levels, use your wits, and tools you acquire along the way to get to the core to defuse it and bring home the cash.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  34. #34 Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
    75% matchMixed62% of 438 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Tetrapod
    Windows

    Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.

    Why similar: Board Game 56.5%, Strategy 43.5%

  35. #35 Onirim - Solitaire Card Game
    76% matchVery Positive86% of 272 reviews2017
    Dev: InPatience
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Wander through the chambers of dreams, hoping that chance will reveal the doors, or linger in each type of room. In either case, you will have to deal with the slithering Nightmares which haunt the hallways of the labyrinth.

    Why similar: Strategy 68.2%, Board Game 31.8%

  36. #36 Ardor
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 200 reviews2022
    Dev: Thaddeus Psarris
    Windows

    A hex-grid puzzle-tactics card game. Outwit and outlive your enemies, while upgrading your deck. A lightweight game of bite-sized encounters.

    Why similar: Strategy 82.4%, Indie 17.6%

  37. #37 Karisvale
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 194 reviews2022
    Dev: Brendan Tighe
    Windows

    Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.

    Why similar: RPG 81.6%, Indie 18.4%

  38. #38 Shadow of Kingdoms
    77% matchMostly Negative32% of 110 reviews2015
    Dev: TernGamePub: Admax Game
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Can you defeat the shadow of your kingdom? Play as the last of the survivors of a former glorious dynasty to defeat evil and restore the honor and glory to your land!

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  39. #39 Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2025
    Dev: Pepperbox StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows

    Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.

    Why similar: RPG 52.4%, Strategy 47.6%

  40. #40 Shadow Alchemist
    72% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2024
    Dev: PostHuman Interactive
    Windows

    Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  41. #41 Blade Walker
    74% matchMixed59% of 51 reviews2021
    Dev: JW Eel Slug
    Windows

    Find clues and solve puzzles to escape

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  42. #42 Lucky Hunter
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 457 reviews2024
    Dev: 159 StudioPub: indienova
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Lucky Hunter is a deck-building auto battler Roguelike game. Your pieces are automatically played on the board, and players will focus on building unique decks and artifacts, making the best of the synergies between pieces to defeat increasingly powerful prey.

    Why similar: Board Game 40.5%, RPG 31.8%, Strategy 27.7%

  43. #43 The Detective Reaper Invites
    73% matchMixed52% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: SHIZU KANO UMIPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    Use various cards to solve randomly generated murder cases in this roguelite deduction adventure game. The culprit always lies, and the innocent always tell the truth. Make too many mistakes, and it's back to square one. Put your wits to the test and solve as many cases as you can!

    Why similar: Strategy 59.2%, Indie 40.8%

  44. #44 The Fortress
    70% matchMostly Positive70% of 160 reviews2026
    Dev: Baryonyx Games
    Windows · Mac

    The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows

    Why similar: RPG 88%, Indie 12%

  45. #45 Diablo The Abyss
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 217 reviews2023
    Dev: Friday Night
    Windows

    Diablo The Abyss is a strategic RPG full of random and roguelike elements. Within this randomized world, you can freely make strageties at your own pace and conquer formidable challenges, while shaping your unique adventure journey.

    Why similar: Strategy 45%, RPG 38.6%, Indie 16.4%

  46. #46 Lord Ambermaze: Prologue
    69% matchVery Positive96% of 116 reviews2024
    Dev: Potata CompanyPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows

    Lord Amber maze: Prologue is a free entry to a turn-based dungeon-crawler set in a labyrinth of frozen time. Plan each move carefully, battle quirky monsters, and solve intricate puzzles, one dungeon at a time.

    Why similar: RPG 57.2%, Strategy 42.8%

  47. #47 Shine Within
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 147 reviews2021
    Dev: Ayetoons
    Windows

    A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.

    Why similar: RPG 100%

  48. #48 Armello
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 16,053 reviews2015
    Dev: League of Geeks
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

    Why similar: Board Game 45.9%, RPG 27.5%, Strategy 26.6%

  49. #49 Heroes of Shadow Guard
    72% matchMixed52% of 63 reviews2016
    Dev: Iron 27
    Windows

    Experience both sides of dungeon crawling! Navigate deadly labyrinth dungeons and design your own in this ground-breaking MMO. Unlock new heroes, new gear, and new labyrinth guards. Conquer single player sagas, climb multiplayer leaderboards, and challenge friends to custom matches.

    Why similar: RPG 71.3%, Indie 28.7%

  50. #50 Shadow of Pharos
    68% matchMixed68% of 93 reviews2024
    Dev: Team Gaivot
    Windows

    Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  51. #51 Blackout Hospital
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 184 reviews2023
    Dev: arcadekitten
    Windows

    When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...

    Why similar: RPG 100%

  52. #52 Endor Awakens: Roguelite DRPG
    67% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Javier Hernández Torres
    Windows

    Explore procedurally generated dungeons in this roguelite dungeon crawler. Battle epic monsters, collect loot, and customize your character in strategic turn-based combat. Adapt to a constantly changing world after the fall of Mordoth.

    Why similar: RPG 100%

  53. #53 Snake Eyes Dungeon
    69% matchMixed56% of 595 reviews2017
    Dev: TetabesterPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    Enter the dungeon, get lost and roll the dice against the monsters! Play your chances against dangerous monsters like ghosts, werewolves or even the frankenstein monster himself!

    Why similar: Board Game 34%, Strategy 31.2%, RPG 24.1%, Indie 10.6%

  54. #54 Roots Devour
    65% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2026
    Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.

    Why similar: Strategy 81%, Indie 19%

  55. #55 Seek Etyliv
    69% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2018
    Dev: Rokas
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A puzzle game where every move counts, confined in a three by three grid you move about. A dungeon crawling poem reader, exploring just how far I could ever lead her.

    Why similar: RPG 71.6%, Indie 28.4%

  56. #56 Project H
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 446 reviews2021
    Dev: HollowPixels
    Windows

    Project H is a horror escape room game. Solve various puzzles while being haunted by a spirit that would prefer you not to leave.

    Why similar: Indie 100%

  57. #57 Shuffle Tactics
    65% matchMostly Positive71% of 112 reviews2025
    Dev: Club SandwichPub: The Arcade Crew
    Windows

    Shuffle Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding tactical RPG. Strategize to survive tough battles, pick the right cards to create powerful synergies, and bond with your sidekicks to get an edge in battle. Adventure awaits! Will you rise as Asteria's new King?

    Why similar: Strategy 68.6%, Indie 31.4%

  58. #58 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
    67% matchMixed59% of 80 reviews2024
    Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
    Windows

    Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.

    Why similar: Board Game 67.1%, Strategy 32.9%

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