Shadow of Paris
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her.
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Games like The Shadow
If The Shadow scratched a story-driven and dark itch for you, keep reading. Give these games a try when the craving hits.
Blackout: The Darkest Night
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
82% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Shadow of Paris
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
$0.99The Shadow You
The Shadow You is a compelling horror adventure game set in two different realities. Solve puzzles, reveal secrets and let the chills go down your spine in this immersive story.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
80% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$9.99A Tale Of Shadows: Fragments Part I
Unravel lost memories in A Tale of Shadows, a psychological thriller where secrets lurk in a haunted estate. Solve puzzles, evade sinister forces, and uncover the truth behind your past.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$29.99Scary Shadow Spot - All In
An Anomaly Game that reads you from the inside. Manage a hellish 1950s agency: hire, fire, and hunt anomalies to repay a $500,000 debt. Roguelite, Management, and Psychological Horror blend together. Every choice matters: the game will create your real psychological profile. Who are you really?
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Black Lazar
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Tokyo Dark
Detective Ito's partner is missing, and the trail leads under Tokyo, toward a door everyone who enters is lost to. A point-and-click mystery threaded through a visual novel, where every choice nudges Ito's sanity and steers one of eleven endings. Dark, atmospheric and unsettling in the best way.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
85% of 1,041 Steam reviews are positive$17.99Dry Drowning
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
81% of 400 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Deadly Obsession
A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted love.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFreeStella: into the Shadow
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
81% of 32 Steam reviews are positiveFreeI Saw Black Clouds
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
61% of 616 Steam reviews are positive$2.54Soulscape: Shadows of The Past (Episode 1)
A former agent. A past that won't stay buried. Your choices shape Blake Turner's mood and his mood reshapes the story, the world, and even the music itself. A psychological, choice-driven adventure of betrayal, identity, and redemption.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
50% of 4 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cheaper than The Shadow
I Saw Black Clouds
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets.
61% of 616 Steam reviews are positive$2.54
Shadowrain
In complete darkness, all memories faded into obscurity, you wake up in a small apartment.
70% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Visual novel: Shadows of Ravenhall Castle
An inheritance. An old castle among mist-covered hills. Elizabeth Gray thought she only had to arrive, inspect Ravenhall, and sign a few papers.
92% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
The Ladder
A first-person psychological horror with walking simulator elements, where every decision has consequences.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Soul Gambler
You are Faust, a bored office worker who trades parts of his soul for his every wish, and your choices decide where that leads.
87% of 2,186 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Consuming Shadow
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated…
93% of 330 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale
Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years.
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Mutual Harrow
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity...
94% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Buried: An Interactive Story
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text.
95% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Figures Of Shadows
A reading focused horror game building on atmosphere and user choices, it allows the player to make choices that determine whether they make it out…
$0.99
Mayday Trials
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
73% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$2.39
Hidden gems like The Shadow
Kill The Shadow
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation.
86% of 491 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$16.99
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years.
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Agent of Strange: Arrival
Return from exile to a frozen, surreal city and scheme your way past the regime hunting you, one choice at a time.
88% of 115 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9Free
THRESHOLD
Keep a lonely mountain border post running by blowing the whistle on schedule, while the thin air drains you and something strange takes hold.
84% of 1,125 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia.
94% of 475 Steam reviews are positive$18.99
Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds
Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting…
93% of 105 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe.
78% of 104 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Scarlet Hollow
Your aunt's funeral pulls you to Scarlet Hollow, a small mountain town where the mine is sealed, livestock is going missing and something is very…
97% of 4,987 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 108$29.99
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
Investigate a murder you were chosen to fail, as an outcast vampire whose choices decide who she becomes.
78% of 1,249 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$12.99
Dry Drowning
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city.
81% of 400 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Tokyo Dark
Investigate a disappearance through Tokyo's dark side, where every choice bends Detective Ito's mind toward one of eleven endings.
85% of 1,041 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Those Who Remain
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont.
69% of 612 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Newest games like The Shadow
Agent of Strange: Arrival
Return from exile to a frozen, surreal city and scheme your way past the regime hunting you, one choice at a time.
88% of 115 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9Free
Choice of Life: Floors
Choice of Life: Floors is a psychological horror detective game where every choice shapes your story.
88% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Kill The Shadow
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation.
86% of 491 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$16.99
Deadly Obsession
A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted…
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Visual novel: Shadows of Ravenhall Castle
An inheritance. An old castle among mist-covered hills. Elizabeth Gray thought she only had to arrive, inspect Ravenhall, and sign a few papers.
92% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Kami: Parade of Senses
Parade of Senses has begun, and you’ve become an unwilling participant. Make the most of it!
100% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
ANIMA : Dark Fairy Tale for Adults
In a psychological horror that delves behind the veil of a cruel fairy tale, you must gather fragments of the past to face the truth.
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Scary Shadow Spot - All In
An Anomaly Game that reads you from the inside. Manage a hellish 1950s agency: hire, fire, and hunt anomalies to repay a $500,000 debt.
88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Shame of a Daydreamer
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable…
85% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
THE SCREAM OF DARKNESS
the scream of darkness is a first person psychological horror with multiple endings, it shows the story about one guy that gets his whole life…
82% of 38 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cotard
A 3-part psychological horror adventure that will plunge you into the dark delusions of Cotard Syndrome.
71% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Luce Spenta
Morta has summoned you to judge five souls trapped between salvation and oblivion.
96% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$8.99