Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Desperados III, which made by the same studio, Mimimi Games.
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is tagged Stealth, Strategy, Tactical, Ninja, Real Time Tactics, Singleplayer, Indie, Isometric by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are from the same studio: Desperados III.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Desperados III
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Mimimi Games; both survival, stealth, historical, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 14 player tags including Real Time Tactics, Strategy and Stealth; released around the same time (2020).
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Desperados III at a glance Released 2020 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 16,591 Price $39.99 Real Time TacticsStrategyStealthTacticalIsometricAssassinDifficultThird Person
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A Plague Tale: Innocence
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, historical, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2019).
Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.
A Plague Tale: Innocence at a glance Released 2019 Studio Asobo Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 71,473 Price $39.99 StealthThird PersonGreat SoundtrackHistoricalViolentSurvivalPuzzle
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Hitman: Blood Money
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person.
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Hitman: Blood Money at a glance Released 2006 Studio Feral Interactive Player sentiment 94% positive of 16,066 Price $9.99 StealthAssassinThird PersonGreat SoundtrackPuzzleDifficultStrategy
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric, strategy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Stealth; released around the same time (2017).
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Little Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Price $19.99 PuzzleIndieStealthGreat SoundtrackThird PersonStrategy
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Dead by Daylight
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Stealth and Third Person; released around the same time (2016).
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Dead by Daylight at a glance Released 2016 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 78% positive of 931,065 Price $7.99 SurvivalStealthThird PersonViolentStrategyDifficult
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Hitman: Codename 47
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person.
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Hitman: Codename 47 at a glance Released 2007 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 71% positive of 5,088 Price $7.99 StealthAssassinThird PersonDifficultGreat SoundtrackTacticalViolentStrategy
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HITMAN 2
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person; released around the same time (2018).
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
HITMAN 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 91% positive of 74,796 Price Not listed StealthAssassinThird PersonViolentStrategyPuzzleGreat Soundtrack
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Tactical and Stealth; released around the same time (2018).
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 StrategyTacticalStealthSurvivalDifficult
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person; released around the same time (2014).
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 StealthAssassinThird PersonGreat SoundtrackDifficultPuzzleViolent
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric, strategy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Survival.
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Bendy and the Dark Revival at a glance Released 2022 Studio Joey Drew Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 16,194 Price $5.99 IndiePuzzleSurvivalStealthStrategyGreat Soundtrack
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DEVOUR
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Indie and Difficult.
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
DEVOUR at a glance Released 2021 Studio Straight Back Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 88,093 Price $9.99 SurvivalIndieDifficultPuzzleViolentStealth
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both survival, atmospheric, strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Survival, Difficult and Puzzle; released around the same time (2019).
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Price $29.99 SurvivalDifficultPuzzleIndieStrategy
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Why it matched: both survival, historical, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Difficult, Indie and Survival; released around the same time (2014).
Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 at a glance Released 2014 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 94% positive of 26,115 Price $7.99 DifficultIndieSurvivalStrategyHistorical
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Why it matched: both historical, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, RTS and Tactical; released around the same time (2014).
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 at a glance Released 2014 Studio Digitalmindsoft Player sentiment 91% positive of 46,631 Price $29.99 StrategyRTSTacticalReal Time TacticsHistoricalDifficult
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Aragami
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Ninja and Assassin; released around the same time (2016).
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
Aragami at a glance Released 2016 Studio Lince Works Player sentiment 90% positive of 12,993 Price $19.99 StealthNinjaAssassinIndieThird PersonGreat SoundtrackStrategyViolent
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Total War: ATTILA
Why it matched: both survival, historical, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Historical and RTS; released around the same time (2015).
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Total War: ATTILA at a glance Released 2015 Studio CREATIVE ASSEMBLY Player sentiment 82% positive of 37,686 Price $44.99 StrategyHistoricalRTSTacticalReal Time TacticsSurvival
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Why it matched: both historical, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2018).
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Return of the Obra Dinn at a glance Released 2018 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 35,093 Price $19.99 PuzzleIndieGreat SoundtrackHistoricalDifficultViolent
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Door Kickers
Why it matched: both strategy, puzzle and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Tactical, Strategy and Indie; released around the same time (2014).
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Door Kickers at a glance Released 2014 Studio KillHouse Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 10,057 Price $19.99 TacticalStrategyIndieReal Time TacticsRTSPuzzleDifficult
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Hitman: Absolution
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Assassin; released around the same time (2012).
The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.
Hitman: Absolution at a glance Released 2012 Studio Nixxes Software Player sentiment 93% positive of 63,506 Price $19.99 StealthThird PersonAssassinTacticalDifficultStrategy
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Puzzle and Stealth; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2018 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,978 Price $5.99 Third PersonPuzzleStealthSurvivalViolentGreat Soundtrack
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They Are Billions
Why it matched: both survival, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Survival and RTS; released around the same time (2019).
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
They Are Billions at a glance Released 2019 Studio Numantian Games Player sentiment 85% positive of 51,383 Price $26.99 StrategySurvivalRTSDifficultTacticalIndieIsometric
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Puzzle and Stealth; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2018 Studio Eidos-Montréal Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,994 Price $5.99 Third PersonPuzzleStealthSurvivalViolentGreat Soundtrack
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Lucius
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, puzzle and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Third Person; released around the same time (2012).
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Lucius at a glance Released 2012 Studio Shiver Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,912 Price $1.99 PuzzleIndieThird PersonStealthViolentDifficult
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Why it matched: both stealth, historical, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Assassin, Stealth and Historical; released around the same time (2015).
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate at a glance Released 2015 Studio Ubisoft Quebec Player sentiment 80% positive of 33,045 Price $29.99 AssassinStealthHistoricalThird PersonGreat SoundtrackStrategy
Common questions
What game is most like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun?
Desperados III, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Mimimi Games. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun do?
Desperados III is also from Mimimi Games, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.