Shadow Man Remastered similar games & best alternatives

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Shadow Man Remastered

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

He is coming, stalking criminals in the spirit world and the real world. A possessed man is coming, a voodoo mask in his chest and lines of power in his back. Shadow Man is coming, trailing evil from Liveside to Deadside. To stop an apocalypse. To save your soul.

What works

  • Faithful and high-quality remaster
  • Restored and new content
  • Atmospheric and immersive world
  • Engaging metroidvania exploration
  • Improved controls and graphics

Things to keep in mind

  • Complex and confusing navigation
  • Some clunky combat and controls
  • Lack of in-game map
  • Potentially frustrating backtracking
  • Not suited for casual or competitive players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Tomb Raider I (1996)

  • SiN Gold

  • WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

  • DOOM 64

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • INCISION

More expressive

Games that feels like Shadow Man Remastered but with more self-expression and customization

  • Z.O.N.A: Origin

  • KINGDOM of the DEAD

  • Gloomwood

  • Zortch

  • Psychopomp GOLD

  • Turok

More relaxing

Games that feels like Shadow Man Remastered but with a more relaxing feel

  • Black Mesa

  • Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

  • Darkenstein 3D

  • CULTIC

  • Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

  • The Chant

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • Turok

  • Strife: Veteran Edition

  • System Shock

  • Spirits of Xanadu

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Shadow Man Remastered. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Shadow Man Remastered. These titles are not in What to play next.

Shadow Man Remastered: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026