Shadows: Awakening similar games & best alternatives

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Shadows: Awakening

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2018

Should you play it?

Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics.

What works

  • Unique character switching mechanic
  • Engaging story and lore
  • Varied puzzles and environments
  • Good voice acting and soundtrack
  • Solid combat with tactical depth

Things to keep in mind

  • Some frustrating puzzles
  • Inventory and ui clunky
  • Backtracking required
  • Combat animations sometimes sluggish
  • Lack of multiplayer or endgame content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SpellForce: Conquest of Eo

  • Hard West 2

  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

  • Tower of Time

  • The Hand of Merlin

  • Edge Of Eternity

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Shadows: Awakening but with less leadership over others

  • God of War Ragnarök

  • Arms of God

  • Torchlight

  • Stray Blade

  • Heretical

  • The First Berserker: Khazan

More social

Games that feels like Shadows: Awakening but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Frosthaven

  • Dungeon Siege

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

  • No Rest for the Wicked

  • Dungeon Siege II

  • Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

More intimate

Games that feels like Shadows: Awakening but with more focus on close relationships

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

  • Disciples: Liberation

  • Tales of ARISE

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™

  • Hades II

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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).
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  • 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 Shadows: Awakening. These titles are not in What to play next.

Shadows: Awakening: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026