Games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
Looking for games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. GemCraft - Chasing Shadows is a action game from 2015; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Ori and the Will of the Wisps with 134,102 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
2020 · Action
134,102 reviews · 97% positive
Great SoundtrackSingleplayerAction
Same: shares Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into beautiful.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
2015 · Action
50,521 reviews · 94% positive
Great SoundtrackFantasy2D
Same: shares Great Soundtrack and Fantasy. Different: leans more into atmospheric.
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Hyper Light Drifter
2016 · Action
18,724 reviews · 93% positive
Great SoundtrackIndieDifficult
Same: shares Great Soundtrack and Indie. Different: leans more into pixel graphics.
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Bloons TD 5
2014 · Action
11,860 reviews · 95% positive
Tower DefenseStrategyAction
Same: shares Tower Defense and Strategy. Different: leans more into co-op.
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Styx: Master of Shadows
2014 · Action
11,581 reviews · 83% positive
SingleplayerActionDark Fantasy
Same: shares Singleplayer and Action. Different: leans more into stealth.
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Emberward
2024 · Action
3,703 reviews · 97% positive
Tower DefenseStrategySingleplayer
Same: shares Tower Defense and Strategy. Different: leans more into early access.
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La-Mulana
2013 · Action
2,601 reviews · 80% positive
DifficultIndiePuzzle
Same: shares Difficult and Indie. Different: leans more into metroidvania.
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
2009 · Strategy
140,494 reviews · 98% positive
Tower DefenseStrategySingleplayer
Same: shares Tower Defense and Strategy. Different: leans more into zombies.
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Geometry Dash
2014 · Action
557,534 reviews · 93% positive
DifficultGreat Soundtrack2D
Same: shares Difficult and Great Soundtrack. Different: leans more into music.
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Hollow Knight
2017 · Action
487,097 reviews · 97% positive
Great Soundtrack2DDifficult
Same: shares Great Soundtrack and 2D. Different: leans more into metroidvania.
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Hotline Miami
2012 · Action
104,245 reviews · 97% positive
Great SoundtrackActionIndie
Same: shares Great Soundtrack and Action. Different: leans more into violent.
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
2015 · Action
67,285 reviews · 94% positive
Great SoundtrackActionDifficult
Same: shares Great Soundtrack and Action. Different: leans more into gore.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Ori and the Will of the Wisps (134,102 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with GemCraft - Chasing Shadows, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.