Games like Shovel Knight Showdown
Looking for games like Shovel Knight Showdown? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Shovel Knight Showdown is a action game from 2019; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Terraria with 1,247,686 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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Terraria
2011 · Action
1,247,686 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Rust
2018 · Action
1,176,471 reviews · 87% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
685,954 reviews · 94% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into horror.
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Geometry Dash
2014 · Action
608,638 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into difficult.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
588,535 reviews · 83% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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The Forest
2018 · Action
583,870 reviews · 96% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Hollow Knight
2017 · Action
507,072 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into metroidvania.
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Valheim
2026 · Action
475,018 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Palworld
2026 · Action
416,579 reviews · 95% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world.
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Lethal Company
2023 · Action
411,982 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into online co-op.
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
2014 · Action
393,010 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into action roguelike.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
2025 · Action
390,185 reviews · 90% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: a 2025 take.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Shovel Knight Showdown?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Shovel Knight Showdown by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Terraria (1,247,686 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Shovel Knight Showdown" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Shovel Knight Showdown, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.