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Games like Light & Shadow
Flawed Designs · 2022 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 92 % positive of 180 reviews, as of Oct 28
When a star falls in a nearby forest, it spurs Po onto a quest to find that light and bring it into their life. Light & Shadow is a shadow puppet platformer where you face your anxieties, push past depression, and seek moments of joy in a grey world. Finding your way isn't always easy, keep going!
24 games that play like Light & Shadow and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Shady Part of Me, GRIS and INSIDE.
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By gameplay
Plays like Light & Shadow
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Shady Part of Me
92 % positive of 2,597
Shared: Platformer · Adventure · 2D
GRIS
95 % positive of 84,292
Shared: Platformer · Walking Simulator · Hand-drawn
INSIDE
97 % positive of 70,240
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Controller
LUNA The Shadow Dust
87 % positive of 1,355
Shared: Hand-drawn · Stylized · Adventure
Shadow Puppeteer
77 % positive of 235
Shared: Platformer · Controller · Adventure
Contrast
89 % positive of 4,578
Shared: Platformer · Adventure · Singleplayer
Ori and the Blind Forest
93 % positive of 51,229
Shared: Side Scroller · Platformer · Adventure
Arise: A Simple Story
90 % positive of 2,763
Shared: Platformer · Emotional · Nature
When the Darkness comes
92 % positive of 8,427
Shared: Walking Simulator · Emotional · Adventure
Seen
91 % positive of 9,334
Shared: Side Scroller · Platformer · Emotional
Draw
95 % positive of 864
Shared: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer
Soulless: Ray Of Hope
71 % positive of 207
Shared: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer
More matches
- Candleman: The Complete Journey90 % positive of 1,086Shared: Platformer · Adventure · Singleplayer
- LIMBO90 % positive of 40,917Shared: Side Scroller · Platformer · Controller
- Figment 2: Creed Valley94 % positive of 917Shared: Controller · Hand-drawn · Emotional
- The Last Campfire97 % positive of 17,812Shared: Controller · Emotional · Adventure
- Moonleap97 % positive of 1,380Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Emotional
- Sheepy: A Short Adventure97 % positive of 25,131Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Walking Simulator
- Eternal Hope: Prologue93 % positive of 262Shared: Platformer · Emotional · Adventure
- Wandersong95 % positive of 2,194Shared: Side Scroller · Rhythm · Platformer
- SCHiM65 % positive of 229Shared: Collectathon · Stylized · Adventure
- Iris.Fall87 % positive of 2,572Shared: Stylized · Adventure · Singleplayer
- With My Past92 % positive of 279Shared: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer
- Eternal Hope83 % positive of 361Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Emotional
By look
Looks like Light & Shadow
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Lydia
87 % positive of 572
BirdGut
94 % positive of 5,234
The Old Tree
90 % positive of 3,320
Year Walk
91 % positive of 1,257
The Mooseman
88 % positive of 1,017
The Bridge
87 % positive of 3,426
Closure
85 % positive of 450
Hue
92 % positive of 1,700
The End Is Nigh
93 % positive of 3,318
THE NORMAL THING
94 % positive of 493
Dad's Monster House
93 % positive of 274
Nihilumbra
87 % positive of 2,299
More matches
- Rain World94 % positive of 47,736
- Koira92 % positive of 294
- Electronic Super Joy88 % positive of 2,470
- Albert and Otto61 % positive of 462
- The Multi-Medium96 % positive of 533
- BlackEye73 % positive of 161
- The Office Quest92 % positive of 752
- Monolight87 % positive of 363
- Disturbed91 % positive of 1,874
- Blaite80 % positive of 321
- Mission Zigloton94 % positive of 251
- The Upturned97 % positive of 2,494
At a glance
What games like Light & Shadow have in common
- The tags they share most often with Light & Shadow: Platformer (18 of 24), Adventure (11) and Emotional (8).
- They came out between 2011 and 2024, 6 of them after Light & Shadow (2022).
- Best rated by Steam players: Sheepy: A Short Adventure (97 % positive of 25,131).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.