Games like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Closest overall match: They Are Billions (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Desperados III at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Wargroove at about 3 hours.
We compared Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 11 came closest. The strongest common threads are Steam Cloud, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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61%
1. They Are Billions
Shares RTS, Isometric, Tactical, Survival and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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57%
2. Desperados III
Shares Ninja, Real Time Tactics, Assassin, Historical and Isometric and 7 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 10
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55%
3. Wargroove
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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53%
4. Blackguards 2
Shares Tactical, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 1.0 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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53%
5. Divinity: Original Sin
Shares Isometric, Open World, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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52%
6. Prison Architect
Shares overlay, achievements, RTS, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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52%
7. Darkest Dungeon
Shares overlay, controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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51%
8. The Jackbox Party Pack 3
Shares steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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51%
9. The Banner Saga 2
Shares overlay, Tactical, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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51%
10. The Escapists 2
Shares Stealth, Open World, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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51%
11. The Jackbox Party Pack 4
Shares steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun?
On our similarity model, They Are Billions is the closest match to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — shares RTS, Isometric, Tactical, Survival and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is rated highest?
Desperados III holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 221 players.
Are there games like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 7 games like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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