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Games like Network E.L.E.

If Network E.L.E. is your kind of game, the closest matches are Half-Life: Alyx, Of Lies and Rain and Bulletstorm VR — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Network E.L.E.: Network E.L.E.™ is an open-world, survival story set on Planet Mercury in 2184, an abandoned city — military base filled with deadly radiation. You play as Myorah, a NASA exploration pilot going after four Mercury-980 single board Space-VPX chips, which activate a dormant spaceship left within the city.

2020ActionStrategyAdventure15.99 USDWindowsby Aeneas Middleton
Network E.L.E. — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Network E.L.E. also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Half-Life: Alyx

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

    2020ActionAdventure59.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Of Lies and Rain

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Of Lies and Rain is a story-driven first person shooter built exclusively for VR. Set in a dark, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, at the edge of the real and digital realm. You’ll fight to reclaim your past and save humanity from the brink of extinction.

    2025ActionAdventure39.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bulletstorm VR

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Bulletstorm VR is a brutally creative action shooter that puts players in the ass-kicking boots of the hotheaded space mercenary Grayson Hunt as he shoots, kicks, and leashes all he can see across a hostile world in Virtual Reality!

    2024ActionAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sairento VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Network E.L.E..

    VR was made for this. Perform triple jumps, wall runs, power slides and slow time down while blasting away at a foe before landing to deliver a blade attack on another. Kit yourself with katanas, firearms, bows, throwing glaives and legendary relics. Keep upgrading as you play. PURE CYBER NINJA FUN.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Guardians Frontline

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Network E.L.E..

    Guardians Frontline is a sci-fi VR shooter that makes you a soldier and a commander. Fight off enemies and build bases in a single-player and co-op campaign, plus PvP game modes with full cross-play support.

    2023ActionStrategy24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. IRON GUARD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Network E.L.E..

    A sci-fi roomscale VR Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with a handheld drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.

    2021ActionStrategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Vertigo 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Pixel Ripped 1989

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Network E.L.E. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Pixel Ripped 1989 is a wacky multi-dimensional homage to the early days of gaming. The player embarks on a journey into the screen of a classic videogame and beyond.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Network E.L.E. at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Network E.L.E..

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Network E.L.E..

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Network E.L.E..

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Network E.L.E..

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Network E.L.E..

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Network E.L.E. on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Network E.L.E..

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Network E.L.E..

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Network E.L.E..

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Network E.L.E.

How much does Network E.L.E. cost?
Network E.L.E. is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Network E.L.E.?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Network E.L.E. are Half-Life: Alyx, Of Lies and Rain, Bulletstorm VR.
Who developed Network E.L.E.?
Network E.L.E. was developed by Aeneas Middleton and published by Royal Middleton Entertainment.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Network E.L.E..

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