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Games like No Game No LIFE

If No Game No LIFE is your kind of game, the closest matches are The World of a Mermaid, Portability and Hello Operator — 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 No Game No LIFE: "No Game No LIFE" is a puzzle game that erases cubes that increase and decrease according to the rules of "Conway's Game of Life".

2020IndieSimulationCasual3.99 USDWindows · macOSby Jonny, Tsunehiko Shimazu
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Steam players who put hours into No Game No LIFE 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. The World of a Mermaid

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    Welcome in the underwater world of a mermaid, with aquatics creatures & the queen, welcome in The World of a Mermaid!

    2022SportsIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Portability

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with No Game No LIFE.

    Portability is a 2D physics game where you solve puzzles by teleporting objects.

    2020StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hello Operator

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    Play as Blissville’s lone switchboard operator in this atmospheric, story-rich mystery. From your dimly lit station, connect calls, listen in, and uncover the secrets that bind the townsfolk—and the darkness beneath their polite masquerade.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Don't Panic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with No Game No LIFE.

    Navigate through ever-changing mazes and outsmart inanimate pursuers. Trust your flashlight and compass, but never let your guard down!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Five Nights at Backrooms: Waifu Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    Welcome to Backrooms, to a previously unknown level. The Backrooms are inhabited by special entities that look cute, but when you get close to them, they'll do anything to kill you. Their peculiarity is that they move only at night. Yes, on this level Backrooms has a day and night shift.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Null Carrier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    Operate a deep-space listening array in this minimalist signal-reconstruction puzzle game. Tune frequencies, isolate transmissions from noise, and classify patterns for Command. But as the shifts go by, you begin to realize: the signals aren't from where you thought, and Command is lying to you.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. It Is Ticking

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with No Game No LIFE.

    Play a bomb defuse simulation based on logic gates. The world is being attacked by terrorists, they use highly dangerous explosive devices to cause massive destruction in urban zones. You, A bomb-defusing expert, must take action to protect our nation's lives.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Monban: Spirit Gate

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for No Game No LIFE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    Guard a shrine gate at midnight in a fast-paced pixel-art deduction game. Check each yokai against ever-changing rules, collect offerings, purify curses and decide who enters - then live with the consequences across 30 supernatural shifts.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below No Game No LIFE at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with No Game No LIFE.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with No Game No LIFE.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Casual with No Game No LIFE.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with No Game No LIFE.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Casual with No Game No LIFE.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under No Game No LIFE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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.

    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 Indie with No Game No LIFE.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with No Game No LIFE.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with No Game No LIFE.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with No Game No LIFE.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about No Game No LIFE

How much does No Game No LIFE cost?
No Game No LIFE is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to No Game No LIFE?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside No Game No LIFE are The World of a Mermaid, Portability, Hello Operator.
Who developed No Game No LIFE?
No Game No LIFE was developed by Jonny, Tsunehiko Shimazu and published by スタジオしまづ.

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