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Games like Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

If Nienix: Cosmic Warfare is your kind of game, the closest matches are AntiShatter, Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials and Black Ice — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its active developer support, endless build experimentation matters and atmospheric. 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 Nienix: Cosmic Warfare: Search for the legendary lost artifact Nienix through galaxies in conflict! An open world space action RPG adventure that can be played both alone and together!

2023ActionIndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby HolmCom
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Steam players who put hours into Nienix: Cosmic Warfare 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. AntiShatter

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Pilot your own Spaceship in this Sci-fi Space Shooter game! Shoot Asteroids to collect Antimatter, Metals, and Pickups! Use the Metals and Antimatter you collect to upgrade your Spaceship! Level up to unlock stronger Metal tiers to collect, craft or buy Parts from the Store! Survive endless Space!

    2022ActionRPGEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    top-down co-op survival horror game where players deploy into deadly Quarantined Zones, fight mutated experiments, and extract with everything you can carry—because if you die, you lose it all.

    2026ActionAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  3. Black Ice

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Third-strongest match for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Hack greedy megacorps to help as many people as you can in a high-agility cyberpunk looter/shooter RPG. Explore neon cyberspace vistas and outmaneuver AIs to customize your hacker OS and weapon combos. Play solo or online co-op with up to 10 people!

    2014ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Riftbound Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Riftbound is a survivor-like bullet heaven focused on spell combinations and massive enemy waves. Defeat thousands of enemies, experiment with elemental chain reactions, and break the game with overlapping status effects. Play solo or in co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Ark of Loif

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Ark of Loif, Hardcore Action Shooter – RPG.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure23.00 USDSteam ↗
  6. Tomo: Endless Blue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Tomo: Endless Blue, a Monster-Taming ARPG set in a Voxel Open World. Set sail through the Endless Blue, an ocean realm home to mysterious creatures called Tomo. Team up to fight, build homes with friends, or craft wild vehicles to explore procedurally generated islands, villages and tales.

    ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  7. Relic Hunters Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Ranked #7 for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    A Top-Down Shooter/Looter RPG with a touching story inspired by JRPG classics. Shoot enemies, get loot, and customize your characters. Multiple endgame systems and over 100 hours of play await you solo or up to 4-player co-op!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. EVERSPACE™ 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and a challenging mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Ranked #8 for Nienix: Cosmic Warfare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

    2023ActionAdventureSimulation49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. VoidExpanse

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Reviewers of Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Path of Exile

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Reviewers of Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Star Valor

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Reviewers of Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.

    2022ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Space Pirates and Zombies

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Reviewers of Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Diablo® IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Reviewers of Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.

    2023ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Grim Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Reviewers of Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Drox Operative 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and a contemplative mood with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Reviewers of Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Drox Operative 2 is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Linux.

    2021ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nienix: Cosmic Warfare at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nienix: Cosmic Warfare on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nienix: Cosmic Warfare.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

Is Nienix: Cosmic Warfare verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Nienix: Cosmic Warfare is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Nienix: Cosmic Warfare cost?
Nienix: Cosmic Warfare is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Nienix: Cosmic Warfare have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Nienix: Cosmic Warfare supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Nienix: Cosmic Warfare?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nienix: Cosmic Warfare are AntiShatter, Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials, Black Ice.
Who developed Nienix: Cosmic Warfare?
Nienix: Cosmic Warfare was developed by HolmCom.

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