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Games like Nucleares

If Nucleares is your kind of game, the closest matches are KAGIDOKO : A Deep Learning Horror Game, Lunar Odyssey and Project 13: Taxidermy Trails — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Nucleares: Nuclear Reactor Simulator: Take Control. Prevent Disaster. Power the World.

2023IndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Iván Marcelo Pretti
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Balancing power output with demand feels rewardingIn depth educational tool for nuclear operationsMastering the pressurizer is essentialAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Nucleares 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. KAGIDOKO : A Deep Learning Horror Game

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    KAGIDOKO is an experimental horror game where every jumpscare has a reason. Collect all keys, open all doors, and get out of that house... While being stalked by a pre-trained Deep Learning Gameplay AI.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Lunar Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Nucleares.

    Don your xEMU Spacesuit, explore the Orontius Crater, and Lunar Module in an immersive first-person VR experience with out of this world accuracy and interaction. Follow real-life procedures, launch the Apollo-era Lunar Module, play Space Golf, and experience the moon like never before.

    2022SimulationEarly AccessFreeSteam ↗
  3. Project 13: Taxidermy Trails

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nucleares.

    Third-strongest match for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    Project 13: Taxidermy Trails, a Walking Simulator set in a mesmerizing Taxidermy Museum. In this immersive experience, you assume the role of an kidnapped Probant forced to find a way to escape. Complete all 13 Walks to get out of this Nightmare.

    2024ActionIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cinema Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    "Cinema Simulator" is a simulation video game, here you can experience watching movies in the cinema! What do you want to see!

    2020IndieSimulationCasual1.00 USDSteam ↗
  5. Waterpark Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Nucleares.

    Your summer replacement

    2021Simulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. ATOLL

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    The earth has been struck by an extinction level meteor, eliminating most of humanity. Survive by managing resources beneath the ocean surface in a single-person submarine craft. Test your survival skills to see if you can once again reach the ocean surface and uncover the fate of the earth!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. B-Horror: Subway

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    B-Horror: Subway is a psychological horror game that puts you in the role of a detective who has to solve the mysterious cases that happen in the city's underground. With the help of your flashlight and notes, you will be able to understand what is going on.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Ecosystem Architect

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Nucleares fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    In Ecosystem Architect, build the ecosystem of your dreams and let your imagination run wild. With a vast selection of foliage, animals, and prehistoric creatures, mix-and-match to your heart's content and watch your environment come to life as they interact in an in-depth simulation.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nucleares.

    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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nucleares.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nucleares.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nucleares.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nucleares.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Nucleares on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nucleares.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Nucleares.

    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 Indie with Nucleares.

    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 Indie with Nucleares.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nucleares

Does Nucleares run on Steam Deck?
Nucleares is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Nucleares cost?
Nucleares is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Nucleares?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nucleares are KAGIDOKO : A Deep Learning Horror Game, Lunar Odyssey, Project 13: Taxidermy Trails.
Who developed Nucleares?
Nucleares was developed by Iván Marcelo Pretti and published by MicroProse Software.

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 Nucleares.

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