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Games like Neon Sundown

If Neon Sundown is your kind of game, the closest matches are Comet Force, Don't Pop My Bubble and Let's KILL This GUY with HAMMERS!!! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its neon aesthetics are immersive, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Neon Sundown: Neon Sundown is an extremely challenging arena-shooter that mixes fast-paced action with roguelite elements. Take on increasingly difficult arenas as you unlock new ships, upgrades, synergies, and more! Think you have what it takes to survive?

2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Ben Nichols
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Steam players who put hours into Neon Sundown 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. Comet Force

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    Comet Force is a Space Arena Shooter Action Roguelite. Build your camp, recruit to compose and grow your troop, collect upgrades and unique effects, fight enemies and bosses, and choose how the threat evolves. Keep your troop strong enough to survive all waves and close off the anomaly.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Don't Pop My Bubble

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    Shoot! Upgrade! Defend! In this twin-stick roguelike, protect all things bubble from infinite waves of pointy bad guys! Upgrade yourself and your base, or better yet, use a super attack, and stop everything from trying to pop you!

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Let's KILL This GUY with HAMMERS!!!

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    You heard the title right! This is my life story- an arena game where you kill GUYS with HAMEMRS. It's as shrimple as that! Freaking GET TO IT! My wife is dead. Avenger her.

    2024ActionIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Cubint

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    Cubint is a shooter roguelite where you go against a horde of enemies. Use Ally Shooting Turrets to your advantage. Upgrade different Buffs and unlock various Synergies to get stronger. Get powerful Spells that enable tons of new builds.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Wicked West

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    Survive the unforgiving frontier in Wicked West, a top-down shoot 'em up where every kill earns upgrades and new abilities. Face relentless enemies, epic bosses, and one-shot death in this brutal Wild West survival challenge. Can you outlast the chaos?

    2025ActionIndieCasual2.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. SNKRX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Neon Sundown.

    Ranked #6 for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    SNKRX is an arcade shooter roguelite where you control a snake of heroes that automatically attack nearby enemies. Combine different heroes to unlock class bonuses and create unique builds, and steer your unstoppable party as they ravage through endless waves of enemies.

    2021ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bounty of One

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Neon Sundown.

    Ranked #7 for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!

    2023ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Neon Sundown.

    Ranked #8 for Neon Sundown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.

    2024ActionIndieRPG1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    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 ~60% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Sundown.

    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 ~70% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Sundown.

    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 ~80% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Action with Neon Sundown.

    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. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Action with Neon Sundown.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Sundown.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Action with Neon Sundown.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Neon Sundown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Sundown.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Neon Sundown.

    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 ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Neon Sundown.

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Sundown.

    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 with Neon Sundown.

    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 with Neon Sundown.

    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 Neon Sundown

Does Neon Sundown run on Steam Deck?
Neon Sundown 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 Neon Sundown cost?
Neon Sundown is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Neon Sundown?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Neon Sundown are Comet Force, Don't Pop My Bubble, Let's KILL This GUY with HAMMERS!!!.
Who developed Neon Sundown?
Neon Sundown was developed by Ben Nichols and published by BN Games.

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 Neon Sundown.

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