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Games like Noobs Want to Live

If Noobs Want to Live is your kind of game, the closest matches are Choo Choo Survivor, Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok and Cultivation Story: Reincarnation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters have distinct playstyles, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 Noobs Want to Live: Noobs Want to Live is a fast-paced roguelike featuring several characters and a large pool of skills to choose from (that synergize with one another, too!) Fight, kill, grow. Each run is a new chance to create a steamrolling build!

2023ActionIndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)
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Steam players who put hours into Noobs Want to Live 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. Choo Choo Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Shares roguelite progression and a whimsical mood with Noobs Want to Live.

    Top pick for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    Cultivation Story: Reincarnation is a top-down pixel art style action roguelike based on cultivation and Chinese mythology.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Spellbook Demonslayers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    Slay endless hordes of demons to protect the Cosmic Library! Steal their abilities, find powerful equipment, and unlock the secrets of each spellbook to become unstoppable! Will you be able to destroy the demonic legion?

    2022ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dungeon Souls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Rogue: Genesia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Noobs Want to Live.

    Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.

    2025ActionStrategyRPG10.04 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. God Of Weapons

    WHY THIS

    Shares roguelite progression and a whimsical mood with Noobs Want to Live.

    Ranked #7 for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.

    2023ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 20 Minutes Till Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Noobs Want to Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Noobs Want to Live

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. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Noobs Want to Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    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. Prototype™

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Noobs Want to Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Noobs Want to Live.

    You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.

    2009ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Gunfire Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Noobs Want to Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Noobs Want to Live at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 ~60% under Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 ~80% under Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Noobs Want to Live.

    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. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Noobs Want to Live on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Noobs Want to Live.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Noobs Want to Live.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noobs Want to Live.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. 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 Casual with Noobs Want to Live.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Noobs Want to Live.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noobs Want to Live.

    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 Noobs Want to Live

Does Noobs Want to Live run on Steam Deck?
Noobs Want to Live 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 Noobs Want to Live cost?
Noobs Want to Live is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Noobs Want to Live?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Noobs Want to Live are Choo Choo Survivor, Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, Cultivation Story: Reincarnation.
Who developed Noobs Want to Live?
Noobs Want to Live was developed by 元气弹工作室(GD Studio) and published by Lightning 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 Noobs Want to Live.

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