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Games like Dolls Nest

If Dolls Nest is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™, DAEMON X MACHINA and Vindictive Drive 2: Maidbot Archive — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautifully fluid combat, deep customization options and enigmatic world to explore. 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 Dolls Nest: Dolls Nest is a 3D action game where you can customize mecha girls and explore a ruined world. As a Frame Unit, your adventure will pit you against the gigantic autonomous factory world of Hod. Overcome obstacles using the parts at your disposal and uncover the mysteries that lie at its center.

2025Action15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby NITRO PLUS
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Steam players who put hours into Dolls Nest 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. ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.

    2023Action59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. DAEMON X MACHINA

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Pilot your fully customizable Arsenal mech and join your fellow mercenaries in defending humanity from the corrupted machines and gigantic robots in this post-apocalyptic action game!

    2020Action49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Vindictive Drive 2: Maidbot Archive

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Mecha-Moe bullet hell action meets sandbox exploration and souls-like boss hunting! Experience the thrill of a classic twin-stick shooter, reimagined for keyboard and mouse precision. All Maidbots are fully voiced, bringing every battle to life. Fans call it "The Maidbot Game".

    2025ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. CODE VEIN

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dolls Nest.

    Ranked #4 for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.

    2019ActionRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Mecha Knights: Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Shares mech customization with Dolls Nest.

    Ranked #5 for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Mecha action shooter, plunging the player into an apocalyptic war. Engage in epic battles with endless hordes of monsters in your powerful customizable mechs.

    2021ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. M.A.S.S. Builder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Commander, customize and build your Mechanical Assault Skeleton Suit (M.A.S.S.) and lead the fight against an alien invasion bent on exterminating the human race. The fate of humanity is in your hands.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaken

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    In Awaken, a punk world that combines 2D and 3D, the protagonist wakes up unexpectedly. On the way to escape, he shuttles among various forces in the world to complete various tasks. This is an action adventure game with RPG elements, full of surprises, waiting for you to explore and discover.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Surge

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dolls Nest.

    Ranked #8 for Dolls Nest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.

    2017ActionRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dolls Nest

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. NieR:Automata™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dolls Nest.

    Reviewers of Dolls Nest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

    2017ActionRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Nother: an indie souls-like

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dolls Nest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dolls Nest.

    Reviewers of Dolls Nest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

    2018Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. SOULS

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dolls Nest cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?

    2017IndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Armored

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dolls Nest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    It's time for you to prove yourself in the management of armored vehicles. You have to perform many operations from liberating the territory to escorting VIP and battling against enemy armored vehicles.

    2021ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    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 ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~94% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Dolls Nest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 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. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dolls Nest

Does Dolls Nest run on Steam Deck?
Dolls Nest 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 Dolls Nest cost?
Dolls Nest is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dolls Nest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dolls Nest are ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™, DAEMON X MACHINA, Vindictive Drive 2: Maidbot Archive.
Who developed Dolls Nest?
Dolls Nest was developed by NITRO PLUS.

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 Dolls Nest.

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