Games like Nokai
If Nokai is your kind of game, the closest matches are Phantom Containment, Luminary and Keelblade (formerly Triarchy) — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Nokai: Sail north alone or with friends through dangerous waters, chart uncharted islands, and embark on an unforgettable voyage. The farther you venture, the stranger and deadlier the world becomes. The truth lies beyond the horizon.
Players who liked Nokai also play
Steam players who put hours into Nokai 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.
Phantom Containment
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Top pick for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
Survive the Planet, a massive open-world containment world filled with dangerous entities, anomaly outbreaks, hostile factions, and hidden secrets. Build, investigate, scavenge, and uncover the truth behind an experiment that never ended.
Luminary
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Second-strongest match for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
Luminary is a solo or co-op OpenZone Action RPG that creates a balanced experience for everyone. Using a unique world and character progression system, explore vast hand-crafted lands together, uncover hidden treasures, level up your town, and push back the darkness with light.
Keelblade (formerly Triarchy)
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Third-strongest match for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
Sail across a fantasy world in your own pirate ship. Master souls-like combat and powerful magic to hunt deadly bosses. Discover new islands and loot them for hidden treasures to craft upgrades for both you and your ship. (1-6 Players)
Skye: The Misty Isle
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Ranked #4 for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
Skye is being reforged as Skye: Rebirth — a complete, ground-up rework of the Viking survival game, rebuilding core systems, combat, exploration, visuals, and survival mechanics. Existing owners will automatically retain access once the new version replaces the current one.
Be Hero
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Ranked #5 for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
Be Hero is a farming/crafting RPG about an aspiring hero who arrived late to the final battle and needs to work in a tavern to be able to return home.
The Last Disease Z
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Ranked #6 for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
The Last Disease Z is a co-op survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.
ChaosWorld
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Ranked #7 for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
A magically controlled medieval large map and a multiplayer survival open world game with randomly generated caves on the large map by the program. Use combat, building, farming, automating to create your own medieval village or town, and defeat magic with magic.
Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women
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Ranked #8 for Nokai fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
While traveling to the East the Vikings fall into a trap. Ragnald is saved by the accompanying wolf and must find his loved ones. The Viking and his companion are forced not only to survive, but properly manage time, space and energy to achieve the goal.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nokai.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nokai.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nokai.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
erdetspill
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
Bestefar vil ha 2 is. Du må skaffe de. Det viser seg å være mer komplisert enn du trodde. Et absurd førstepersons-eventyrspill der du navigerer norsk byråkrati, snakker med rare folk og løser meningsløse oppdrag - i en liten norsk bygd.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Wires And Whiskers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nokai.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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Frequently asked about Nokai
- Does Nokai have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Nokai supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Nokai?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nokai are Phantom Containment, Luminary, Keelblade (formerly Triarchy).
- Who developed Nokai?
- Nokai was developed by Pretty Potato 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 Nokai.
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