Games like near the fear
If near the fear is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gnomads, HYPERPIPES and Stunt Paradise 2 — 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 near the fear: Lost in an unknown world, alone and desperate, you're driving towards the light. On an ever-shifting road, turn inwards and face your ancient enemy to find the freedom you crave.
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Steam players who put hours into near the fear 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.
Gnomads
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Top pick for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with near the fear.
Drift, boost, and blast through hordes of monsters! Make crazy builds, get super powerful, smash bosses, and rebuild your colony of gnomes in this kart-driving action roguelite.
HYPERPIPES
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with near the fear.
Race the OUTSIDE of the pipe. Gravity pulls you around the tube, so holding the top is the whole skill. Every track is grown from a seed, so no two are the same. Draft, boost, shoot and climb six leagues in a neon anti-gravity racer built around one more run.
RacingSteam ↗Stunt Paradise 2
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Third-strongest match for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with near the fear.
Stunt Paradise 2 - more speed, more explosions, more madness! Jump over ramps, dodge lasers, buzzsaws, and rockets while performing insane stunts. With new traps, improved graphics, and pure arcade chaos - get ready for the ultimate stunt challenge!
Power Pony Drift
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Ranked #4 for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with near the fear.
Drift-first arcade pony racing through a neon synthwave world. Power-slide 14 hand-built tracks, shoulder-check rival NPC racers, and chain boosts down glowing highways. Race solo, run Grand Prix cups, split-screen with 2–4 friends, or take it online with Steam.
Super Yooka-Laylee Kart
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Ranked #5 for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with near the fear.
The most skilful, expressive and explosive racer built around mastery, rivalry, and revenge-fuelled comebacks. Race through a solo campaign, compete against rivals online, or create your own custom race setups and challenge your friends.
Roomrush Racer
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Ranked #6 for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with near the fear.
Race across 25 tracks set in 20 chaotic rooms and choose from 27 characters. Play solo, with up to 4 players in local split-screen, or online with up to 12 players. Collect items, work together to win cups, play Roomrush Ball, and create and share custom tracks through the Steam Workshop.
DIVEBOMB: Weaponized Racing
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Ranked #7 for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with near the fear.
Realistic driving meets weaponized vehicular combat. Shoot straight, lay traps, and drive fast to win. Fight for victory in this high-octane, high-stakes combat racer.
S.E.S.A.
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Ranked #8 for near the fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with near the fear.
Tactfully maneuver your ship in a zero-gravity arena to score against the opposing team in this physics-driven competition. S.E.S.A. expands on and raises the skill ceiling of the Vehicle Sports genre by introducing new controls and abilities that are difficult yet satisfying to master.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with near the fear.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with near the fear.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with near the fear.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with near the fear.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with near the fear.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with near the fear.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with near the fear.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with near the fear.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about near the fear
- What games are most similar to near the fear?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside near the fear are Gnomads, HYPERPIPES, Stunt Paradise 2.
- Who developed near the fear?
- near the fear was developed by mondzi.
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 near the fear.
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