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Games like Notmads

If Notmads is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alakenisland, Enshrouded and Plains of Pain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and base building. 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 Notmads: Your home is a living beast. Raise it, build on its back, and explore the world as it becomes a moving fortress. Fight, gather resources, and grow stronger alongside it in a fast-paced action RPG with progression, crafting, and exploration, playable solo or with friends.

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access18.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Rhomita
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Active developer responsive on discordBuilding your base on a living creatures backDeep and addictive skill tree systemAtmosphericImmersiveBase building

Players who liked Notmads also play

Steam players who put hours into Notmads 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. Alakenisland

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the island, fight off the pirates in Action RPG style, destroy everything you can in this Physics Voxel game, drive Pirate ships and blast cannons all over the place, get the Trident and control the ocean!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Enshrouded

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, skill tree progression and an atmospheric mood with Notmads.

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

    You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure23.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Plains of Pain

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with Notmads.

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

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Two Worlds II HD

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Notmads.

    Ranked #4 for Notmads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Notmads.

    Check out the new Velvet Edition bundle including both Two Worlds II and Pirates of the Flying Fortress DLC.

    2011RPG24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Serpent Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Notmads.

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

    The Serpent Rogue is a botanical action-adventure game set in a medieval fantasy world. Master the art of alchemy, explore forgotten lands, tame wild beasts and protect the realm from impending disaster. You will craft, brew, boil, & concoct potions all in your stead to defeat an ominous danger!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Ars Notoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Notmads.

    Ranked #6 for Notmads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Notmads.

    Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Notmads.

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

    "Kingdom of Atham: Crown of the Champions - Embark on a medieval fantasy survival odyssey. Reclaim the stolen Crown, battle dark forces, and explore diverse lands. Uncover secrets, wield magic, and craft your destiny. Will you become the true champion of Atham?"

    2024ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. Elder Legacy: Survival

    WHY THIS

    Shares combat, open world exploration, adventure and an atmospheric mood with Notmads.

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

    GAME DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED! РАЗРАБОТКА ИГРЫ ПРИОСТАНОВЛЕНА! Elder Legacy: Survival is a fun cooperative open-world survival game where you and your friends will find ways to defeat bosses and progress through biomes together.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Notmads.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Notmads.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Notmads.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Action with Notmads.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Notmads.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Notmads.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Notmads.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Notmads on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Notmads.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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 Notmads.

    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 ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

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

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Notmads

Does Notmads run on Steam Deck?
Notmads 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 Notmads cost?
Notmads is listed on Steam at 18.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Notmads have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Notmads supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to Notmads?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Notmads are Alakenisland, Enshrouded, Plains of Pain.
Who developed Notmads?
Notmads was developed by Rhomita.

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 Notmads.

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