Games like Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale
If Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale is your kind of game, the closest matches are Puddle Knights, Jelly Is Sticky and Chess Brain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful minimalist art, gradual introduction of mechanics and melancholic music enhances mood. 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 Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale: Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale is a charming puzzle game about moving clouds and walking on them to gather the lost star shards across the skies.
Players who liked Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale also play
Steam players who put hours into Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale 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.
Puddle Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Top pick for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
Jelly Is Sticky
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Second-strongest match for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Explore a world of colorful jelly blocks that can be deformed and stuck together. Use them in surprising, unexpected ways to build clever contraptions and solve delightful puzzles.
Chess Brain
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!
CATch the Stars
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Ranked #4 for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
CATch the Stars is a minimalist puzzle with a pleasant and original soundtrack. Click on the right star, solve the puzzles and form constellations with a beautiful and relaxing environment. No score, no timer and no pressure.
Room to Grow
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Ranked #5 for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Tackle thorny problems in this plant pushing puzzle game. Learn to maneuver like a cactus as you grow your way back to the desert!
Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Ranked #6 for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!
Romeow: in the cracked world
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Romeow feels lost without his favorite toy. Go through messy paths and help him find it, so he can take a nap peacefully. Enjoy this minimalist puzzle with him.
Gentoo Rescue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Ranked #8 for Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Puddle Knights
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
CATch the Stars
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
CATch the Stars is a minimalist puzzle with a pleasant and original soundtrack. Click on the right star, solve the puzzles and form constellations with a beautiful and relaxing environment. No score, no timer and no pressure.
Room to Grow
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Tackle thorny problems in this plant pushing puzzle game. Learn to maneuver like a cactus as you grow your way back to the desert!
Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!
Gentoo Rescue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
Frequently asked about Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale
- How much does Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale cost?
- Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale are Puddle Knights, Jelly Is Sticky, Chess Brain.
- Who developed Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale?
- Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale was developed by Racoon & Sheep.
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 Nova: Cloudwalker's Tale.
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