Games like NSG
If NSG is your kind of game, the closest matches are Young Hearts, Venus: Improbable Dream and Beach Boys: Zodiac date — 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 NSG: NSG tells a story about Hugo, on his last year as a high school student, while he confronts the great dilemma of choosing a career. He dreams about making a movie and needs to decide between his dream and financial stability.
Players who liked NSG also play
Steam players who put hours into NSG 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.
Young Hearts
WHY THIS
Top pick for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with NSG.
‘Young Hearts’ is a visual novel in the genres of romance and slice of life, telling stories about the everyday life of a student company living in a warm southern town: stories about their secrets, dreams, love, their problems and ghosts of the past…
Venus: Improbable Dream
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with NSG.
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Beach Boys: Zodiac date
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with NSG.
Discover the fascinating world of the zodiac signs as you embark on a journey to win the heart of the boy of your dreams.
WTC : Love's Labour's Lost
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with NSG.
The Violet Hotel's waitress and local tour guide are determined to foil the protagonist's plans to take megalomaniacal kleptomaniac Grendel Jinx back to America after causing city-wide trouble in Chichester, England. Unfortunately, neither native is prepared for the cost of doing so.
Melancholy Love
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NSG.
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
My Lovely Empress
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NSG.
My Lovely Empress is an empire management sim inspired by Asian mythology. As the Emperor of the Crimson Empire, you will build relations with neighboring rulers, balance internal factions, and ensure the prosperity of your people, all before you reap their souls to resurrect your beloved empress.
Irotoridori No Sekai HD - The Colorful World
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with NSG.
When he was a child, Yuuma received a special power from the “translucent magician”, Shinku. Just by touching someone with his hand, he is able to cure all of their wounds in return for some of his memories.
VIDEOVERSE
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for NSG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with NSG.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NSG at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NSG.
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 ~57% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NSG.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NSG.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NSG.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NSG.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Casual with NSG.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NSG.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under NSG on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NSG.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 NSG.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NSG.
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?
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 NSG.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with NSG.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with NSG.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NSG.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Frequently asked about NSG
- How much does NSG cost?
- NSG is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to NSG?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NSG are Young Hearts, Venus: Improbable Dream, Beach Boys: Zodiac date.
- Who developed NSG?
- NSG was developed by Studio Kraken.
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 NSG.
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