Games like Neon Ascending
If Neon Ascending is your kind of game, the closest matches are Iconia Defenders, Saikyo Robots and TD Worlds — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its grid positioning matters deeply, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Neon Ascending: Grid management roguelike tower defense that emphasizes mechanics and features dazzling visual effects. Don't overthink it, just stack and play! Enhancement modules boost your attributes, affix modules change the mechanics, and more... all within the grid. Time to create a new and improved build!
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Iconia Defenders
WHY THIS
Top pick for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
Build mazes, customize your deck and travel through time, in a nostalgic tower defense game with a minimalist feel and a rogue-lite twist. Only you can save the Tree of Life from the malevolent forces of The Corruption...
Saikyo Robots
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
Feed your scrap hungry factory in this real time strategy roguelike. Command your army of robots through the wasteland to fight for scraps and upgrades. Are you ready to defend your base as the cloud king invades night after night? Or will you turn the tide and invade the cloud king?
TD Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Neon Ascending.
Third-strongest match for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
TD Worlds is a dynamic, highly strategical game that challenges your skill. Build an impenetrable defense and get ready to plunge into a new, unknown world to uncover its secrets. Use Twitch integration and play with your viewers.
Poker Tower Defense
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
This is a tower defense game played with playing cards, where defensive cards are used to eliminate attacking cards and receive score rewards.
Emberward
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense and an atmospheric mood with Neon Ascending.
Ranked #5 for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Necronator: Dead Wrong
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Neon Ascending.
Ranked #6 for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
Heretic's Fork
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense and a challenging mood with Neon Ascending.
Ranked #7 for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Neon Ascending.
Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!
CyberTD
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Neon Ascending.
Ranked #8 for Neon Ascending fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
Mutant viruses threaten the very heart of cyberspace! You'll need the right tactics and the "help" of your support drone to build a deck of terrific upgrades in this innovative deckbuilding tower defense game packed with roguelite elements!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Neon Ascending at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
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 ~63% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
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 ~75% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Neon Ascending.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Neon Ascending.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Neon Ascending.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Neon Ascending.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Neon Ascending on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
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?
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Ascending.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Ascending.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Neon Ascending.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Ascending.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Frequently asked about Neon Ascending
- How much does Neon Ascending cost?
- Neon Ascending is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Neon Ascending?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Neon Ascending are Iconia Defenders, Saikyo Robots, TD Worlds.
- Who developed Neon Ascending?
- Neon Ascending was developed by TheCarmineDepth.
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