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Games like Necrosmith 2

If Necrosmith 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Necrosmith, Escape from Demon Island and Zaraq — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Necrosmith 2: Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.

2024StrategyIndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Alawar
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Players who liked Necrosmith 2 also play

Steam players who put hours into Necrosmith 2 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. Necrosmith

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Top pick for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Escape from Demon Island

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    In the lost island of Alcatraz, try hard to survive. You can use a variety of weapons and skills to avoid and eliminate wild beasts and monsters, and finally eliminate the abyssal demons and escape. Be careful, monsters are different during the day and at night! Enjoy yourself!

    2023StrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Zaraq

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Zaraq is a roguelike deckbuilder where you have access to a forbidden arcade from the 80's. Craft the best deck of symbols, artifact and spells to score the maximum amount of points to beat Zaraq.

    2025StrategyIndie2.69 USDSteam ↗
  4. Core Defence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Necrosmith 2.

    Core Defence is a tower defence game with roguelike elements. Build towers to defend the Core, unlock new ones and upgrade them, choose from a variety of powerful effects and defeat bosses.

    2023StrategyCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Star Defence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Star Defence is a unit-placement real-time tower defense game in which you can place any unit you like on a 2D free-form plane. All units in the game, including enemies, are composed of units you place. Place your units in a balance between enemies and allies to develop your civilization.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. 元卡牌2 - MetaCard2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Hello everyone, this is my second game "Meta Card 2". Based on the rich card entries of the first generation, it innovatively incorporates the concept of projectiles. Through the strategic combination of cards and projectile targeting, the control of movement is replaced.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG2.09 USDSteam ↗
  7. DOOMSDAY SURVIVORS

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based survival, meta progression, action and an atmospheric mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Ranked #7 for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    DOOMSDAY SURVIVORS is a doomsday survival rogue bullet hell shooting game. You can choose a variety of characters and choose different weapon combinations to pass the level. Super fast-paced game style, every game can bring you a different experience!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Astro Looter: Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based survival, resource gathering, grindy and an atmospheric mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Ranked #8 for Necrosmith 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Necrosmith 2

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Necrosmith

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Reviewers of Necrosmith 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Reviewers of Necrosmith 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Reviewers of Necrosmith 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Reviewers of Necrosmith 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Wall World

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and a contemplative mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Reviewers of Necrosmith 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

    2023ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Necrosmith 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Necrosmith 2.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Necrosmith 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Necrosmith 2.

    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 ↗
  3. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

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

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Alawar

Other recommendable Steam games by Alawar, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Wall World

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and a contemplative mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

    2023ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Necrosmith

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Beholder: Conductor

    WHY THIS

    Shares mystery and an atmospheric mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Karate Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based survival, meta progression and action with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    Become a martial arts master in this survivor-like roguelite inspired by action movies of the ‘80s. Use your fists, feet, and the environment to fight off relentless thugs. Master powerful combos, enhance your skills, and remember: everything around you is a weapon!

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Wall World 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based survival, resource gathering and an atmospheric mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Necrosmith 2.

    The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. They Always Run

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    Become Aiden, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy. Catch, slice, dice and destroy enemies in this exciting 2D platformer with a space-western setting.

    2021ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Happy Hereafter

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Strategy with Necrosmith 2.

    Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls. There will be no rest for the wickedly funny as you put them to work building a village to rival Paradise!

    2014StrategyCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Last Gas Station

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management, mystery and an atmospheric mood with Necrosmith 2.

    Another title from Alawar, the studio behind Necrosmith 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosmith 2.

    In a world where electric cars reign supreme, you are now the owner of an old gas station out in the wilderness. Establish trade, develop your business and uncover the secret of this strange place in the compact gas station simulator.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation11.89 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Necrosmith 2

Does Necrosmith 2 run on Steam Deck?
Necrosmith 2 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 Necrosmith 2 cost?
Necrosmith 2 is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Necrosmith 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Necrosmith 2 are Necrosmith, Escape from Demon Island, Zaraq.
Who developed Necrosmith 2?
Necrosmith 2 was developed by Alawar.

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 Necrosmith 2.

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