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Games like Night Poetry

If Night Poetry is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kill The Cute, Slay The Zone and Earl vs. the Mutants — 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.

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About Night Poetry: Night Poetry is a story-driven rogue-lite RPG with an existential and subjective narrative! Face waves of enemies, collect XP, and experience your evolution by obtaining various power-ups, while uncovering the consequences of an uncertain past in an ancient and mysterious city...

2024ActionIndieAdventureRPGCasual1.99 USDWindows · Linuxby rodrigo
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Players who liked Night Poetry also play

Steam players who put hours into Night Poetry 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. Kill The Cute

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Night Poetry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Night Poetry.

    Slaughter the adorable without mercy! Choose your fighter, harvest souls, and forge devastating skill builds. Upgrade, adapt, and unleash pure chaos in this fast-paced 2D action frenzy.

    2024ActionRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Slay The Zone

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Night Poetry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Night Poetry.

    Face hundreds of monsters, upgrade your equipment and try to survive as long as you can. In this Action Roguelite choose from a variety of upgrades, unlock unique characters and create the best build to slaughter everyone in your path!

    2022ActionRPGCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Earl vs. the Mutants

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Night Poetry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Poetry.

    Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sharded World

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Night Poetry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Night Poetry.

    Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.

    2024ActionIndieRPG1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Larva Mortus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Night Poetry fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Night Poetry.

    Larva Mortus is a fast-paced hack and slash top-down shooter. As an agent specializing in exorcism, you are tasked to hunt monsters of the supernatural in a dark, ominous, and randomly generated atmosphere full of undead, terrifying and demonic nightmares.

    2009ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

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

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Army of Ruin

    WHY THIS

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

    Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.

    2023ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Night Poetry.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Poetry.

    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 ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Night Poetry.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Night Poetry.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Night Poetry.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Night Poetry.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Night Poetry.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Night Poetry on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Night Poetry.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Earl vs. the Mutants

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Poetry.

    Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Night Poetry.

    Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.

    2024ActionIndieRPG1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Night Poetry.

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Army of Ruin

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Night Poetry.

    Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.

    2023ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Night Poetry

How much does Night Poetry cost?
Night Poetry is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Night Poetry?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Night Poetry are Kill The Cute, Slay The Zone, Earl vs. the Mutants.
Who developed Night Poetry?
Night Poetry was developed by rodrigo.

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 Night Poetry.

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