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Games like Neon Shift

If Neon Shift is your kind of game, the closest matches are Delta, Speedonauts and Sqube Darkness — 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 Neon Shift: Neon Shift is a speedrun-focused, side-scrolling platformer with a twist! Run, jump and slide your way through official and community-created levels as fast as possible, then shift into a phantom that can uncover new routes with a dash and chase yourself down to secure a top spot on the leaderboard.

2025ActionIndieRacing3.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Big Whale
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  1. Delta

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Neon Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Shift.

    Delta is a first-person movement-heavy platformer game focused on physics-based traversal, speedrunning, and mechanical mastery. And somewhere ahead, the one you lost is still waiting.

    2026ActionSportsIndieSteam ↗
  2. Speedonauts

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Neon Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Neon Shift.

    Compete against the galaxy in this fast-paced speedrunning game. Create and share levels. Break records. Be the best.

    2023ActionSportsRacing7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sqube Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Neon Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Shift.

    A unique endless running game. Only 1% of the racers reached 5000 meters!

    2023ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Rooftop Renegade

    WHY THIS

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

    Power up your hoverblades in this speedrunning platformer! Weave through futuristic cities making split second pathing decisions. Boost through constant bombardment and dangerous hazards. Go it alone or bring up to 3 friends for local multiplayer mayhem.

    2023ActionIndieRacing17.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Grapple League

    WHY THIS

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

    Utilize skill to swing yourself through multiple jaw-dropping levels in this time-trial, swinging, physics based platformer. From oceans to canyons to mountains and beyond take your swinging prowess across the world in obstacle filled levels. Swing into the finish. Set new records.

    2024ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tick Hop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Neon Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Neon Shift.

    "Tick Hop" is a time-based puzzle platformer where players control the Guardian of Time. Navigate through levels made of time fragments, solving challenges and unlocking the past to restore the future. Manage a dynamic countdown and use time-altering items to overcome obstacles.

    2025IndieAdventureRacing2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Distance

    WHY THIS

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

    Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

    2018ActionIndieRacing24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Commando Hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Neon Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Neon Shift.

    Hero who wants to be a commando has to pass difficult tracks. Finish the track fast and enter the Leaderboard.

    2023IndieCasualRacing3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Shift.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Shift.

    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 ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Shift.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Action with Neon Shift.

    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 ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Shift.

    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 ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Shift.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Shift.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Neon Shift on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Shift.

    "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 ↗

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 with Neon Shift.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Neon Shift

How much does Neon Shift cost?
Neon Shift is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Neon Shift?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Neon Shift are Delta, Speedonauts, Sqube Darkness.
Who developed Neon Shift?
Neon Shift was developed by Big Whale.

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 Neon Shift.

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