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Games like Nocturnal 2

If Nocturnal 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Feather's Edge, Shellbound and Necro Pop — 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 Nocturnal 2: Ignite your sword and explore the dark depths and towering heights of a forgotten island that consumed itself long ago.

2026ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Sunnyside Games
Nocturnal 2 — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Nocturnal 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. Feather's Edge

    WHY THIS

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

    Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Shellbound

    WHY THIS

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

    Shellbound is a 2D metroidvania set on a gigantic snail. You’re a parasite exploring a living world, battling and controlling enemies that will cause the ecosystem to evolve around you. Platform through diverse biomes, solve puzzles, and unravel your role in the giant creature’s life cycle.

    2028ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Necro Pop

    WHY THIS

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

    Necro Pop is an all-new action genre platformer we lovingly refer to as Arcadevania. On your adventure, you will discover new abilities, upgrades, secrets. You can free your ghostly friends using multiple combat abilities, magics, and maybe even a minion across multiple re-playable dungeons!

    2027ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. lil: Essence of Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nocturnal 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnal 2.

    A hand-drawn Metroidvania focused on exploration, combat, and progression through essence absorption, evolving weapons, and player-driven balance choices.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Bolt & Whalington

    WHY THIS

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

    Bolt & Whalington is a Metroidvania game where you play as Bolt, a Siamese cat exploring the floating ruins of Whalington. Reshape abilities and rewrite world rules with the "Setting Machine," switch mecha forms to craft weapons, battle enemies, and uncover the secret of Whalington.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

    WHY THIS

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

    Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Nocturnal 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nocturnal 2.

    Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.

    2024ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Myths are 100% True

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Nocturnal 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nocturnal 2.

    Myths are 100% True is a Fast-Paced Combat-Platformer that feels like X-Files if it was made by 12 year olds in Movie Maker back in 2008.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 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 Nocturnal 2.

    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 Nocturnal 2.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Nocturnal 2.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nocturnal 2

What games are most similar to Nocturnal 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nocturnal 2 are Feather's Edge, Shellbound, Necro Pop.
Who developed Nocturnal 2?
Nocturnal 2 was developed by Sunnyside Games.

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 Nocturnal 2.

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