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Games like NeonXSZ

If NeonXSZ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Black Ice, Crystal Survivor and Ouroboros Dungeon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and hypnotic. 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 NeonXSZ: Prepare to destroy, loot, and pilot remarkably agile cyber gunships in an open world where every opponent has unique intelligence and skill. Combine hundreds of upgrades with action RPG loot and leveling for a gaming experience quite unlike anything you have played before.

2016ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Intravenous Software
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Players who liked NeonXSZ also play

Steam players who put hours into NeonXSZ 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. Black Ice

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with NeonXSZ.

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

    Hack greedy megacorps to help as many people as you can in a high-agility cyberpunk looter/shooter RPG. Explore neon cyberspace vistas and outmaneuver AIs to customize your hacker OS and weapon combos. Play solo or online co-op with up to 10 people!

    2014ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crystal Survivor

    WHY THIS

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

    Defeat your enemies with super powerful charged shots! "Crystal Survivor" is a top-down roguelite arena shooter. Use the crystal's unique attack methods, various weapons, items, and relics to survive.

    2024ActionIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Ouroboros Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for NeonXSZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with NeonXSZ.

    All the pleasure from the 90's Action RPGs put into a quirky infinite procedural dungeon. Explore, find treasures, loot and clear hallways from enemies within.

    2021ActionRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Goofy Man

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for NeonXSZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with NeonXSZ.

    Goofy Man is an exciting adventure game in which you move between several maps to free your beautiful kingdom, because the enemies invaded it and began to spread, your task is to save yourself by killing the enemies and collecting the coins then move to other maps through the gates.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Glitch Hunt

    WHY THIS

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

    Shoot > Loot > Hack > Die > Repeat. Glitch Hunt is a cyberpunk action-RPG roguelike. Capture droid enemies, equip and evolve them. Hack and control powerful turrets. Synergize skills and an abundance of gear to build your playstyle. Explore procedural maps and destroy SINUS, humanity's AI “saviour”.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. 5th Dimension

    WHY THIS

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

    5th Dimension is a cyberpunk world builder and RPG MMO that empowers players to create, and then control a limitless virtual world. Build game worlds, design high-tech robotic humanoids and compete in an array of adrenaline fuelled competitions to exert your influence on the world you’ve built.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Drox Operative 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and an intense mood with NeonXSZ.

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

    Drox Operative 2 is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Linux.

    2021ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Devil Spire Falls

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with NeonXSZ.

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

    The open-world action-RPG, where you can do anything, of your dreams… as if it came out 30 years ago!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to NeonXSZ

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. Quake

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with NeonXSZ.

    Reviewers of NeonXSZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with NeonXSZ.

    Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of NeonXSZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with NeonXSZ.

    Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...

    2008ActionDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Retrovirus

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of NeonXSZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with NeonXSZ.

    Retrovirus is a six degrees of freedom shooter which sends players into the depths of a computer on a search and destroy mission against an invasive virus. Retrovirus is being created by Cadenza Interactive, the indie studio behind the popular tower defense game Sol Survivor.

    2013ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Overload

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of NeonXSZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with NeonXSZ.

    A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.

    2018Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Space Bob vs. The Replicons

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with NeonXSZ.

    Reviewers of NeonXSZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with NeonXSZ.

    Help clueless Bob survive his first day of work in this procedurally generated, planet hopping, gravity simulator. Haul loot and resources back in to orbit while simultaneously fighting off a full scale alien invasion in this rogue-lite survival hybrid quite unlike anything you've played before.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Descent

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of NeonXSZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with NeonXSZ.

    Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds and six degrees of freedom.

    2014Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under NeonXSZ on Steam right now. Shares Action with NeonXSZ.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

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

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

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

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under NeonXSZ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with NeonXSZ.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under NeonXSZ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with NeonXSZ.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

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

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck 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 NeonXSZ.

    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 NeonXSZ.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about NeonXSZ

How much does NeonXSZ cost?
NeonXSZ is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to NeonXSZ?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NeonXSZ are Black Ice, Crystal Survivor, Ouroboros Dungeon.
Who developed NeonXSZ?
NeonXSZ was developed by Intravenous Software and published by None - Independent.

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 NeonXSZ.

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