Games like Next of Kin
If Next of Kin is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Heroes Around Me, Kathy Rain: Director's Cut and Matsuro Palette — 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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The Heroes Around Me
WHY THIS
Top pick for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Matsuro Palette
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
Perfect Tides
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Next of Kin.
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called island paradise.
WHITE ALBUM: Memories like Falling Snow
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Next of Kin.
The classic visual novel from AQUAPLUS that launched one of Japan's most beloved franchises, WHITE ALBUM is a story of love in many forms. Will a couple cling together, or drift apart on the cold wind? The album of their relationship will be as white as snow, and as poignant.
Cleo - a pirate's tale
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
Finding Paradise
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Next of Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Dive back into your NIS roots and experience a game that laid the foundation for the beloved Disgaea series with Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Sharper graphics and updated image optimization bring this classic title into the present!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Next of Kin at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Next of Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Next of Kin on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Next of Kin.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Next of Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Next of Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Next of Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Next of Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Next of Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Next of Kin.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Next of Kin.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Next of Kin.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Perfect Tides
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Next of Kin.
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called island paradise.
Cleo - a pirate's tale
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Next of Kin.
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Dive back into your NIS roots and experience a game that laid the foundation for the beloved Disgaea series with Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Sharper graphics and updated image optimization bring this classic title into the present!
Frequently asked about Next of Kin
- How much does Next of Kin cost?
- Next of Kin is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Next of Kin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Next of Kin are The Heroes Around Me, Kathy Rain: Director's Cut, Matsuro Palette.
- Who developed Next of Kin?
- Next of Kin was developed by Spelkväll Games.
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