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Games like Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-

If Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster, T.K. Punk - G.O.L.D and Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty — 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 Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-: "Asterisk 2: Next Now a Day" is a JRPG created with RPGMaker that blends action elements. It features pixel art graphics, an engaging story, and immersive gameplay. The game offers stunning visuals, compelling characters, and a dynamic world designed to captivate players throughout.

2024StrategyIndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDWindowsby 暗de刺客
Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- 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. Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    Reawaken your inner demon in a modernized version of the acclaimed ATLUS classic, Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster.

    2021RPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. T.K. Punk - G.O.L.D

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    A cyberpunk, multi-ending galgame Turn-based raising sim with armor-breaking bishoujo Bar management simulation Alternate-history Three Kingdoms heroes making their way in Hanport City 50 weeks, 13 boys and girls — let’s achieve peace across the land together!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    This is a "fictional, but plausible" strategy role-playing game with a plot which can be regarded as a history of the Three Kingdoms in a different realm. Thus, those who have received little or no attention in the original history may blossom in this very different time and space.

    2023StrategyIndieRPG6.66 USDSteam ↗
  4. Black & White

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    "Black & White" is a dystopian visual novel + war chess game: black and white, sensibility and reason, freedom and order: follow your beliefs and join your camp.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. wasteland of east

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    A Chinese style wasteland pixel style role-playing game. The combat mode is turn based combat chess. Can collect resources to manufacture weapons and props. Play the role of an expatriate comrade performing a mission on the abandoned soil of Huaxia.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Echocalypse: The Scarlet Covenant

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    Kemono Girl RPG has topped the free download list on App Store and Google Play in multiple countries or regions! Embark on a journey with 10 million players worldwide in a post-apocalyptic exploration, and stand alongside charming Kemono girls! Enjoy a time-saving and relaxing card battle!

    2024StrategyAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 列传:革新战争

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    《列传:革新战争》是灰烬游戏工作室出品的战棋游戏。游戏为SRPG类型,加入了华丽的技能演出与深度的战斗系统。游戏以幻想中世纪为舞台,编写了三十万字以上,“王道中的邪道式”新颖故事。相信喜欢日式SRPG、JPRG的玩家一定会喜欢本作。

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dark Deity 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ~60% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ~70% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ~80% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ~80% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ~60% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck 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 Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

    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 Indie with Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-

How much does Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- cost?
Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- are Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster, T.K. Punk - G.O.L.D, Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty.
Who developed Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-?
Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days- was developed by 暗de刺客 and published by TVM Studio.

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 Asterisk 2: Next -Now a Days-.

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