Games like Near The Sun
If Near The Sun is your kind of game, the closest matches are MindScape: Verenna, INAYAH - Life after Gods and HAAK — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Near The Sun: Near The Sun is a 2D action-adventure game where you slice through enemy lines with sharp dashes and race across a collapsing underworld. Experience a story that changes depending on the order you explore, and discover a way to save a girl from a long-lost "previous world."
Players who liked Near The Sun also play
Steam players who put hours into Near The Sun 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.
MindScape: Verenna
WHY THIS
Top pick for Near The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
Fight through the neon ruins of Verenna as Nova, a genetically engineered young woman hunted for her extraordinary powers. Master fast side-scrolling combat, battle the mechanized Reavers, and uncover the truth behind her creation before General Khardek claims her power.
INAYAH - Life after Gods
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Near The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Near The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Cyber Shadow
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Near The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
The Fall Part 2: Unbound
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Near The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
You are an AI that has broken free of your shackles. Now, a human “User” from across the global network has attacked and infected you with an [ERROR: REDACTED]. Make a new rule: Save Yourself. Hunt them. End them. Do anything. Use anyone. Become Unbound. The Fall Part 2 will break your protocols.
BLADECHIMERA
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Near The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Near The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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 Near The Sun.
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 Action and Adventure with Near The Sun.
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 Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near The Sun.
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 Near The Sun.
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 Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
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.
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 Near The Sun.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Near The Sun.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
INAYAH - Life after Gods
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.
HAAK
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
HAAK is a Metroidvania-Platformer. As the mysterious wanderer Haak, you embarked on an epic expedition across the vast cyber-wasteland to find your lost brother. Explore deserted cities and metro, refine your weapons and hack skills, and uncover the secrets behind metal and dust.
Cyber Shadow
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
BLADECHIMERA
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Near The Sun.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Frequently asked about Near The Sun
- What games are most similar to Near The Sun?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Near The Sun are MindScape: Verenna, INAYAH - Life after Gods, HAAK.
- Who developed Near The Sun?
- Near The Sun was developed by Nonlinear.
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 Near The Sun.
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