Games like Borealis
If Borealis is your kind of game, the closest matches are RobotzZz, The Polynomial - Space of the music and Music95 — 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 Borealis: Weave through missiles to generated music, and let the world flow around you.
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RobotzZz
WHY THIS
Top pick for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Borealis.
A robot, after humanity. The beat builds the world. Chase it or fall behind. Chain pickups, build combos, survive three stages of escalating rhythm.
The Polynomial - Space of the music
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Borealis.
Experience the music in a new way. Feel it pulse around you. The Polynomial is a 3D space shooter with unique, fractal based scenery that animates to the music.
Music95
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Borealis.
Music95 is a special music game. There is no premade beatmaps. Game content is automatically created by player's own music track. So player can immerse in their favorite music. Try it Out！
Bunny Beats
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Borealis.
Bunny Beats is a listening first rhythm learning game with procedurally generated rhythms. Each bunny swings its mochi hammer with a distinct rhythm; master the rhythms on the fly to make the best mochi for the moon goddess!
KAZ
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Borealis.
Dopamine-fueled minimalist grid-based game that pushes the boundaries of psychedelic visuals and fast reaction time. KAZ is an action roguelike arcade game where choice of items, buffs, and maluses allows you to unlock cool visuals and themes while showing everybody your skill on the leaderboards
AudioSurf
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Borealis.
Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.
Symphony
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Borealis.
A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection and fight to reclaim your music!
Rhyme Storm
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Borealis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Borealis.
Rhyme Storm is the world's first freestyle rapping rhythm game! It's packed with awesome beats, hilarious topics, and mind blowing visuals that dance and pulse to your performance. You won't be asking if you can freestyle rap -- you'll be wondering how fast you can go!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Borealis at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Borealis.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Borealis.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Borealis.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Borealis.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Borealis.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Borealis.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Action with Borealis.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Borealis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Borealis.
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!
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 and Casual with Borealis.
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 with Borealis.
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 Borealis.
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 Borealis.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Borealis.
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 Borealis.
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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Frequently asked about Borealis
- How much does Borealis cost?
- Borealis is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Borealis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Borealis are RobotzZz, The Polynomial - Space of the music, Music95.
- Who developed Borealis?
- Borealis was developed by Conrad Nelson and published by None.
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 Borealis.
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