Games like Nelumbra
If Nelumbra is your kind of game, the closest matches are Forecast Death, AI CARAMBA and Arcadium - Space Odyssey — 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 Nelumbra: Trapped in a timeloop with no memories, you are the Light Bearer, fighting to uncover the truth - but at what cost? Harness rhytmic auto-attacks and dashes as light fades around you, raising tension with every move. Shape your power, rewrite your path, and embrace eternity or break free.
Players who liked Nelumbra also play
Steam players who put hours into Nelumbra 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.
Forecast Death
WHY THIS
Top pick for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Survive the chaos of a bullet-heaven action game. Tear through enemy hordes, stack wild ability combos, and endure cataclysms that rewrite the rules mid-fight. The pace ramps up every minute - either you grow stronger, or you get wiped out.
AI CARAMBA
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Protect your job at all costs! Summon destructive forces, level-up, and battle endless swarms of smart appliances. Unlock and upgrade characters, abilities and weapons. Experiment with combinations to create unique builds and show those motherboarding clankers who's boss!
Arcadium - Space Odyssey
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Arcadium is a survival roguelite set in a dynamic, ever-changing universe. Journey across space, harvest planetary resources, and craft powerful builds to eradicate relentless waves of aliens. Each playthrough unveils a new and uncharted universe, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries.
Vital Shell
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Ranked #4 for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Nelumbra.
Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as you take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies in a shattered realm.
Megabonk
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Noobs Are Coming
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!
TerraTech Legion
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Nelumbra fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nelumbra.
TerraTech Legion, a chaotic Bullet Heaven Builder. Build the ultimate battle vehicle block by block and survive waves of robotic foes, ramming them at speed and shooting infinite projectiles.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nelumbra at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
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 Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Nelumbra.
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 Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nelumbra.
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 Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Nelumbra.
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 Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Nelumbra.
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 Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Nelumbra.
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 Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nelumbra.
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 Nelumbra on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Nelumbra.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Nelumbra.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Casual with Nelumbra.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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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.
Arcadium - Space Odyssey
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Arcadium is a survival roguelite set in a dynamic, ever-changing universe. Journey across space, harvest planetary resources, and craft powerful builds to eradicate relentless waves of aliens. Each playthrough unveils a new and uncharted universe, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries.
Vital Shell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Nelumbra.
Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as you take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies in a shattered realm.
Megabonk
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Noobs Are Coming
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nelumbra.
YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!
Frequently asked about Nelumbra
- How much does Nelumbra cost?
- Nelumbra is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nelumbra?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nelumbra are Forecast Death, AI CARAMBA, Arcadium - Space Odyssey.
- Who developed Nelumbra?
- Nelumbra was developed by Eleven Dusks Studios.
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 Nelumbra.
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