Games like Nightmare Frontier
If Nightmare Frontier is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astral Throne II: Age of the Phoenix, Forsworn and The Bell Echoes — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 Nightmare Frontier: Behold! The first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of Scavengers into a devastated West Coast City of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab the loot you can carry and get out. Alive.
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Astral Throne II: Age of the Phoenix
WHY THIS
Top pick for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
How many times are you willing to die for revenge? Rise from the ashes to uncover a divine conspiracy in this Roguelite Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Lead an ever-growing team on a continent-spanning quest, fight tactical turn-based battles, and synergize your skills for decisive victory.
Forsworn
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Stack game-breaking synergies until your party can slay gods. Command a party of heroes, forge powerful synergies, and level them up across runs in this turn-based tactics roguelite. Battle the gods solo or in co-op, where defeat is just another beginning.
The Bell Echoes
WHY THIS
Shares equipment upgrades, tactical positioning and an atmospheric mood with Nightmare Frontier.
Third-strongest match for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
The Bell Echoes is a story-driven tactical roguelite. Fight alongside a cast of distinctive companions as you venture deeper into the Corrupted Lands, defeat powerful foes, collect Echoes and memory fragments, and uncover the truth behind the characters and the world.
Iron Resolution
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Ranked #4 for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Command a mercenary company in a brutal tactical RPG where death is permanent, morale breaks, and injuries leave a lasting scar. Master multiple classes + varying terrain across 10 campaign levels, 100+ Rogue mode, or duel with friends in PvP. The Ironlands need a leader. Will you answer the call?
Cartapli : Fold Quest
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Cartapli: fold Quest is a turn-based combat game combining strategy roguelike mechanics with unique origami puzzles. Fold the paper to shift positions and defeat all enemies!
Last Warrior Arena
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Ranked #6 for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
A fast-paced roguelike autobattler where every run is a new strategy. Choose from 26 unique classes, build powerful item synergies, and push your build to its limits as you climb toward the highest stage possible.
Save the Forest
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Save the Forest is a tactics roguelite where you recruit, upgrade and fight your way through focused, highly varied runs. Choose and combine from over 25 units and 100+ skills to defeat the evil spreading through the forest.
Ironmarked
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Nightmare Frontier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
Ironmarked is a 1 to 3 player co-op RPG with turn-based combat, set in a medieval fantasy world inspired by Renaissance Italy. Select your band of deadly mercenaries to take on perilous quests from the local factions, just remember the most important rule… get paid!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Nightmare Frontier
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Rogue Waters
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Nightmare Frontier.
Reviewers of Nightmare Frontier cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Reviewers of Nightmare Frontier cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nightmare Frontier.
Reviewers of Nightmare Frontier cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Hard West 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nightmare Frontier.
Reviewers of Nightmare Frontier cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nightmare Frontier at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Nightmare Frontier on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Nightmare Frontier on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Nightmare Frontier on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Nightmare Frontier on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Nightmare Frontier on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Nightmare Frontier on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
FPS Chess
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.
Minion Masters
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
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More from Ice Code Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Ice Code Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hard West 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nightmare Frontier.
Another title from Ice Code Games, the studio behind Nightmare Frontier. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Rogue Waters
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Nightmare Frontier.
Another title from Ice Code Games, the studio behind Nightmare Frontier. Shares Strategy with Nightmare Frontier.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
Re-Legion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nightmare Frontier.
Another title from Ice Code Games, the studio behind Nightmare Frontier. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
Become The Prophet in a world of the future without the future! Lead your Cult in this cyberpunk RTS in the fight against evil corporations and heretics. Choose your creed, convert citizens, create an army and take over the city!
Deep Blue 3D Maze in Space
WHY THIS
Another title from Ice Code Games, the studio behind Nightmare Frontier. Shares Indie with Nightmare Frontier.
A multi-dimensional gaming experience beyond anything you’ve ever played before. Try to control the constantly rolling ball which moves in a three-dimensional maze, collect gravitons, open the portal and escape before the platform explodes. And most important beware of everything that is purple!
Frequently asked about Nightmare Frontier
- Does Nightmare Frontier run on Steam Deck?
- Nightmare Frontier is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Nightmare Frontier cost?
- Nightmare Frontier is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nightmare Frontier?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nightmare Frontier are Astral Throne II: Age of the Phoenix, Forsworn, The Bell Echoes.
- Who developed Nightmare Frontier?
- Nightmare Frontier was developed by Ice Code Games and published by Slitherine Ltd. .
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