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Games like Neon Knives

If Neon Knives is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seek Shellter, Dirty Dirty Pirates and KnightOut — 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 Neon Knives: Two of you do not belong. Neon Knives is an award-winning couch multiplayer game of stealth and deception. Blend into the crowd, hunt down your opponent, and take them out—all while being hunted yourself. Trust no one.

2025ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Cookiecrayon
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Players who liked Neon Knives also play

Steam players who put hours into Neon Knives 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. Seek Shellter

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Seek Shellter is an arcade-style pathfinder full of cute snails who must collect batteries and seek shelter before the timer runs out. Team up with a friend or go solo to clear levels, win minigames and unlock worlds steeped in retro-60s atomic charm. Do you have what it takes to beat the bomb?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Dirty Dirty Pirates

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Ahoy! Dirty Dirty Pirates is a chaotic, local multiplayer fighting game, set in a looped battleground of madness.

    2024ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. KnightOut

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    A local party brawler for 1 - 4 players where fast, chaotic combat meets castle building. Fight solo or in couch co-op, using melee and ranged weapons while building and destroying castles with traps and defenses.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Burned Out!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Burned Out! is a chaotic office co-op game for 1-4 players where pointless computer tasks and paperwork spiral into full-blown workplace mayhem. Type, print, sign, stamp, staple, and deliver every order on time. Coordinate and keep everything moving through workplaces designed to break you.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. SpiderHeck

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

    2022ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. MageQuit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    A wizard brawler about spell drafting and beard envy, MageQuit allows up to 10 mages to battle online or locally. Beards grow longer with each kill; the wizard with the longest beard after 9 rounds wins!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Boomerang Fu

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.

    2020ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lumberhill

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Neon Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    A crazy multiplayer party game in which lumberjacks try to complete tasks with nature fighting them every step of the way. Race against the clock, fight wildfires, pirates, and extremely annoying monkeys as you travel around the world and through time. Play online/local co-op and pvp or play solo.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Neon Knives at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Knives.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Action with Neon Knives.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Knives.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Knives.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Neon Knives on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Neon Knives.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Neon Knives.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Neon Knives.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Neon Knives.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Neon Knives.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Knives.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. SpiderHeck

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

    2022ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. MageQuit

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    A wizard brawler about spell drafting and beard envy, MageQuit allows up to 10 mages to battle online or locally. Beards grow longer with each kill; the wizard with the longest beard after 9 rounds wins!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Boomerang Fu

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Knives.

    Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.

    2020ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Neon Knives

How much does Neon Knives cost?
Neon Knives is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Neon Knives have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Neon Knives supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Neon Knives?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Neon Knives are Seek Shellter, Dirty Dirty Pirates, KnightOut.
Who developed Neon Knives?
Neon Knives was developed by Cookiecrayon.

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 Neon Knives.

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