Games like The Rogue of Nexus
If The Rogue of Nexus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lostbound, Evil's Den: Forsaken Dungeon and Into the Restless Ruins — 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 The Rogue of Nexus: A retro Zelda-like but also a Roguelite in which you search for artifacts hidden in a dark worldmap full of dungeons. Darkness is alive and The Hand destroys your path, trying to drag you in the Abyss. Find all the artifacts before getting caught.

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Lostbound
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Top pick for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
Find all the Artifacts before you’re caught in this Roguelite Action RPG. Embrace your destiny and escape a collapsing world. Darkness is alive. The Hand erases your path and drags you into the Abyss. Every step shapes your run.
Evil's Den: Forsaken Dungeon
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Second-strongest match for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
Evil's Den: Forsaken Dungeon is a rogue-lite dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels where you will battle through hordes of monsters to close portal to Hell, opened in the villages church.
Into the Restless Ruins
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Third-strongest match for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons
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Ranked #4 for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
MISTROGUE is a "Mystery Dungeon" style real-time action JRPG. Explore an ever-changing "Living Dungeon". Fight through the monster hordes and gimmicks with your own skill builds while paving your path with "Maze Stone"!
Children of Morta
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Ranked #5 for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Monsters Domain
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Ranked #6 for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
Monsters' Domain is an FPP RPG action game where you play as an overlord necromancer on a quest to regain power. Build a domain of monsters, command undead armies, and use powerful skills to defeat enemies. Explore dungeons, confront enemies, and master necromancy to shape the destiny of your realm
Pixel Piracy
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Ranked #7 for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.
Dreamscaper
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Ranked #8 for The Rogue of Nexus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Rogue of Nexus at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
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
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Priced ~60% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
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
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Priced ~70% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
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
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Priced ~80% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Rogue of Nexus.
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
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Priced ~80% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Rogue of Nexus.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under The Rogue of Nexus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rogue of Nexus.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Rogue of Nexus.
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.
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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.
Into the Restless Ruins
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
Children of Morta
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Dreamscaper
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Rogue of Nexus.
By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.
Frequently asked about The Rogue of Nexus
- How much does The Rogue of Nexus cost?
- The Rogue of Nexus is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Rogue of Nexus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Rogue of Nexus are Lostbound, Evil's Den: Forsaken Dungeon, Into the Restless Ruins.
- Who developed The Rogue of Nexus?
- The Rogue of Nexus was developed by Power Up Team, Tenkarider and published by Power Up Publishing.
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