Games like Night Swarm
If Night Swarm is your kind of game, the closest matches are hexGame: Hero Path, Dachs Hunter and Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and eerie. 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 Night Swarm: Claim your throne as Vampire Lord in this survivors-like. Each run is another step on your journey with new followers, quests and skills to unlock. The night is yours to conquer.
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hexGame: Hero Path
WHY THIS
Top pick for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
The world needs a hero — choose yours. Any NPC can become the chosen one. Explore a living, procedurally generated hex world, carve your own path, craft unique combinations of weapons, tools, and relics, and fight through relentless hordes in fast-paced combat. Every run is different.
Dachs Hunter
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
Dachs Hunter is a survivors-like top-down roguelite game where you play as a dachshund wizard battling through hordes of elemental monsters. Discover and collect unique spells, master all elements, and strategize your way to survival.
Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Defeat, choose, grow, and break the battlefield. A Japanese dark fantasy survivor-style roguelite where you Limit Break 14 skills and cut down hordes of yokai. Defeat bosses, forge gear from their rewards, and face even stronger foes.
Chako
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Survive enemy swarms in this isometric Action-Roguelite blending bullet-heaven combat with tabletop RPG mechanics. Auto-attack through procedural dungeons, roll d20s in event nodes, and gather loot to upgrade your spells and gear at the base. Dominate the leaderboards!
Valkyrie Rising: Hordes of Ragnarök
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Carve through the Hordes of Ragnarök in a Bullet Heaven Roguelite inspired by Norse myth. Complete quests mid-run to earn divine blessings, wield the abilities of gods, and forge your path toward the build you want to play.
BoomScroll
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
Evaporate endless hordes of creatures as you scroll your way to freedom! Grab upgrades, build your arsenal, and scroll at the speed of light to make it as far as you can!
Cavern
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Experiment, Explore, and Swap in Cavern, a roguelike sandbox. All objects in the world can be swapped out at will. Swap slimes into harmless pots, turn enemy projectiles into countless health potions, and discover hidden interactions to conquer the ever-changing depths of Mirror Cavern.
Mighty X Arms
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Night Swarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Mighty X Arms is a roguelike survivor inspired by Brotato, featuring collectible weapon-creatures called Arms. Build your loadout, upgrade them, and mow down enemy swarms to survive.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Night Swarm
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Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
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!
Rogue: Genesia
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression, procedural generation and an intense mood with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
Hades
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
You are the Spirit Hunters in this action rogue-lite. Slay huge waves of monsters and harvest their souls for ever increasing power. Unlock many playable characters, abilities, maps and more through a deep progression system.
Army of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Casual with Night Swarm.
Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
Yet Another Zombie Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Champion Shift
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell, wave based survival, roguelite and an intense mood with Night Swarm.
Reviewers of Night Swarm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
Unleash mighty Champions in this thrilling co-op bullet heaven. Shift into battle, create builds with unique abilities, and battle endless enemies to stop the Dominion's path of conquest. Rev through high octane missions, conquer epic bosses, and become an absolute legend!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Night Swarm at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Night Swarm.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Night Swarm.
Priced ~50% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Night Swarm.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Night Swarm.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Night Swarm on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
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!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Night Swarm.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Night Swarm.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Night Swarm.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Casual with Night Swarm.
『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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Frequently asked about Night Swarm
- Is Night Swarm verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Night Swarm is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Night Swarm cost?
- Night Swarm is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Night Swarm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Night Swarm are hexGame: Hero Path, Dachs Hunter, Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush.
- Who developed Night Swarm?
- Night Swarm was developed by Fubu Games and published by Mad Mushroom, Gamersky Games.
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