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Games like NEKRO3

If NEKRO3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Higher: The Last Dream, Road to Ballhalla and PEPPERED: an existential platformer — 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 NEKRO3: NEKRO3 is a ruthless arcade in the dark. Traps await at every step. Your corpses light the way and turn into enemies. You live for seconds, die hundreds of times. All to an atmospheric soundtrack.

2025IndieAdventureEarly Access2.99 USDWindowsby CHVDR
NEKRO3 — Steam game cover

Players who liked NEKRO3 also play

Steam players who put hours into NEKRO3 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. Higher: The Last Dream

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    Higher: The Last Dream is a 2D Metroidvania/Action Platformer with a psychological dark fantasy atmosphere. Embody Starlight, an amnesiac being with no memory of his identity. Journey through hostile worlds where you will navigate ever-changing levels.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Road to Ballhalla

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEPPERED: an existential platformer

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 140

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

    2013ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. oO

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    "oO" is a hardcore minimal arcade game.

    2015ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Big Tower Tiny Square

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. AR-K: The Great Escape

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    AR-K: The Great Escape is the third episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story, written by the 3 times Eisner award-winning writer Greg Rucka.

    2015IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Christmas Massacre

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for NEKRO3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.

    2021ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NEKRO3 at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with NEKRO3.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under NEKRO3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    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 ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Road to Ballhalla

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. PEPPERED: an existential platformer

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with NEKRO3.

    An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 140

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with NEKRO3.

    140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

    2013ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about NEKRO3

How much does NEKRO3 cost?
NEKRO3 is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to NEKRO3?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NEKRO3 are Higher: The Last Dream, Road to Ballhalla, PEPPERED: an existential platformer.
Who developed NEKRO3?
NEKRO3 was developed by CHVDR.

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 NEKRO3.

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