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Games like Nest of Dust

If Nest of Dust is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bobo and the Chest of Nightmares, Sonki's Lagoon and Demon Turf: Neon Splash — 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 Nest of Dust: Alone in a quiet, poisoned house, a mouse frees the ghosts of its colony while trying to keep its brothers safe.

IndieAdventureRPGWindowsby PearlByte
Nest of Dust — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Nest of Dust 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. Bobo and the Chest of Nightmares

    WHY THIS

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

    Jump, glide, and outsmart traps in this spooky 3D platformer! Smash obstacles, solve puzzles, and fend off evil spirits to defeat The Dream Master. Collect hidden treasures and restore joy to a world shrouded in darkness!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Sonki's Lagoon

    WHY THIS

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

    Dive into Sonki's Lagoon, a colorful low-poly high speed 3D platformer, inspired by the classics. Explore a fun world, pull off stylish moves and find all the Johnnies in this indie adventure!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Demon Turf: Neon Splash

    WHY THIS

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

    Maintain a constant momentum of precision platforming through surreal worlds, filled with bright neon colors, and enjoy the intoxicating combination of 2D & 3D art! Explore and hunt collectables or knuckle-down and master satisfying mechanics to compete for the best times across the world!

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Demon Turf: Queens Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nest of Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nest of Dust.

    The ultimate version of the 3D Platformer with attitude! Join Beebz on three seperate adventures to ultimately claim the Demon Queen title! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with this Expressive Platformer!

    2021IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Pru the Pigeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Nest of Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nest of Dust.

    Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. A Hat in Time

    WHY THIS

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

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Big Hops

    WHY THIS

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

    Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Gwen The Hen 64

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Nest of Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nest of Dust.

    Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Nest of Dust.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck 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. Demon Turf: Queens Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    The ultimate version of the 3D Platformer with attitude! Join Beebz on three seperate adventures to ultimately claim the Demon Queen title! Jump, spin and punch your way across the turfs with this Expressive Platformer!

    2021IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. A Hat in Time

    WHY THIS

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

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Big Hops

    WHY THIS

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

    Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Gwen The Hen 64

    WHY THIS

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

    Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nest of Dust

What games are most similar to Nest of Dust?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nest of Dust are Bobo and the Chest of Nightmares, Sonki's Lagoon, Demon Turf: Neon Splash.
Who developed Nest of Dust?
Nest of Dust was developed by PearlByte.

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 Nest of Dust.

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