Games like Nex Machina
If Nex Machina is your kind of game, the closest matches are Assault Android Cactus+, Circuit Breakers and Destropolis — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its techno soundtrack enhances immersion, challenging and hypnotic. 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 Nex Machina: Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Players who liked Nex Machina also play
Steam players who put hours into Nex Machina 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.
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Top pick for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Circuit Breakers
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Second-strongest match for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Third-strongest match for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Chippy
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Nex Machina.
Ranked #4 for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Danger Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Ranked #5 for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Neon Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Ranked #6 for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
Never Not Shooting
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Grab up to 3 friends and defend the sun from swarms of enemies in this local coop twin stick shooter. Siphon energy from the sun and shoot as many attackers as you can to claim the high score before it explodes! Fight over experience and upgrade your ship to keep up with the ever-mounting pressure.
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Ranked #8 for Nex Machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nex Machina at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Nex Machina on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nex Machina.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nex Machina on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nex Machina on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nex Machina on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nex Machina on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Nex Machina.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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More from Housemarque
Other recommendable Steam games by Housemarque, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Returnal™
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Nex Machina.
Another title from Housemarque, the studio behind Nex Machina. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
Outland
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Nex Machina.
Another title from Housemarque, the studio behind Nex Machina. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.
STORMDIVERS
WHY THIS
Another title from Housemarque, the studio behind Nex Machina. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Housemarque's first gaming experience of a new era. Stormdivers is a 3rd person multiplayer centric shooter game, featuring chaotic battles and volatile explosions amidst a recurring nano-storm that swallows the beautiful and lush island surroundings to explore.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Danger Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Nex Machina.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Frequently asked about Nex Machina
- Does Nex Machina work on Steam Deck?
- Nex Machina is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Nex Machina cost?
- Nex Machina is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Nex Machina have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Nex Machina supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Nex Machina?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nex Machina are Assault Android Cactus+, Circuit Breakers, Destropolis.
- Who developed Nex Machina?
- Nex Machina was developed by Housemarque.
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