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Games like Nine Skies

Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Nine Skies for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Nine Skies also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Nine Skies: Nine Skies is a mythology-themed arena shooter with light roguelike elements. Play as a deity, wield auto-attacking weapons, and cleave through relentless enemies in a fast-paced, chaos-fueled battlefield.

2026ActionStrategyIndieRPGCasualWindowsby Ninefold
Nine Skies — Steam game cover

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    Loki's Revenge — Steam game cover

    Loki's Revenge

    Top pick for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Skies.

    Loki’s Revenge is a survivors-like roguelite where you play as Norse gods fighting Loki’s army of monsters! Level up to gain powerful upgrades and explore hand-crafted maps to find secrets. Build the ultimate overpowered god with permanent upgrades and master each god’s signature ability.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush — Steam game cover

    Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush

    Second-strongest match for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Skies.

    Burn your life away for revenge and slaughter hordes of yokai. A high-density survivor-like action game where Limit Breaks and gear builds change the way you fight.

    2026ActionRPGSteam ↗
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    Black Plague — Steam game cover

    Black Plague

    Third-strongest match for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Skies.

    A fast roguelite survival chaos where you destroy endless plague hordes, stack insane upgrades, and break the rules of power.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    GUNtai — Steam game cover

    GUNtai

    Ranked #4 for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Skies.

    Craft your gun. Shoot down enemies hordes. Upgrade weapon, remake weapon, combine weapon. Unlock new characters and new modules. Make great gunsmiths regret their inventions!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    Mighty X Arms — Steam game cover

    Mighty X Arms

    Ranked #5 for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Skies.

    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.

    2026ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
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    Starforged Legacy — Steam game cover

    Starforged Legacy

    Ranked #6 for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Skies.

    Outlast the onslaught in a sci-fi survivors-like where your decisions matter as much as your firepower. Command customizable starships, enhance your arsenal with 100+ strategy-defining upgrades, and annihilate endless fleets of cosmic combatants! Carve your legacy among the stars or die trying!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    BROTANK — Steam game cover

    BROTANK

    Ranked #7 for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Skies.

    Brotank is a bullet-hell roguelike game. You play as a bounty hunter driving a tank through a post-apocalyptic wasteland—rescuing allies, upgrading gear, customizing your war machine, surviving relentless enemy waves, and ultimately becoming a legend!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Supercat Survivors — Steam game cover

    Supercat Survivors

    Ranked #8 for Nine Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Skies.

    Meow! This is a cat-themed Survivor-like game where you control an adorable Supercat! Battle monsters to level up, collect items, upgrade weapons, and experiment with strategic builds to fight off invading creatures threatening Meow Star.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie5.59 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

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

    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 ↗
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    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nine Skies.

    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 ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    STRAFTAT — Steam game cover

    STRAFTAT

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nine Skies.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nine Skies

What games are most similar to Nine Skies?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nine Skies are Loki's Revenge, Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush, Black Plague.
Who developed Nine Skies?
Nine Skies was developed by Ninefold.

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