Games like Nights of Nil
If Nights of Nil is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tech Division, Scarecropia and SORALAND — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Nights of Nil: Control your villagers one by one in this action-RTS survival game. Build, defend, and survive night after night across procedural islands. Assign tasks, fight off waves, and settle each island to win the run.
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Tech Division
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Top pick for Nights of Nil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
Play as Simone! Build and command your squad of bots on the field. Battle through swarms of enemy Wrikes who have a diverse set of their own abilities. Use resources and upgrades to get through the relentless Wrike factions to reunite with your friends! Hopefully you are not too late.
Scarecropia
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Second-strongest match for Nights of Nil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Little Kingdom RTS
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Ranked #4 for Nights of Nil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
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Ranked #5 for Nights of Nil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nights of Nil.
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
Surrounded by Death
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Ranked #6 for Nights of Nil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nights of Nil.
Lead your people, fight for survival, become their ruler in this 2D strategy game. To accomplish this, you will have to create powerful walls, an efficient economy and a strong army. But it's not enough. Destroy all portals for peace to reign
Island Crusaders
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Ranked #7 for Nights of Nil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
Island Crusaders is a cute yet brutal tactical RTS game. Defend your home against swarms of enemies as your picturesque island gets stained by the blood of your enemies. Unlock new and unique units, strategically place and move them, and defeat the impending army.
Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
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Ranked #8 for Nights of Nil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nights of Nil.
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nights of Nil.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nights of Nil.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nights of Nil.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Frequently asked about Nights of Nil
- What games are most similar to Nights of Nil?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nights of Nil are Tech Division, Scarecropia, SORALAND.
- Who developed Nights of Nil?
- Nights of Nil was developed by Glass City Games.
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