Games like Nudge
If Nudge is your kind of game, the closest matches are hexGame: Hero Path, The Universe of Death and The Riftbreaker — 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 Nudge: Help Nudge retrieve Crystals in this ARPG Tower Defense, where you collect loot, craft gear, unlock skills and fight waves of enemies in order to restore a girl's oppressed memories.
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hexGame: Hero Path
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Top pick for Nudge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
The world needs a hero — choose yours. Any NPC can become the chosen one. Explore a living, procedurally generated hex world, carve your own path, craft unique combinations of weapons, tools, and relics, and fight through relentless hordes in fast-paced combat. Every run is different.
The Universe of Death
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nudge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
Hand-drawn isometric Diablo style rogue like with Elden Ring style controls, and it's also a tower defense. Level up in run to try new skills and builds, level up between runs to increase your stats to begin each run stronger. Acquire loot and give old loot to your towers and mercenaries.
The Riftbreaker
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Nudge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Bramble Guard
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Ranked #4 for Nudge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nudge.
Hybrid fantasy strategy defense, as explained by a tired elder and interrupted by a beautiful fool in a crown. Build a fragile refuge, send defenders into the road, and protect the last memory-tree.
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Nudge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
Grim Dawn
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Ranked #7 for Nudge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
Last Epoch
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Ranked #8 for Nudge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Nudge.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nudge.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Nudge.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nudge.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nudge.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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 Nudge.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
Last Epoch
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nudge.
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.
Frequently asked about Nudge
- What games are most similar to Nudge?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nudge are hexGame: Hero Path, The Universe of Death, The Riftbreaker.
- Who developed Nudge?
- Nudge was developed by Snekkers Games.
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