Games like Nightmare Job
If Nightmare Job is your kind of game, the closest matches are Light Dude, Wings of Vi 2: Guardian's Heart and Rage Box — 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 Nightmare Job: Nightmare Job is a 2D platformer and puzzle game where you’ll overcome challenging precision levels while new mechanics are introduced in each stage. Difficulty progressively increases in an oppressive environment where anxiety and pressure never fade.
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Light Dude
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Top pick for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
The level hides when you move in this skill-based action game. Scan the level, then step into the dark. Dodge deadly threats, outmaneuver enemies, and defeat brutal bosses to reclaim the stolen sun. No map. No safety. Just your skill. Demo Out Now!
Wings of Vi 2: Guardian's Heart
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Second-strongest match for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
Myougi survived. She shattered the sin statues. Now the Seven Deadly Sins walk the shattered realms, and Vi returns, wings reforged, to hunt them down. The vision is a mix of what I've learned: a precision platformer with fast, fluid combat and more player agency.
Rage Box
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Third-strongest match for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
Trapped inside a deadly world, a small cat must survive impossible platforming challenges, terrifying chases, and relentless traps. Slow down time, react fast, and fight your way through the chaos in this intense rage platformer.
SquareMan-Boy
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Ranked #4 for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
Bounce, dash, and warp through neon-lit puzzle levels in this fast-paced 2D platformer. Master world rotators, dodge deadly lasers, and race against the clock in a high-speed test of precision and timing.
LOVE ETERNAL
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Ranked #5 for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmare Job.
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
TetherGeist
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Ranked #6 for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
The Warrior
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Ranked #7 for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
A unique platforming experience where the protagonist, story, and mechanics are constantly changing. Take control of legendary warriors, giant worms, greedy kings, and lazy demons, each with their own purpose.
Olija
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Ranked #8 for Nightmare Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nightmare Job at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmare Job.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmare Job.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare Job.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nightmare Job.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmare Job.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmare Job.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~75% under Nightmare Job on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Job.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nightmare Job.
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.
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 Nightmare Job.
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 Nightmare Job.
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 Nightmare Job.
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 Nightmare Job.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nightmare Job.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about Nightmare Job
- How much does Nightmare Job cost?
- Nightmare Job is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nightmare Job?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nightmare Job are Light Dude, Wings of Vi 2: Guardian's Heart, Rage Box.
- Who developed Nightmare Job?
- Nightmare Job was developed by Daniel Laamb.
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 Nightmare Job.
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