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Games like Nocturnis

If Nocturnis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Edge of Madness, The Great Wastes and Company Captain: Westashes — 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.

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About Nocturnis: Nocturnis is a narrative-driven, party-based tactical RPG where a desperate attempt to restore magic twists mankind into beasts. Explore a handcrafted world, master tactical combat, and reach the Moon Temple before the night ends. Your choices and combat prowess will determine what remains by dawn.

IndieAdventureRPGWindowsby Grimlight Interactive
Nocturnis — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Nocturnis 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.

  1. Edge of Madness

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.

    A Lovecraftian RPG with tactical card-based combat. Uncover dark secrets, face cult and eldritch horrors. Every choice shapes the battle - outplay your enemies or lose yourself to madness.

    IndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. The Great Wastes

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.

    "The Great Wastes" is a pixelated fantasy RPG. Players take on the role of a mysterious young man living in an isolated village. One day, the village is suddenly attacked by a group of unidentified black-clad individuals, forcing the young man to flee with his childhood sweetheart and companions.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Company Captain: Westashes

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.

    Command a mercenary Free Company in a brutal, dynamic medieval world. Navigate the overworld, manage your roster, and fight unforgiving hex-grid tactical battles where factions and characters remember your actions and every mercenary's death is permanent... or not...

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. The Black Watch: Bloodline

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnis.

    Become a monster hunter in a dark folklore Tactical RPG. Lead two orphan siblings through turn-based battles, dangerous contracts, and moral choices as a cursed power threatens to consume them.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  5. BURNED HORIZONS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.

    A gritty, turn-based tactical sandbox set in 2002. No XP grind. No class rails. No buy-your-way skill trees. // 'They said it wasn't our war. So we made it ours.'

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Threaded Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnis.

    A world threaded in death. Can you cultivate a party of four that defies all odds? Make every action count in tactical turn-based combat. Choose your allegiances carefully. Scour dungeons in search of loot and secrets. Resist or acquiesce to tempting whispers in the darkness.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Doubtbound

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.

    A turn-based RPG of hidden betrayal. Battle through branching encounters, uncover the traitor within your party, and overthrow the Mad Monarch in multiplayer or solo investigation mode.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  8. Stories of Somnia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Nocturnis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnis.

    Stories of Somnia is an exploration-first JRPG with the bones of a Metroidvania. Use spells to grapple across gaps, change the rules of combat, and reshape the world around you. Collect memory-born companions called Dreamkin and uncover a story about grief, time, and the courage to rest.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Nocturnis.

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nocturnis

What games are most similar to Nocturnis?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nocturnis are Edge of Madness, The Great Wastes, Company Captain: Westashes.
Who developed Nocturnis?
Nocturnis was developed by Grimlight Interactive.

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 Nocturnis.

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