Games like Nimbus
Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to Nimbus for fans of indie, racing, 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 Nimbus 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, cheaper alternatives. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Nimbus: Nimbus is a unique combination of racing & puzzling. The player controls a craft with no means of directly propelling itself and needs to use whatever is scattered around the levels to acquire thrust and reach the goal. Traverse a world map with several distinct islands in order to recover your lost love.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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The Lost Marble
Top pick for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nimbus.
The Lost Marble is a platformer in which the player controls an intrepid marble. Roll fast, hop gaps, push cubes, explore and avoid enemies to find the goal of each level. Create and share levels too! Includes 20 hand-made levels, unlockable marbles, and an in-game level editor.
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Hovercraft Racing
Second-strongest match for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Nimbus.
Race for the fastest time in this difficult time attack racing game, with Nine tracks and 3 varied hovercrafts to choose from. or play with a friend in local multiplayer.
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Polyball
Third-strongest match for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nimbus.
Get ready to enter a new era of physics platforming. Polyball is a classic ball rolling game in the vein of Super Monkey Ball, Marble Madness, and Marble Blast - while taking cues from games such as the Sonic series, Trackmania, and Mario Kart.
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Marble Skies
Ranked #4 for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Nimbus.
Marble Skies is a fast paced 3D-platformer where you control your marble through various levels and try to get the best time for each one. Complete all the levels in your own time, or challenge your friends to get on top of the leaderboards!
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Dark Runner
Ranked #5 for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Nimbus.
Parkour, speedrun and darkness. This combination is quite a challenge. Unique lighting mechanics like you've never seen before are the main reason you'll want this game to never end.
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Commando Hero
Ranked #6 for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Nimbus.
Hero who wants to be a commando has to pass difficult tracks. Finish the track fast and enter the Leaderboard.
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Marble It Up! Ultra
Ranked #7 for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Nimbus.
Roll, bounce, boost, and blast your way to victory in Marble It Up! Ultra - the ultimate marble platformer. Chase the records of your friends and the world's best players through a vast campaign - or face them head-on in thrilling multiplayer mayhem. Get ready to roll!
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RAZED
Ranked #8 for Nimbus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Nimbus.
Neon-infused high-speed platformer where the rules are simple - blast though levels as fast as you can! But there's a catch. If you go too slow, you explode! Unlock skills and powers, and seek out shortcuts to propel yourself to the top of the online leaderboards.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nimbus at current Steam store prices.
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The Lost Marble
Priced ~50% under Nimbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nimbus.
The Lost Marble is a platformer in which the player controls an intrepid marble. Roll fast, hop gaps, push cubes, explore and avoid enemies to find the goal of each level. Create and share levels too! Includes 20 hand-made levels, unlockable marbles, and an in-game level editor.
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Polyball
Priced ~60% under Nimbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nimbus.
Get ready to enter a new era of physics platforming. Polyball is a classic ball rolling game in the vein of Super Monkey Ball, Marble Madness, and Marble Blast - while taking cues from games such as the Sonic series, Trackmania, and Mario Kart.
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Dark Runner
Priced ~50% under Nimbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Racing with Nimbus.
Parkour, speedrun and darkness. This combination is quite a challenge. Unique lighting mechanics like you've never seen before are the main reason you'll want this game to never end.
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Commando Hero
Priced ~60% under Nimbus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Racing with Nimbus.
Hero who wants to be a commando has to pass difficult tracks. Finish the track fast and enter the Leaderboard.
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Frequently asked about Nimbus
- How much does Nimbus cost?
- Nimbus is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nimbus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nimbus are The Lost Marble, Hovercraft Racing, Polyball.
- Who developed Nimbus?
- Nimbus was developed by Noumenon Games.
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 Nimbus.
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