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Games like Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets

If Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets is your kind of game, the closest matches are Worlda, Checkpoint '38 and Dinosaur Tree — 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 Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets: In Nanking 1937, you do not play as an elite soldier, but lead a group of civilians struggling to survive in the fallen city. You must sneak through ruins at night, evade enemy patrols, scavenge supplies and make gut-wrenching moral choices. Experience war through the eyes of ordinary people.

2026StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGWindowsby Yang Studio
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  1. Worlda

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    Top pick for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    Worlda is a 2D top down pixel-art sandbox adventure where you play as grizzly bear cub Jonas as he sets forth into a large, infinite world.  Will you make it through the night, or will you bear-ly survive? 

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  2. Checkpoint '38

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    A roguelike narrative simulation of life as a border guard in Nazi Germany. Inspect passports, detect forged documents, and approve or deny entry as restrictions tighten. Every traveler brings a choice that could save a life or condemn it. Your job is to obey. Your conscience says otherwise.

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  3. Dinosaur Tree

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    Explore the ocean in your sailboat as a curious little dinosaur. Discover charming islands and meet friendly pals along the way. But beware! There may be something trying to tempt you off your path.

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  4. Farmer's Father: The Origins

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    This is a free prologue of Farmer's Father. You have 60 minutes to explore, have a glimpse of the story and game mechanics. Fight with hunger, wounds, cold, disease, and enemy cruelty. Defend your family and survive the war!

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  5. Voldark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    Voldark is an open-world survival crafting game set in a dangerous forest filled with mutant creatures. Gather resources, craft tools and weapons, level up your character, build and defend your base while surviving relentless nighttime attacks.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie10.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian. Will you resist the Germans? Simply try to survive? Or join them in the fight against Bolshevism? Based on real events.

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  7. Survival Log

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.

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  8. NEO Scavenger

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

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  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. 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 Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

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  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    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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  8. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets

What games are most similar to Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets are Worlda, Checkpoint '38, Dinosaur Tree.
Who developed Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets?
Nanking 1937: Breath Beneath Bayonets was developed by Yang Studio.

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