Games like Nicotine & Knives
If Nicotine & Knives is your kind of game, the closest matches are Talas, You Are Circle and Wild Island — 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 Nicotine & Knives: Nicotine & Knives is a top-down pixel roguelike where every run pushes you deeper across shifting dimensions. Fight brutal bosses, wield weapons and items with wild unique bonuses, and gamble your own stats for a shot at power.
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Talas
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Top pick for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.
You Are Circle
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Second-strongest match for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
You are a circle in a sharp world. Fight jagged enemies in a neon twin-stick bullet-hell roguelite, build devastating ability combos, and grow from fragile to unstoppable through shifting neon labyrinths.
Wild Island
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Third-strongest match for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nicotine & Knives.
You are stranded on a mysterious island, trying to escape. A sandbox where you stack items, craft synergies, and turn simple weapons into pure power. Experiment with runes, accessories, and pets. Discover the island’s mysteries and rebuild your sanctuary to uncover what the island truly wants.
Warriors of the End
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Ranked #4 for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!
Weed Out
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Ranked #5 for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
A bullet heaven with a slot machine for a level-up. The crops have risen — mow down hordes of mutant plants, spin the reels, and build around whatever drops: buffs, curses and nearly a hundred game-warping Jokers.
Hatfinity
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Ranked #6 for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
TIME TO PUT SOME MAGIC HATS ON YOU BALDY! Hatfinity is a top down roguelike arcade experience set within a dark fantasy. Play as a powerful wizard who can combine his spells into something greater than their elements. Your choices determine whether you become the man with infinite hats!
Kill The Sea
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Ranked #7 for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Nicotine & Knives.
Sail your way to victory on a deadly campaign across the Seven Seas in a seafaring sandbox survivors-like. Hunt menacing beasts of legend, complete deliveries, win races, defend outposts, find treasures or gamble it all in an oceanic world driven by chaos, risk, and opportunity.
Mudang
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Ranked #8 for Nicotine & Knives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
The rite never ends on its own. Lay the swarming wraiths to rest, take a god into your body and hold the ground — a Korean shamanic survivors roguelite in which the run ends only when you fall.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Nicotine & Knives.
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 Adventure with Nicotine & Knives.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Nicotine & Knives.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Nicotine & Knives.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
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There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Nicotine & Knives.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nicotine & Knives.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Frequently asked about Nicotine & Knives
- What games are most similar to Nicotine & Knives?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nicotine & Knives are Talas, You Are Circle, Wild Island.
- Who developed Nicotine & Knives?
- Nicotine & Knives was developed by Nicotine & Knives.
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