Games like NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
If NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Spell, Pathway and Mortal Glory — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its freeze time tactical combat, challenging and contemplative. 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 NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics: NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up. Do space-jumps on procedurally generated boards and chase the vicious Dragons who stole all the stock of Beverage from the Galaxy!

Players who liked NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics also play
Steam players who put hours into NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics 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.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Top pick for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Pathway
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Mortal Glory
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Third-strongest match for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!
Gladiator Guild Manager
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Ranked #4 for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Ranked #5 for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it? Manage a mercenary company, scavenge supplies, build an army. Go on a quest! Burn down a village or two... Explore the rich medieval fantasy world in a mix of LOTR, Warhammer, FTL and Total War.
Templar Battleforce
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Ranked #6 for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Obsidian Prince
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Ranked #7 for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Fight through dungeons in a tactical, turn-based roguelike where choices have real consequences. Craft your backstory & inspiration decks & combine classes, skills & gear to create truly powerful heroes. Explore & rebuild Emalon in the campaign or top the highscore in a challenging roguelike mode.
Invisible, Inc.
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
"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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
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!
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Post Mortem Pixels
Other recommendable Steam games by Post Mortem Pixels, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Talk to Strangers
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Another title from Post Mortem Pixels, the studio behind NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics. Shares Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Talk to Strangers is a game of everyday survival. Survive door to door conversations ranging from bizarre to mundane (in this order) while trying to sell products to strangers. But beware: nothing is what it seems in this neighborhood.
Takara Cards
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Another title from Post Mortem Pixels, the studio behind NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Takara Cards is a unique tactical deck-builder RPG about chasing space dragons in a sci-fi fantasy universe. Create your deck as you explore sectors, fighting your way in deep puzzly combat. Every decision you make affects your Ship and Character: Each new adventure offers new surprises!
Takara Cards: Academy
WHY THIS
Another title from Post Mortem Pixels, the studio behind NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics. Shares Strategy and Indie with NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
Takara Cards: Academy is a free Prologue version of Takara Cards, a unique tactical deck-builder RPG. Chase space dragons and create your deck as you explore sectors, fighting your way in deep puzzly combat. Join the Federation Academy!
Frequently asked about NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
- How much does NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics cost?
- NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics are The Last Spell, Pathway, Mortal Glory.
- Who developed NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics?
- NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics was developed by Post Mortem Pixels and published by GrabTheGames.
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 NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.


























