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Games like Nexus - The Jupiter Incident

If Nexus - The Jupiter Incident is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Menace, Homeworld Remastered Collection and Gratuitous Space Battles — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its detailed briefings enhance immersion, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident: Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."

2007StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDMetacritic 77Windowsby Mithis Games
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Steam players who put hours into Nexus - The Jupiter Incident 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. Space Menace

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Top pick for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Space Menace is a sci-fi space RTS and battle game. You play as a space captain, seeking fortune and glory as you see fit. Leave your mark on the world and determine the fate of the galaxy with your decisions.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Homeworld Remastered Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Second-strongest match for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

    2015StrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Gratuitous Space Battles

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

    2009StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Ranked #4 for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.

    2016Strategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Star Command Galaxies

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Ranked #5 for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Aliens: Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Ranked #6 for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

    2023ActionStrategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Battlevoid: Sector Siege

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Ranked #7 for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. BattleGroupVR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Ranked #8 for Nexus - The Jupiter Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.

    2023ActionStrategySimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Nexus - The Jupiter Incident

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Homeworld Remastered Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Reviewers of Nexus - The Jupiter Incident cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

    2015StrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Freespace 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Reviewers of Nexus - The Jupiter Incident cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.

    2014Action24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Reviewers of Nexus - The Jupiter Incident cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Reviewers of Nexus - The Jupiter Incident cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Reviewers of Nexus - The Jupiter Incident cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

    2022StrategySimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nexus - The Jupiter Incident at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexus - The Jupiter Incident on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    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 ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nexus - The Jupiter Incident

Does Nexus - The Jupiter Incident work on Steam Deck?
Nexus - The Jupiter Incident is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Nexus - The Jupiter Incident cost?
Nexus - The Jupiter Incident is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Nexus - The Jupiter Incident have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Nexus - The Jupiter Incident supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Nexus - The Jupiter Incident?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nexus - The Jupiter Incident are Space Menace, Homeworld Remastered Collection, Gratuitous Space Battles.
Who developed Nexus - The Jupiter Incident?
Nexus - The Jupiter Incident was developed by Mithis Games and published by HandyGames.

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 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident.

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