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Games like The Nose

If The Nose is your kind of game, the closest matches are Medieval Story, MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH and Diary of Defender — 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 The Nose: Experience Gogol’s bizarre world while wandering around his bizarre words!

2017IndieAdventureViolentGore2.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Three Percent Games
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Players who liked The Nose also play

Steam players who put hours into The Nose 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. Medieval Story

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    An action adventure game taking place in a medieval world. Venture down dark forests paths, explore damp caves and abandoned dungeons. Use your wits or fight your way to fame and fortune.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    There are lots of exciting experiences and tasks waiting for you in the game. Do you like the tasks to be solved? Do you like excitement when someone is chasing you and you need to find the key to the mystery? Then this game is for you. We are continually developing and engaging in more and more puzzles and tasks.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Diary of Defender

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    Into the game, you will become a defender, return to the age of war, defense the enemy wave of attack.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Uventa

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Violent with The Nose.

    The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.

    2018IndieViolentGore0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rage Wars

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    Get prepared for the FIRST EVER shooter game based on Rage Comics ! Rage Wars is a well-made action game with a variety of weapons, worlds and enemies to challenge with.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Nukklerma: Robot Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    One year after the plasma nuclear annihilation on Earth, it became clear that there is no rescue in sight and most survivors gave up the last hope. But Elon believes in the salvation of the dead planet and follows an indefinable buzz into drains.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Seed Of The Arcane , Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    Seed of the Arcane is an open world, action role play game, set in the fantasy world of Magion Islands, where magic and steel determine the future.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dogolrax

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Nose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    You awake on an unknown planet with amnesia. What are those horrific monsters? Who are these mysterious priestesses? Inspired by cult classics such as "Another World", "Flashback" and others, Dogolrax aims to surprise you in ways few games have.

    2017IndieAdventureViolent4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Nose at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Nose.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nose.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nose.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nose.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nose.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Nose on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Nose.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Nose.

    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 ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    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. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 The Nose.

    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 ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Nose.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Nose

How much does The Nose cost?
The Nose is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Nose?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Nose are Medieval Story, MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH, Diary of Defender.
Who developed The Nose?
The Nose was developed by Three Percent 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 The Nose.

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