Games like Nippon Marathon
If Nippon Marathon is your kind of game, the closest matches are SpeedRunners, Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu and Death Stair — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, funny and lighthearted. 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 Nippon Marathon: Crazy, physics-driven, four-player marathon across Japan. Combining classic racers like Micro Machines and the insanity of TV's Takeshi's Castle, smash through offices and shopping malls and hurl fruit at your opponents in a party game unlike anything you've played before!
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Steam players who put hours into Nippon Marathon 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.
SpeedRunners
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Nippon Marathon.
Top pick for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Cause chaos across Japan as you race through bizarre, physics‑driven obstacle courses. Hurl fruit, dodge hazards, and outsmart rivals in a competitive party racer that tests both your reflexes and friendships!
Death Stair
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Nippon Marathon.
Third-strongest match for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Missing the days of split screen multiplayer or wanting to play with actual in-person friends in the same room? Death Stair is a local multiplayer stair climbing game. Play locally with maximum three friends and race to the finish while the fourth, armed to the teeth with an arsenal of unconventional ammo types, does everything to stop...
Golfing in Aether
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Ranked #4 for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Minigolf for up to 16 players online, or 4 players via split screen. Features randomized course layout allowing you to experience something different every time you play.
Explosive Dinosaurs
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
These dinos really know how to detonate a party!
All-Star Fruit Racing
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Nippon Marathon.
Ranked #6 for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
A high-speed multiplayer racer with a unique power-up system! Combine different juices for a range of attacking and defensive abilities. Drift through looping bends. Soar over monumental jumps, and defy gravity around tubular tracks in an explosively colorful racer!
ThunderWheels
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Nippon Marathon.
Ranked #7 for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
ThunderWheels is a retro racing game with a classic top-down racing perspective plus third and first person view, realistic physics and really fun circuits full of 80's nostalgia.
Horizon Chase Turbo
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Nippon Marathon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nippon Marathon at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Nippon Marathon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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 ~47% under Nippon Marathon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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 ~60% under Nippon Marathon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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 ~74% under Nippon Marathon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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 ~47% under Nippon Marathon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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
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Priced ~47% under Nippon Marathon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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 ~74% under Nippon Marathon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
"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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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?
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 Nippon Marathon.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nippon Marathon.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Cause chaos across Japan as you race through bizarre, physics‑driven obstacle courses. Hurl fruit, dodge hazards, and outsmart rivals in a competitive party racer that tests both your reflexes and friendships!
All-Star Fruit Racing
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Nippon Marathon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
A high-speed multiplayer racer with a unique power-up system! Combine different juices for a range of attacking and defensive abilities. Drift through looping bends. Soar over monumental jumps, and defy gravity around tubular tracks in an explosively colorful racer!
Horizon Chase Turbo
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Indie with Nippon Marathon.
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
Frequently asked about Nippon Marathon
- Does Nippon Marathon run on Steam Deck?
- Nippon Marathon is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Nippon Marathon cost?
- Nippon Marathon is listed on Steam at 3.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Nippon Marathon have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Nippon Marathon supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Nippon Marathon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nippon Marathon are SpeedRunners, Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu, Death Stair.
- Who developed Nippon Marathon?
- Nippon Marathon was developed by Onion Soup Interactive and published by PQube.
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