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- Updated May 5, 2026
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The closest matches to NYKRA: Before: Dex, Everything, Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure, Heaven's Vault, and Manifold Garden. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Experience and Experimental, like NYKRA: Before.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
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- 2017
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- 2021
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Manifold Garden
Why this: Shares environmental puzzle solving with NYKRA: Before.
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Also Narrative and Philosophical, like NYKRA: Before.
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Also Narrative and Experimental, like NYKRA: Before.
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- Released: 2021
- Developer: ENDESGA
- Price: Free to play
- 64% of 107 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Alien alphabet feels like a real language
- Music and sound design enhance immersion
- Mystery hooks players into the narrative
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Hypnotic
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Everything
Why this: Also Experience and Experimental, like NYKRA: Before.
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as NYKRA: Before.
Manifold Garden
Why this: Shares environmental puzzle solving with NYKRA: Before.
About NYKRA: Before
The closest matches to NYKRA: Before: Dex, Everything, Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure, Heaven's Vault, and Manifold Garden. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If NYKRA: Before is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dex, Everything and Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and hypnotic, and single out its alien alphabet deciphering and environmental puzzle solving. 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.
About NYKRA: Before: A narrative-driven sci-fi platformer game, set in the first born galaxy of the Heptaverse: Nykra. You travel the ancient and abandoned planets in the hopes to find the origins of your existence.
Is NYKRA: Before worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 64% of 107 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.1 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Alien alphabet feels like a real language
- Music and sound design enhance immersion
- Mystery hooks players into the narrative
- Pixel art world feels grand despite small scale
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Nykra seems to be my kind of game, and I'm planning on purchasing it later on. At the moment, unfortunately, the game is simply broken: I've had numerous CTDs, the book inventory gets wiped out when loading a save game and I even heard a…”
“Update: PATCH_7. Still broken. Been a month since release, game is still broken. On PATCH_6, reloading your saves doesn't work, losing all progress. Game should've been released in early access, but dev chose otherwise for motivational…”
People who play it also play: Dex, Everything, Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Frequently asked about NYKRA: Before
Can I run it?
Is NYKRA: Before free to play?
Yes — NYKRA: Before is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to NYKRA: Before?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NYKRA: Before are Dex, Everything, Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure.
Who developed NYKRA: Before?
NYKRA: Before was developed by ENDESGA.