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Games like Nexuiz

If Nexuiz is your kind of game, the closest matches are TOXIKK™, Rise of the Triad and Turbo Overkill — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its epic, intense and nostalgic. 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 Nexuiz: "STUPID mode", the new DLC, along with the "Duel Mode DLC" are now both free and have been added to Nexuiz!

2012Action9.99 USDMetacritic 54Windowsby IllFonic
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Players who liked Nexuiz also play

Steam players who put hours into Nexuiz 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. TOXIKK™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Nexuiz.

    Top pick for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    FRAG LIKE IT'S 1999! TOXIKK plays as if today's military shooters never existed: Designed as a spiritual successor to the FPS giants of the late 90s and early 2ks, TOXIKK carefully evolves their mechanics with modern technology and fresh ideas elaborated with Arena-FPS enthusiasts.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rise of the Triad

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Nexuiz.

    Second-strongest match for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.

    2013Action14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Turbo Overkill

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Strike Vector

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Ranked #4 for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    "Strike Vector is gorgeous shooter with strong mechanics and lots of customisation" 7.7/10 – IGN"it more than makes up for by being a gorgeous, intensely competitive experience that matches its aesthetic appeal with pure shooter satisfaction"– 7.

    2014ActionIndieSteam ↗
  5. Quake Live

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Ranked #5 for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.

    2014Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Drunken Robot Pornography

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Ranked #6 for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Bullet-hell, boss-battle, first-person shooter, with giant-robots, martinis and jetpacks. YES. Drink the cocktails. Fight the titans. Make your own Titans. Drink your friend's cocktails.

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sanctum

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Ranked #7 for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Unreal Tournament 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Nexuiz.

    Ranked #8 for Nexuiz fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Now includes the free Titan Pack expansion! The Titan Pack gives players a substantial amount of enhanced features and new content, including many original environments, new gametypes, the namesake Titan mutator, powerful deployables and weapons, new characters, and the Stealthbender.

    2009ActionDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Nexuiz

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. Team Fortress 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Nexuiz.

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

    2007ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Quake

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Xotic

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Rack up huge scores by shooting enemies, detonating chain reactions, and discovering secret power-ups and point multipliers

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Nexuiz.

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...

    2008ActionDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Quake Champions

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.

    2022ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Quake III Arena

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Nexuiz.

    Reviewers of Nexuiz cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.

    2007Action14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    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 ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    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 ↗
  4. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    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 ↗
  6. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    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 ↗
  8. Half-Life: Opposing Force

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Nexuiz on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

    1999Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 ↗
  4. Hog Hunter 2021

    WHY THIS

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

    Hog hunter is a short atmospheric game about catching hogs out in the wild, be careful though not everything in the woods is safe...

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike 2

    WHY THIS

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

    For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

    WHY THIS

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

    Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.

    2015ActionFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Team Fortress 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Nexuiz.

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

    Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

    2007ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Unturned

    WHY THIS

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

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from IllFonic

Other recommendable Steam games by IllFonic, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Friday the 13th: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Another title from IllFonic, the studio behind Nexuiz. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!

    2017ActionSteam ↗
  2. Predator: Hunting Grounds

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Another title from IllFonic, the studio behind Nexuiz. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Hunt or be hunted in this asymmetrical multiplayer shooter that pits man against Predator. As part of a Fireteam, complete missions before the Predator finds you. Or be the Predator and hunt your prey.

    2021Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Another title from IllFonic, the studio behind Nexuiz. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Plan your own alien invasion and harvest humans as the iconic Killer Klowns, or gather a team of survivors to fight the extraterrestrial threat, in a game based on the ‘80s cult classic movie. Welcome to a new, craazzy take on the asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience!

    2024Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Nexuiz.

    Another title from IllFonic, the studio behind Nexuiz. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    This is an asymmetrical game of hide and seek. In true form to IllFonic’s past titles, this title is a 4v1 setup where players will either play as part of a team of new Ghostbusters or a singular Ghost.

    2023ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Arcadegeddon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Another title from IllFonic, the studio behind Nexuiz. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Rise up and play with up to three friends in this ever-evolving cooperative multiplayer, roguelite shooter. Explore multiple biomes, mini games, find hidden chests, and defeat numerous enemies and bosses.

    2023ActionAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dead Alliance™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Nexuiz.

    Another title from IllFonic, the studio behind Nexuiz. Shares Action with Nexuiz.

    Dead Alliance™ is a fast-paced, multiplayer first-person zombie shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world, where former military bases have been turned into the only remaining city-states.

    2017ActionViolentGoreSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nexuiz

How much does Nexuiz cost?
Nexuiz is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Nexuiz have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Nexuiz supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Nexuiz?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nexuiz are TOXIKK™, Rise of the Triad, Turbo Overkill.
Who developed Nexuiz?
Nexuiz was developed by IllFonic and published by IllFonic, Psyop Games.

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