What is the best game similar to Nex Machina?

The closest game to Nex Machina is Ultimate Chicken Horse, scoring 87/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Nex Machina?

The three closest games to Nex Machina are: 1. Ultimate Chicken Horse (87/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Helldivers (84/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Nuclear Throne (82/100, 11 shared attributes). All share Nex Machina's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 14 dimensions.

Is Helldivers similar to Nex Machina?

Yes, very much so — Helldivers scores 84/100 similarity to Nex Machina. They share 11 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Nex Machina?

The best Shooter games similar to Nex Machina are Ultimate Chicken Horse, Helldivers, Nuclear Throne and Brotato. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Nex Machina attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay.

How is similarity to Nex Machina calculated?

We compare Nex Machina against every game in our catalog using 14 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Nex Machina experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

If Nex Machina left you wanting more, this list of 47 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — shooter, punishing difficulty and melee combat — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 14 attributes. Ultimate Chicken Horse comes closest (87/100).

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Nex Machina. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Ultimate Chicken HorseClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

MultiplayerOfflineCo-opSoloPvPMeleeHardcoreCompetitive

Steam👍 96%· 52KRAWG👍 89%· 228IGDB79· 5OC79· 23

Year 2016Dev NVIDIA Lightspeed Studios · Clever Endeavour GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, racing gameplay and adventure storytelling, while skipping setting scifi

Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together? Wish Granted! Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer where you and your friends build the level as you play, placing deadly traps before trying to reach the end of the level.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals.

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#2HelldiversClosest on visuals

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

Co-opOfflineMultiplayerSoloMeleeHardcoreSci-FiIsometricTop-Down

Steam👍 90%· 33KIGDB84· 6OC83· 45

Year 2015Dev Arrowhead Game Studios · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, setting space and online features, while skipping competitive edge

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeHardcoreSci-FiIsometricTop-Down

Steam👍 96%· 20KRAWG👍 83%· 301IGDB84· 4OC86· 24

Year 2015Dev VlambeerPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling, while skipping competitive edge

Nuclear Throne is a top-down roguelike shooter, set in a post-apocalyptic universe. ###Plot and features The game has a sole objective: to reach the famed Nuclear Throne. The player controls one of the many mutated characters.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: setting.

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#4Brotato

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeHardcoreSci-FiIsometricTop-Down

Steam👍 96%· 114KRAWG👍 84%· 142OC75· 6

Year 2022Dev BlobfishPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, survival mechanics and deep RPG systems, while skipping competitive edge

A spaceship from Potato World crashes onto an alien planet. The sole survivor: Brotato, the only potato capable of handling 6 weapons at the same time. Waiting to be rescued by his mates, Brotato must survive in this hostile environment.

Released 5 years after Nex Machina.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeHardcore

Steam👍 88%· 3.9KIGDB80· 1

Year 1999Dev SNKOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Both are arena shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, adventure storytelling and visual 2d, while skipping competitive edge

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals.

It predates Nex Machina by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Quake LiveClosest on tone

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

MultiplayerSoloPvPMeleeCompetitiveHardcoreSci-Fi

Steam👍 87%· 16K

Year 2010Dev id SoftwareOn PC

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and competitive edge

≠ Its own twist: visual first person and free to play, while skipping setting cyberpunk

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals.

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#7Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeHardcoreSci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 3.4KRAWG👍 85%· 603MC87IGDB83· 3

Year 2001Dev Croteam · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Nintendo

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, while skipping competitive edge

Arena combat at absurd scale: dozens of enemies charging in open Egyptian ruins, with backpedalling and crowd control as the entire skill set. The cannon and minigun are gloriously heavy. There is almost no variety beyond that — no puzzles, minimal level design, and the loop of holding a corridor against a horde repeats for the full runtime.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals.

It predates Nex Machina by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeHardcoreIsometricTop-Down

Steam👍 95%· 89KRAWG👍 82%· 1.1KMC84IGDB83· 13OC84· 79

Year 2016Dev Dodge Roll · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are arena shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, roguelike runs and deep RPG systems, while skipping competitive edge

Enter the Gungeon is a twin-stick roguelike shooter. The game takes place in a planet inhabited by living bullets. You play as one of six adventurers trying entering a considerable fortress to find a gun that can destroy one’s past. The gameplay represents a mix of bullet-hell and dungeon crawler.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: setting and combat.

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Steam GOG Epic

#9Cuphead

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeHardcoreIsometric

Steam👍 96%· 209KRAWG👍 91%· 2.0KMC87IGDB87· 17OC88· 214

Year 2017Dev Studio MDHR · StudioMDHR EntertainmentPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and action RPG combat, while skipping competitive edge

Hand-drawn 2D platformer in the style of 30s cartoons. 2D Dark Souls as the fans refer to the difficulty of this one. It took developers 6 years to create and polish their magnum opus. Cuphead is a classic run and gun adventure that heavily emphasizes on boss battles.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: setting and combat.

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#10Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeHardcoreSci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 38KRAWG👍 90%· 57

Year 2016Dev Doborog GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: fighting mechanics, deep simulation and deep RPG systems, while skipping competitive edge

CONGRATULATIONS HUMAN! 🤖 Apologies for the brief agony while we harvested your mind. But now your thought patterns are safely encased in this sleek, shiny robot! With a laser sword. SURVIVE AND PERHAPS YOU WILL EARN UPGRADES. GOOD LUCK IN THE ARENA.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

MultiplayerSoloPvPOfflineMeleeHardcoreIsometric

Steam👍 97%· 925

Year 2020Dev mino_devPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Nintendo

✓ Both are arena shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Stands apart with fighting mechanics, cozy, relaxing feel and combat magic, while skipping competitive edge

Maiden & Spell is a one-on-one magical girl aerial projectile battler, featuring a colorful cast of ladies fighting with fantastic spells. Battling with magic is simple! Fire your spells, hit your opponent, and don't get hit yourself!

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: setting.

Released 3 years after Nex Machina.

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#12Doom

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeHardcoreSci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 218KIGDB87· 28

Year 2016Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping competitive edge

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals and setting.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerPvPMeleeCompetitiveHardcoreSci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 4.0KRAWG👍 90%· 530IGDB87· 3

Year 1999Dev id Software · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and competitive edge

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and visual first person, while skipping setting cyberpunk

The third game in the genre of first-person shooter in a series of Quake. Unlike previous games in the series, the game is focused on a multiplayer mode, and does not have a full-fledged single-player campaign.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals and combat.

It predates Nex Machina by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#14The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMeleeHardcoreIsometric

Steam👍 97%· 392KRAWG👍 87%· 1.2KMC86IGDB95· 2OC87· 27

Year 2014Dev NicalisPlaytime ~31hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, deep RPG systems and puzzle design, while skipping competitive edge

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a remake of The Binding of Isaac. The plot is based on a biblical story. Little Isaac and his mother live happily in a small house on the hill. And suddenly the mother heard a voice, which told her that her son is defiled by sins and must be saved.

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: setting and visuals.

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#15Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreArena FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeHardcoreSci-Fi

Steam👍 93%· 8.8KIGDB74· 2

Year 2009Dev Croteam · Devolver DigitalOn PC

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and online features, while skipping competitive edge

Where it drifts furthest from Nex Machina: visuals.

It predates Nex Machina by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Complete list of Nex Machina alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Nex Machina, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Astro Duel 2

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Returnal

Shooter · FPS

Roboquest

Shooter · FPS

Paint the Town Red

Shooter · FPS

Postal

Shooter · FPS

Ruiner

Shooter · FPS

SCP: Secret Laboratory

Shooter · FPS

Blazing Chrome

Shooter · FPS

Star Wars Battlefront

Shooter · FPS

MDK2

Shooter · FPS

SuperHot: Mind Control Delete

Shooter · FPS

Metal Slug

Shooter · FPS

Hard Reset

Shooter · FPS

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Shooter · FPS

Hotline Miami

Shooter · FPS

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Shooter · FPS

BLUE REVOLVER

Shooter · FPS

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

Shooter · FPS

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Shooter · FPS

The Expendabros

Shooter · FPS

Cave Story+

Shooter · FPS

Red Faction

Shooter · FPS

Downwell

Shooter · FPS

The Void Rains Upon Her Heart

Shooter · FPS

Syndicate

Shooter · FPS

Mafia

Shooter · FPS

The Binding of Isaac

Shooter · FPS

Unreal II: The Awakening

Shooter · FPS

Neon White

Shooter · FPS

Hitman: Contracts

Shooter · FPS

Defy Gravity Extended

Shooter · FPS

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Shooter · FPS

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Nex Machina?: The closest game to Nex Machina is Ultimate Chicken Horse, scoring 87/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Nex Machina?: The three closest games to Nex Machina are: 1. Ultimate Chicken Horse (87/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Helldivers (84/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Nuclear Throne (82/100, 11 shared attributes). All share Nex Machina's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 14 dimensions.
Is Helldivers similar to Nex Machina?: Yes, very much so — Helldivers scores 84/100 similarity to Nex Machina. They share 11 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Shooter games are similar to Nex Machina?: The best Shooter games similar to Nex Machina are Ultimate Chicken Horse, Helldivers, Nuclear Throne and Brotato. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Nex Machina attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay.
How is similarity to Nex Machina calculated?: We compare Nex Machina against every game in our catalog using 14 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Nex Machina experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.