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NIMRODS

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2024

Should you play it?

Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!

What works

  • Extensive gun customization and build variety
  • Large persistent map with exploration
  • Engaging combat and progression
  • Innovative drone companion mechanic
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Performance issues with high projectile counts
  • Some balance and difficulty spikes
  • Grindy resource and upgrade system
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative play
  • Limited tutorial and ui clarity

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Vampire Survivors

  • Scarlet Tower

  • Magic Rune Stone

  • Sea of Survivors

  • I Am Legion: Stand Survivors

  • Touhou Blooming Chaos 2

More story-driven

Games that feels like NIMRODS but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Crashlands

  • In Celebration of Violence

  • Reality Break

  • Enter the Chronosphere

  • Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy

  • Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Less exploratory

Games that feels like NIMRODS but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • Demon Hunt

  • GunSuit Guardians

  • Ketz: Galactic Overlords

  • Soulstone Survivors

  • Infinite Tao

  • Time Wasters

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

NIMRODS: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 04/08/2026