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Noobs Are Coming

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!

What works

  • Addictive gameplay loop with many unlockables
  • Creative and varied character and weapon synergies
  • Strong co-op support and community engagement
  • Humorous and charming art style and soundtrack
  • Active and responsive developer

Things to keep in mind

  • Some ui and clarity issues in early access
  • Limited enemy and environment variety
  • Balance and progression polish needed
  • Visual clutter in late waves
  • Co-op mode can be buggy or limited currently

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sephiria

  • Vivid World

  • UnderMine 2

  • Streets of Rogue

  • The Crackpet Show

  • Heroes of Hammerwatch II

Less social

Games that feels like Noobs Are Coming but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Halls of Torment: Prelude

  • Reality Break

  • Garden of Witches

  • Little Witch Survivors

  • Genome Guardian 2

  • Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Noobs Are Coming but with less narrative immersion

  • Brotato

  • DunHero

  • Portal Dungeon

  • Entropy Survivors

  • Temtem: Swarm

  • Blazing Beaks

More competitive

Games that feels like Noobs Are Coming but with more competition against others

  • Inkbound

  • Bounty of One

  • Full Mojo Rampage

  • Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens

  • Ember Knights

  • Shard Squad

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Noobs Are Coming. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Noobs Are Coming. These titles are not in What to play next.

Noobs Are Coming: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026