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Games Like NEAR DEADline

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Casual, 2D.

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You've been playing Nintendo DS for too long and you realize there's only 5 days left to meet your animation deadline; use the paddles to bounce the Z's away long enough to stay awake and finish!

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 72 reviews
Released: 2020-08-12
Developer: Dumb ****ing Horse
Publisher: Scarecrow Arts
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    Dev: Four Pixels Games
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    Dev: Hastily Assembled
    Windows · Linux

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    Dev: simonschreibt
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    Windows
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    Dev: DORIDORI STUDIO
    Windows
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    Dev: Matt Glanville
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    88% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2025
    Dev: Goldarait
    Windows

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    89% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    75% matchMostly Positive78% of 93 reviews2020
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    73% matchVery Positive97% of 86 reviews2017
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    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2019
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    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2020
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    69% matchVery Positive86% of 93 reviews2026
    Dev: Tholus
    Windows

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    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 175 reviews2025
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    70% matchVery Positive93% of 259 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive83% of 364 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac
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    67% matchVery Positive98% of 168 reviews2025
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    74% matchMixed42% of 339 reviews2017
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    68% matchVery Positive87% of 141 reviews2025
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    70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,530 reviews2015
    Dev: Loren Lemcke
    Windows
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    69% matchVery Positive83% of 102 reviews2017
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    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,362 reviews2024
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