Games like Helios
Below are 15 hand-picked alternatives to Helios for fans of indie, adventure, massively multiplayer, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Helios also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Helios: Helios is a social VR and Desktop framework for you to create your dream worlds and avatars.
Players who liked Helios also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Neos VR
Top pick for Helios fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Welcome to the metaverse! A shared social universe where both casual users and creators coexist. Play and explore with your friends, collaborate with your coworkers or grab powerful building tools and create something new right inside VR.
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Rec Room
Second-strongest match for Helios fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
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VRChat
Third-strongest match for Helios fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.
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VR Triber
Ranked #4 for Helios fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
VR Triber is a VR online multiplayer social platform, where you can meet, communicate with and play with users from all over the world. You can also share your panorama with others to let them experience your world here.
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BadLads
Ranked #5 for Helios fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
BadLads is a neo-noir multiplayer roleplay game centered around each player having their own job. Cities are ruled by President. Civilians are assaulted by Gangs and protected by Police. Adventure, collect, craft, base build, gamble, socialize, overthrow, customize yourself and your belongings.
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Artemishea
Ranked #7 for Helios fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
Step into an unforgiving world of danger and fight to survive as you compete among other players to stay alive. Play as an animal and take down large prey while you progress along in your life. Hunt, survive and thrive in this land.
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GangV | VR & PC Battle Royale
Ranked #8 for Helios fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and Early Access with Helios.
Made for PC and VR featuring an Online Open World. A Battle Royale unlike any other with traffic, crowds, and law enforcement! Steal money, equipment, and vehicles and face the consequences. Hide among civilians to kill your opponents.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Helios
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.
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VRChat
Reviewers of Helios cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.
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ChilloutVR
Reviewers of Helios cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Helios.
ChilloutVR is a social sandbox game enabling players and content creators to create, share and explore content in a massive multiplayer metaverse alone, with friends or anyone around the world. Meet new people and explore virtual worlds together. Playable with and without a VR-Headset.
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Neos VR
Reviewers of Helios cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Welcome to the metaverse! A shared social universe where both casual users and creators coexist. Play and explore with your friends, collaborate with your coworkers or grab powerful building tools and create something new right inside VR.
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Oasis
Reviewers of Helios cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Helios.
Oasis is a relaxed environmental strategy game, where players transform the barren sandy land into a prosperous and balanced ecosystem by planting various plants, providing living spaces for various organisms, and bringing life back to the dead world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Rec Room
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
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VRChat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.
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VR Triber
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
VR Triber is a VR online multiplayer social platform, where you can meet, communicate with and play with users from all over the world. You can also share your panorama with others to let them experience your world here.
Head-to-head comparisons
Frequently asked about Helios
- Does Helios run on Steam Deck?
- Helios is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Does Helios have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Helios supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Helios?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Helios are Neos VR, Rec Room, VRChat.
- Who developed Helios?
- Helios was developed by Helm Boy Studios and published by Interdiction Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Helios.
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