Games like V1RUZ
If V1RUZ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rem Survival, Stone Rage and Mist Survival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About V1RUZ: In V1RUZ, you see yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic in the USA. Learn how to craft weapons, tools and fight against the living and the dead to survive in this cruel, rotting world.
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Rem Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with V1RUZ.
Top pick for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Stone Rage
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with V1RUZ.
Second-strongest match for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
Stone Rage is a prehistoric, open-world survival game. Play as a Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal and shape-shift into beasts as you secure your place in a harsh landscape of dangerous animals, scarce resources, and unforgiving climates. Make friends and enemies. Build. Fight. Survive.
Mist Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building with V1RUZ.
Third-strongest match for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
The Walking Dead Onslaught
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with V1RUZ.
Ranked #4 for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
There’s no rest when survival is on the line. Step into AMC’s The Walking Dead and prepare for an onslaught of walkers as you assume the roles of your favorite characters from the show, and confront the horrors and humanity of this apocalyptic new world.
LifeZ - Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with V1RUZ.
Ranked #5 for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and resource management with V1RUZ.
Ranked #6 for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.
Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with V1RUZ.
Ranked #7 for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Jaws Of Extinction™
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with V1RUZ.
Ranked #8 for V1RUZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below V1RUZ at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with V1RUZ.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with V1RUZ.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with V1RUZ.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with V1RUZ.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Action with V1RUZ.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with V1RUZ.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under V1RUZ on Steam right now. Shares Action with V1RUZ.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with V1RUZ.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with V1RUZ.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with V1RUZ.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with V1RUZ.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with V1RUZ.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Frequently asked about V1RUZ
- How much does V1RUZ cost?
- V1RUZ is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to V1RUZ?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside V1RUZ are Rem Survival, Stone Rage, Mist Survival.
- Who developed V1RUZ?
- V1RUZ was developed by Polyverse Games and published by Polyverse Studio.
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 V1RUZ.
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