Games like Vector Prospector
If Vector Prospector is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Mercenary Defense Force, Hyper Sphere and Eyeb — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Vector Prospector: Vector Prospector is an arcade action roguelite with simple, precise movement that rewards skill and quick thinking. Unlock powerups and ships to explore the caverns beneath an alien world, collect the five green gems, and escape alive.
Players who liked Vector Prospector also play
Steam players who put hours into Vector Prospector also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Space Mercenary Defense Force
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Top pick for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Defend against the alien invasion and take down the mother ship! Utilise branching upgrade trees, unlock new ships, and equip permanent upgrades to create your own unique build and defeat the growing hordes of invaders in this sci-fi action roguelike!
Hyper Sphere
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Hyper Sphere is a high-octane roguelite bullet hell where you shoot, parry and dodge through waves of evil cubes. Combine a wide variety of wacky items to create broken builds, parry projectiles back at your enemies, and defeat the final boss.
Eyeb
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Eyeb is an action packed tower defense-like that pits a young space cadet's bionic eyeball against a harrowing nano-bot invasion. Push out, explore, power up and drop a trillion towers for the glory of facing off with the diabolical Nano-Lord. You can also go fishing in space.
RAD
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Ranked #4 for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.
PositronX
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Ranked #5 for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
PositronX is a futuristic rogue-lite fps featuring fast-paced combat, creative movement, time control mechanics and breathtaking visuals, each playthrough giving you a unique experience.
Heavy Bullets
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
Astral Ascent
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
Dunjungle
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Ranked #8 for Vector Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vector Prospector at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~63% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~69% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
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.
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~50% under Vector Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Astral Ascent
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
Dunjungle
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Vector Prospector.
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Frequently asked about Vector Prospector
- How much does Vector Prospector cost?
- Vector Prospector is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vector Prospector?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vector Prospector are Space Mercenary Defense Force, Hyper Sphere, Eyeb.
- Who developed Vector Prospector?
- Vector Prospector was developed by SpinAttack 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 Vector Prospector.
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