Games like VVVVV
If VVVVV is your kind of game, the closest matches are HAMISH, Blood Harvest 3 and Aborigenus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its generous checkpoint system, gravity flip changes everything and level design rewards creativity. 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 VVVVV: VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
Players who liked VVVVV also play
Steam players who put hours into VVVVV 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.
HAMISH
WHY THIS
Top pick for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Hamish is a fast-paced, momentum-driven action platformer where every step could be your last. Run, jump, and grapple your way through rising lava, snowy peaks, neon-lit cities, and more, mastering speed and precision while taking down ruthless enemies.
Blood Harvest 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VVVVV.
Second-strongest match for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Aborigenus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VVVVV.
Third-strongest match for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Aborigenus is a small adventure platformer with RPG-elements in a primal world. Hunt the aggressive fauna, learn new abilities and fight with the whole enemy army. Choose who you are - a shaman, a warrior or a hunter. Can you save the flying islands from the evil?
Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with VVVVV.
Ranked #4 for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VVVVV.
Ranked #5 for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with VVVVV.
Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!
1 Screen Platformer
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with VVVVV.
Ranked #6 for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
Volgarr the Viking
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with VVVVV.
Ranked #7 for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
Odallus: The Dark Call
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VVVVV.
Ranked #8 for VVVVV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below VVVVV at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with VVVVV.
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 ~75% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with VVVVV.
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 ~83% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with VVVVV.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under VVVVV on Steam right now. Shares Indie with VVVVV.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VVVVV.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with VVVVV.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with VVVVV.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VVVVV.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from BekkerDev Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by BekkerDev Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Deep Despair
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VVVVV.
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind VVVVV. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Blood Harvest 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VVVVV.
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind VVVVV. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Blood Harvest 2
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind VVVVV. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
A HARDCORE platform game with lots of enemies, blood and explosions!
Super Blasting Boy
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind VVVVV. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
Deep Despair 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with VVVVV.
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind VVVVV. Shares Indie and Adventure with VVVVV.
Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.
Risk of Pain
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind VVVVV. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Risk of Pain is a hardcore puzzle platformer that challenges you to complete many challenging levels. Use parkour, wit and luck to avoid dying! Are you ready to take a risk?!
Deep Despair 3
WHY THIS
Another title from BekkerDev Studio, the studio behind VVVVV. Shares Action and Indie with VVVVV.
Deep Despair 3 is an open-world survival action-adventure with RPG elements! Fight, survive, dig, build, explore vast worlds, engage in farming, breed animals, gather resources, and level up to the max!
Frequently asked about VVVVV
- How much does VVVVV cost?
- VVVVV is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to VVVVV?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VVVVV are HAMISH, Blood Harvest 3, Aborigenus.
- Who developed VVVVV?
- VVVVV was developed by BekkerDev Studio.
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