Games like VXE
If VXE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sundered Soul: Chains of the Undying, BLOODY HELL 2 and MECHIEVAL — 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 VXE: You are the virus. Slide, dash, and delete hostile processes in a violent ballet of pixel art and display shattering action. Customize circuit boards, summon hordes of digital familiars, and achieve ascension in this crunchy love letter to 90s shareware and modern bullet heavens.
Players who liked VXE also play
Steam players who put hours into VXE 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.
Sundered Soul: Chains of the Undying
WHY THIS
Top pick for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with VXE.
Sundered Soul: Chains of the Undying is a fast-paced twin-stick action roguelite focused on manual aiming, dodging, and skill-based combat. Choose from 9 distinct classes with unique playstyles. Fight to break an eternal curse—where every victory is earned and every mistake is lethal.
BLOODY HELL 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
Pulverize demons as a small Angel wielding a GIANT DEMONIC HAMMER! Explore Hell's deepest layers, and uncover the truth of how Heaven fell in this Bullet-Hell Metroidvania. Will you succeed, or die in the chaotic depths of BLOODY HELL 2?
MECHIEVAL
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
The twilight of the plague-ravaged Middle Ages. Pilot a five-story-high mech, unleashing torrents of ammunition, dancing with magic, and hunting the demons spreading pestilence in this frenzied top-down shooter.
PUNK
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
PUNK is an open world bullet hell action roguelike. Fight vicious creatures, explore diverse biomes, hone your movement skills, manage resources, tinker with weapons and gadgets to upgrade your tiny ship until you become the apex predator of this strange, alien world.
Katanaut
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
Slavania
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
Fantasy metroidvania with a moral choice and hunting the bosses who are not going to patiently wait for you in their lair. Study the monsters. Track'em. Kill'em. Exploration of the vast interconnected fairytale world, an acrobatic combat system and weird locals are what awaits you.
Genome Guardian 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with VXE.
COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic shooter with macroscopic depth. BUILD YOUR NANOBOT from hundreds of parts. SURVIVE the microbial onslaught once more in this psychedelic dive to the Abyss, full of mutations, minerals, anomalies and powerup polyps. SHMUP mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!
Salt and Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for VXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with VXE.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with VXE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with VXE.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with VXE.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with VXE.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Frequently asked about VXE
- What games are most similar to VXE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VXE are Sundered Soul: Chains of the Undying, BLOODY HELL 2, MECHIEVAL.
- Who developed VXE?
- VXE was developed by NerveQuake Software Inc..
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 VXE.
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