Games like Vacant Kingdom
If Vacant Kingdom is your kind of game, the closest matches are MechCrisis, Peace Data and Earl vs. the Mutants — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its accessible difficulty options, charming pixel art style and atmospheric. 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 Vacant Kingdom: Vacant Kingdom is a synthesis of bullet hell and story-driven action-RPG. Explore a whimsical yet desolate land and rally its adrift people by solving their problems.
Players who liked Vacant Kingdom also play
Steam players who put hours into Vacant Kingdom 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.
MechCrisis
WHY THIS
Top pick for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vacant Kingdom.
Is there any way we can protect ourselves from intelligent machines? Choose your weapon, choose your exclusive character, upgrade your skills, and enjoy 15 minutes of pigeon experience.
Peace Data
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Vacant Kingdom.
Third-strongest match for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vacant Kingdom.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
Killsquad
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vacant Kingdom.
Ranked #4 for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
Hack and slash? Check. Twin-stick-shooter? Check. 4 player coop to slay hordes of aliens & bosses with your friends? Check. Skills, upgrades, weapons, gears, talismans and more to make you stronger? Check. Wake up, bounty hunter. We have a mission for you. Time to clean up the scum of the galaxy.
Patch Quest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vacant Kingdom.
Ranked #5 for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!
Pesticide Not Required
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Vacant Kingdom.
Ranked #6 for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vacant Kingdom.
Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.
X Invader
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Vacant Kingdom.
Ranked #7 for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!
State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Vacant Kingdom.
Ranked #8 for Vacant Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
Prepare for bullet hell action and crazy driving! Your town is on fire, anarchy reigns the streets, aliens rampage in the sky! Grab your gun and join the fun!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Vacant Kingdom
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Rabi-Ribi
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell combat and an atmospheric mood with Vacant Kingdom.
Reviewers of Vacant Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
No Fear
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vacant Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vacant Kingdom.
No Fear is a top-down arena shooter in which the player has to fight against hordes of various monsters. Challenge them using various weapons. You must survive!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vacant Kingdom at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vacant Kingdom.
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 Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
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 ~63% under Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vacant Kingdom.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vacant Kingdom.
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 ~81% under Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vacant Kingdom.
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 ~88% under Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Vacant Kingdom.
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 ~63% under Vacant Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 Vacant Kingdom.
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 Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vacant Kingdom.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vacant Kingdom.
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.
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Frequently asked about Vacant Kingdom
- How much does Vacant Kingdom cost?
- Vacant Kingdom is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vacant Kingdom?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vacant Kingdom are MechCrisis, Peace Data, Earl vs. the Mutants.
- Who developed Vacant Kingdom?
- Vacant Kingdom was developed by shru.
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