Games like Vampire Survivors
If Vampire Survivors is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dream Survivors, Boneraiser Minions and Dungeon Survivors — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless replayability, no microtransactions and brutal. 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 →Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror action game with rogue-lite elements released in 2022 by poncle and available for $4.99. Players navigate procedurally generated stages, building skills and customizing characters through a perk system while positioning tactically against swarms of enemies. Reviewers highlight the game as offering exceptional value, with its lack of microtransactions and extensive content expansion contributing to strong replayability. The pixel-art aesthetic and retro soundtrack create an atmospheric experience that players describe as both brutal and challenging. Vampire Survivors achieved a Metacritic score of 86 and holds a 98% positive rating from over 126,000 Steam reviews, with Verified status on Steam Deck.
About Vampire Survivors: Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Players who liked Vampire Survivors also play
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Dream Survivors
WHY THIS
Top pick for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
DreamSurvivors is an action roguelike game that supports both single-player and multiplayer modes. Players will embark on a journey in the mysterious dream world, embodying their inner heroes, and striving to survive amidst the relentless onslaught of nightmare creatures.
Boneraiser Minions
WHY THIS
Shares character customization, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Vampire Survivors.
Second-strongest match for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
Dungeon Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Third-strongest match for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Dungeon Survivors is a top-down fantasy roguelite where you can use your class abilities to fight off a horde of fantasy monsters. Choose from a variety of abilities and items to create unique builds and survive with 1-4 players.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Ranked #4 for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Ranked #5 for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Extremely Powerful Capybaras
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Become the bullet hell as a Capybara in this roguelite adventure! Brave the chaos solo or with up to 4 friends, forge your path through hordes of enemies, gather capy-powering weapons & skills and embrace your inner capybara in this action-packed bullet heaven frenzy!
Entropy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Ranked #7 for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
Goobies
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Vampire Survivors.
Ranked #8 for Vampire Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Battle thousands of blobs in this roguelike auto-shooter. Travel from island to island, defeat bosses, collect and upgrade items to become more powerful and discover lag-inducing combos in an endless blobbath.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Vampire Survivors
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The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Vampire Survivors.
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
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Balatro
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Vampire Survivors.
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Vampire Survivors.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
BALL x PIT
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Vampire Survivors.
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vampire Survivors.
Pre-order to get two T-Shirt skins for Hungry Beast.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vampire Survivors.
Dracula, weak and yearning release from immortality, must reclaim his powers and defeat Satan. An epic fantasy adventure set in an expansive modern-day world!Awoken after centuries of slumber, weakened and yearning for release from his immortal bonds, Dracula must reclaim his powers and make a pact with Death, to defeat Satan and gain...
RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
WHY THIS
Shares character customization and procedural generation with Vampire Survivors.
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Vampire Survivors.
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Vampire Survivors.
Reviewers of Vampire Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Vampire Survivors.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vampire Survivors at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
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 Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Vampire Survivors.
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 Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vampire Survivors.
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 Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Vampire Survivors.
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 Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Vampire Survivors.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Vampire Survivors.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vampire Survivors.
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 Vampire Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Vampire Survivors.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vampire Survivors.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vampire Survivors.
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 Vampire Survivors.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vampire Survivors.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vampire Survivors.
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!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Vampire Survivors.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Vampire Survivors.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Boneraiser Minions
WHY THIS
Shares character customization, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Vampire Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Entropy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vampire Survivors.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vampire Survivors.
Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
Frequently asked about Vampire Survivors
- Is Vampire Survivors verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Vampire Survivors is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Vampire Survivors cost?
- Vampire Survivors is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Vampire Survivors have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Vampire Survivors supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Vampire Survivors?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vampire Survivors are Dream Survivors, Boneraiser Minions, Dungeon Survivors.
- Who developed Vampire Survivors?
- Vampire Survivors was developed by poncle.
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