Games like Vertical Kingdom
If Vertical Kingdom is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cat Guardian, Cardboard Town and WAGON — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and relaxing. 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 Vertical Kingdom: There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally reaching for the sky with each city. Lead expeditions to gather resources, construct metropolises, and build ever upwards!
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Steam players who put hours into Vertical 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.
Cat Guardian
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Top pick for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Cat Guardian is a flexible card game blending tower defense and survival. Manage resources, build, and strategize to protect the Tree of Hope from zombies. Can the cats of Meowx Planet succeed in their mission and survive? It’s up to you!
Cardboard Town
WHY THIS
Shares deck building with Vertical Kingdom.
Second-strongest match for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
WAGON
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Third-strongest match for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
WAGON is a 1-bit card game where you make tough decisions to try and survive winter on the Oregon Trail.
Terracards
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Ranked #4 for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.
Dawnfolk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Ranked #5 for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Landnama
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Ranked #6 for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.
Deck of Haunts
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Ranked #7 for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Kingdom's Deck
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Ranked #8 for Vertical Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Vertical Kingdom
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares deck building with Vertical Kingdom.
Reviewers of Vertical Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
SteamWorld Build
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Reviewers of Vertical Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Kingdom Two Crowns
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Reviewers of Vertical Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
ISLANDERS
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Reviewers of Vertical Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Reviewers of Vertical Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Dorfromantik
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Reviewers of Vertical Kingdom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vertical Kingdom at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Vertical Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vertical Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vertical Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Vertical Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Vertical Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Vertical Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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 Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vertical 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?
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
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 with Vertical 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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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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.
Dawnfolk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Landnama
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Vertical Kingdom.
Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.
Deck of Haunts
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with Vertical Kingdom.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Kingdom.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Frequently asked about Vertical Kingdom
- Is Vertical Kingdom verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Vertical Kingdom 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 Vertical Kingdom cost?
- Vertical Kingdom is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vertical Kingdom?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vertical Kingdom are Cat Guardian, Cardboard Town, WAGON.
- Who developed Vertical Kingdom?
- Vertical Kingdom was developed by Farlight Games Industry and published by indie.io.
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 Vertical Kingdom.
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