Games like Vindictus
If Vindictus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Ark, Black Desert and FINAL FANTASY XIV Online — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its combo driven mouse controls, atmospheric and challenging. 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 →Vindictus is a free-to-play action RPG developed by NEXON that launched in 2012. Players explore instance-based dungeons across various character classes, each offering distinct combat styles. The game features combo-driven combat controlled via mouse input, a crafting system, and a gear enhancement system for progression. Dodge-based gameplay creates tense encounters where players must read enemy patterns to survive. Reviewers highlight the combat as weighty and skill-based, while players note that class diversity keeps gameplay fresh throughout the experience. The game carries a 67% positive rating from over 6,800 Steam reviews. Note: Vindictus is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Vindictus: Vindictus is an Action RPG that delivers the highest level of combat mechanics and high-quality visuals. Featuring a fully interactive environment, dungeon objects and monsters become part of your arsenal. Experience unique, creative action gameplay that sets a new standard for online RPGs.
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Steam players who put hours into Vindictus 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.
Lost Ark
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vindictus.
Top pick for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vindictus.
Embark on an odyssey for the Lost Ark in a vast, vibrant world: explore new lands, seek out lost treasures, and test yourself in thrilling action combat in this action-packed free-to-play RPG.
Black Desert
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vindictus.
Second-strongest match for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vindictus.
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vindictus.
Third-strongest match for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Vindictus.
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
SoulWorker - Anime Action MMO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vindictus.
Ranked #4 for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Vindictus.
SoulWorker, free-2-play anime action MMO, combines pacy combos with a real anime feel. You’ll need excellent reactions and precise timing to take it to the merciless creatures in this post-apocalyptic world.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vindictus.
Traverse the Telvanni Peninsula in Morrowind and preserve secrets ascribed to the unfathomable realms of Apocrypha. Unlock the runic power of a brand-new class - the Arcanist - and fight to uphold reality itself.
DC Universe™ Online
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vindictus.
Ranked #6 for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vindictus.
DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.
Riders of Icarus
WHY THIS
Shares crafting system and an atmospheric mood with Vindictus.
Ranked #7 for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Vindictus.
Take the battle to the sky with fantastical flying mount combat unlike anything you’ve seen before in Riders of Icarus, the new unprecedented action-adventure MMORPG experience that lets you ride and fight on the back of the realm’s most dangerous winged beasts…dragons.
Dragon Nest
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vindictus.
Ranked #8 for Vindictus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Vindictus.
Dragon Nest is an online action role-playing game that combines the blazingly fast combat and visually stunning attacks of a console game with the epic story and role-playing elements of classic MMORPGs.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vindictus.
Reviewers of Vindictus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vindictus.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vindictus.
Reviewers of Vindictus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vindictus.
Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
WHY THIS
Shares crafting system and an atmospheric mood with Vindictus.
Reviewers of Vindictus cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Vindictus.
The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.
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More from NEXON
Other recommendable Steam games by NEXON, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Counter-Strike Nexon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vindictus.
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Vindictus.
Counter-Strike Nexon is a Free to Play MMOFPS offering competitive PvP and PvE action including content from the original Counter-Strike and all new game modes, map creation function, weapons, and hordes of Zombies!
Combat Arms: Reloaded
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vindictus.
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Vindictus.
Combat Arms is a multiplayer game, free-to-play modern first-person shooter. The game enlists players into various battlefields across the globe to face-off against other ambitious soldiers of fortune, delivering gamers a high-quality FPS with an extensive arsenal of weapons.
Atlantica Global
WHY THIS
Shares crafting system and an atmospheric mood with Vindictus.
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Action and Adventure with Vindictus.
Atlantica Global is a free-to-play (F2P) massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), with a tactical combat system. Venture out in to the world of Atlantis where you'll find otherworldly monsters, amazing gear, and even more battle-hardened adventurers like yourself.
Atlantica Europe
WHY THIS
Shares crafting system and an atmospheric mood with Vindictus.
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Action and Adventure with Vindictus.
Atlantica Europe is a free-to-play (F2P) massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), with a tactical combat system. Venture out in to the world of Atlantis where you'll find otherworldly monsters, amazing gear, and even more battle-hardened adventurers like yourself.
Luminary Online: Rise of the GoonZu
WHY THIS
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Vindictus.
Luminary: Rise of the GoonZu is a free-to-play MMORPG. It's game play features has wide interaction to players with a focus on economics and politics. Engage in a variety of adventures such as defeating monsters, summoning, crafting, participating in market trade, managing stocks & electing leaders.
Warhaven
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vindictus.
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Action with Vindictus.
Warhaven is a free-to-play, big team PVP medieval-fantasy warfare game. Choose your soldier, lead your squad into combat, and incarnate as a powerful Immortal to turn the tide of war!
NAKWON: LAST PARADISE
WHY THIS
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Action and RPG with Vindictus.
NAKWON is a multiplayer zombie survival game set in urban South Korea. Venture into the city in the dead of night, and manage your shelter by day. Scavenge resources in a city crawling with the infected and hostile survivors. Survival is the only rule - trust no one, not even the living.
Embers of the Uncrowned
WHY THIS
Another title from NEXON, the studio behind Vindictus. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Vindictus.
Embers of the Uncrowned is a dark fantasy MMORPG where fast-paced, satisfying isometric view combat meets brutal, gory visuals. In an epic tale drenched in human blood at the hands of elven invaders, embark on a journey to reignite the house's last ember of hope.
Frequently asked about Vindictus
- Does Vindictus work on Steam Deck?
- Vindictus is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Is Vindictus free to play?
- Yes — Vindictus is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Vindictus have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Vindictus supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Vindictus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vindictus are Lost Ark, Black Desert, FINAL FANTASY XIV Online.
- Who developed Vindictus?
- Vindictus was developed by NEXON and published by NEXON America Inc..
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