Games like The Banished Vault
If The Banished Vault is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mutiny Island, Altwaldheim: Town in Turmoil and Rogue Station — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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.
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Steam players who put hours into The Banished Vault 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.
Mutiny Island
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
Live like a pirate. Die like a pirate. Repeat! Mutiny Island is an open-world style pirate-themed game with light survival and RPG mechanics. Explore the Arbor Ocean at your own pace as you devise a plan to reclaim your ship, The Red Dawn, by any means!
Altwaldheim: Town in Turmoil
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with The Banished Vault.
Second-strongest match for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Be the mayor of this great old town! Construct buildings, recruit soldiers and send them to war. Will you be able to keep Altwaldheim safe?
Rogue Station
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Banished Vault.
Third-strongest match for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Starport Delta
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Banished Vault.
Ranked #4 for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...
The Last Spell: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares a punishing mood with The Banished Vault.
Ranked #5 for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Experience the first five days of The Last Spell. Lead a team of hardened heroes to defend the last bastion of humanity against hordes of monsters in this turn-based tactical RPG immersed in roguelite mechanics.
Farlanders
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with The Banished Vault.
Ranked #6 for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Banished Vault.
Ranked #7 for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with The Banished Vault.
Ranked #8 for The Banished Vault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Banished Vault at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Banished Vault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
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 ~40% under The Banished Vault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~40% under The Banished Vault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Banished Vault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
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 ~52% under The Banished Vault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
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 ~55% under The Banished Vault on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
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.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
SCP – Containment Breach
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Kingdom: Classic
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Endless Sky
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Realm Grinder
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Antimatter Dimensions
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!
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Frequently asked about The Banished Vault
- Is The Banished Vault verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Banished Vault 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 The Banished Vault cost?
- The Banished Vault is listed on Steam at 16.74 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Banished Vault?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Banished Vault are Mutiny Island, Altwaldheim: Town in Turmoil, Rogue Station.
- Who developed The Banished Vault?
- The Banished Vault was developed by Lunar Division and published by Bithell Games.
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