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Games like Veil of Madness

If Veil of Madness is your kind of game, the closest matches are SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld, My Only Heroes and Rune in the Three Kingdoms — picked from the ranked list below. 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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About Veil of Madness: In Veil of Madness, the mind is the battlefield and your deck is your only weapon. Plunged into a first-person nightmare, you'll battle horrors without and madness within through strategic card combat and harrowing psychological mystery.

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindowsby Stormling Studios
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Players who liked Veil of Madness also play

Steam players who put hours into Veil of Madness 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.

  1. SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Veil of Madness.

    SIN CARDS is a permadeath Horror Deckbuilder. Craft powerful items, master the dark power of Sin Cards, and shape your build through a skilltree. Every decision counts. The Netherworld awaits you...

    2025RPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. My Only Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Veil of Madness.

    Assemble your squad in My Only Heroes, a roguelite deckbuilder where your deck is your Heroes. Start each run with random recruits, then brave shifting dungeons to unlock legendary Main Heroes with superior stats. Stack equipment for awesome combos and survive to reach Mayhem Mountain!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Rune in the Three Kingdoms

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    The game currently adopts Diablo-like gameplay and data. the concepts of anger system, general system, and attack distance have been emphasized. In order to enhance the game experience, the levels and values ​​required for some data have been modified.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    A story-driven deckbuilding RPG set in the history of Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross. Unlike traditional deckbuilders, the teammates you recruit decide the success or failure of battles. Fight the war against the Teutonic, or tackle roguelite runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Aces & Adventures

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Veil of Madness.

    Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Black Book

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    “Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cultist Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Veil of Madness.

    Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

    2018IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Veil of Madness fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Veil of Madness.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Veil of Madness.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Veil of Madness.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Veil of Madness.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Veil of Madness.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Veil of Madness.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Stormling Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Stormling Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Conarium

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stormling Studios, the studio behind Veil of Madness. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stormling Studios, the studio behind Veil of Madness. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

    2014IndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Transient: Extended Edition

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stormling Studios, the studio behind Veil of Madness. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stormling Studios, the studio behind Veil of Madness. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Lunacy: Saint Rhodes

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stormling Studios, the studio behind Veil of Madness. Shares Action and Indie with Veil of Madness.

    Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Veil of Madness

What games are most similar to Veil of Madness?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Veil of Madness are SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld, My Only Heroes, Rune in the Three Kingdoms.
Who developed Veil of Madness?
Veil of Madness was developed by Stormling Studios and published by Wandering Wizard.

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 Veil of Madness.

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