Games like Vlad the Impaler
If Vlad the Impaler is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vampirii, Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road and Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and dark. 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 Vlad the Impaler: A city gone mad with violence and the mass murder of its people. In this interactive graphic-novel, your choices can either lead you to the ultimate destruction of this fallen metropolis, or the demise of a vicious butcher. Will you save this city as promised or will you fall prey to the killer within?
Players who liked Vlad the Impaler also play
Steam players who put hours into Vlad the Impaler 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.
Vampirii
WHY THIS
Top pick for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
Prowl homes, explore neighborhoods, overcome random encounters, reveal dark secrets, and make difficult choices as a newly-risen vampire in this text-heavy visual novel. Make friends and enemies while surviving this new life in which one night you are the predator, another - the prey.
Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vlad the Impaler.
Second-strongest match for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vlad the Impaler.
Third-strongest match for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Woodsalt
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
"Woodsalt" is an adventure game set on the planet of Nu-Terra, 1000 years after Earth was evacuated during chaotic natural disasters and an attack by giant creatures.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vlad the Impaler.
Ranked #6 for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Vlad the Impaler.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Enelia: Dawn of Madness
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vlad the Impaler.
Ranked #8 for Vlad the Impaler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Vlad the Impaler.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vlad the Impaler.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Vlad the Impaler.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Vlad the Impaler.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Vlad the Impaler.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vlad the Impaler.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vlad the Impaler.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Frequently asked about Vlad the Impaler
- What games are most similar to Vlad the Impaler?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vlad the Impaler are Vampirii, Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road, Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives.
- Who developed Vlad the Impaler?
- Vlad the Impaler was developed by Section Studios.
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