Games like Velvet Hammer
If Velvet Hammer is your kind of game, the closest matches are PROJECT NATIONALIZM, Senatus and CADRE: Centralized Administration, Data & Reporting Environment — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Velvet Hammer: Velvet Hammer is an atmospheric tile game that fuses narrative curiosity with meaningful choices: Easy to learn, hard to forget. Over 12 days, you endure , and you navigate inter-day word-matching evaluations that measure (and manipulate) your identity.
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PROJECT NATIONALIZM
WHY THIS
Top pick for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
A deckbuilder strategy game in which you become a leader of a small country, use “Card” for diplomacy, influence your neighbor country, and lead to glory in your own country.
Senatus
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Strategic card battles in the heart of the Roman Senate. Debate, persuade, and rise through the ranks to become Consul of Rome. Influence is power, and power decides everything.
CADRE: Centralized Administration, Data & Reporting Environment
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
A turn-based political simulator. You are the Chairman: forty quarters, thirty-four provinces, a deck that keeps your account, and five colleagues who could replace you. Every edict has a stated version and a real one. Every number you see is the number you were given. Thirteen endings.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Unmatched: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
Unmatched: Digital Edition is a highly asymmetrical game of card-driven battles between epic heroes from story and myth. ⚔️ Witness clashes you've never seen before in duels or team fights. 💥 In battle, there are no equals! 💥
Twilight Struggle
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
Exorcism Agency
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Raise Your Own Ghost Girl+Deckbuilding+Zuma-Style Match-3!Exorcism Agency is an innovative roguelike that finds joy in thrills.Ghosts are back,the human world is like hell,and you,as a top-tier exorcist,will venture into ghost-infested zones,using all kinds of mystical techniques to capture ghosts
Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Velvet Hammer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Luck Beast is a Touhou Doujin Card-Strategy Game. Using cards across different seasons, join forces with duelists of unique abilities, face various opponents from all over Gensoukyo, and uncover the truth behind the Card Duel Incident!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Velvet Hammer at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Velvet Hammer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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 with Velvet Hammer.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Velvet Hammer.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
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 with Velvet Hammer.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Velvet Hammer.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Velvet Hammer
- How much does Velvet Hammer cost?
- Velvet Hammer is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Velvet Hammer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Velvet Hammer are PROJECT NATIONALIZM, Senatus, CADRE: Centralized Administration, Data & Reporting Environment.
- Who developed Velvet Hammer?
- Velvet Hammer was developed by Seven Sails and published by Pixel Crate Games.
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