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Games like Veins Like Tapeworms

If Veins Like Tapeworms is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gas Station Story, Weirdo and Wall — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak 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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About Veins Like Tapeworms: While working at their dead-end job and dreaming of what could’ve been, Demian Zhao discovers a flesh-eating parasite who promises to help them finally live free. If you let them, they'll become the monster of your own making - after all, who needs a moral compass when you have a god in the gutter?

2025ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDWindowsby AwesomeTrinket
Veins Like Tapeworms — Steam game cover
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Body horror feels visceral and naturalBranching narrative with multiple endings and replay valueChoices genuinely alter the storyAtmosphericBleakContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Veins Like Tapeworms 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. Gas Station Story

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    A surreal slice-of-life about a mysterious computer virus and its effects on the city you live in. Navigate day-to-day decisions, fall in love with your coworker, and alienate your customers by being rude in this dystopian desert ring-‘em-up — featuring graphics created with a Game Boy Camera!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Weirdo

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG4.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wall

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    A short narrative adventure about friendship, loneliness, and staring at surfaces for meaning. Join your personal upright companion through an exploration into what it means to be Human, and what it means to be Wall.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Yuri Dating Agency

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. When The Night Comes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Ranked #5 for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.

    2021IndieCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dunia: The North Wood - Episode 0

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    In this action-adventure RPG, explore a strange and futuristic island-city as Secret Police Captain Aeydrien Mason-Northwood. Become a Villain, Hero, or something in between as you deal with the island's various problems in any way you see fit.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Psycholog

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.

    2024IndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Wail of Despair

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Veins Like Tapeworms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    A shut-in tries to recover, facing a horrific, overstimulating, judgmental world. Confronted with their past scars and mistakes, taunted with what they've lost by a strange shadow that always follows, can they learn once again to be okay, or will they be swept away by the vibrant pulsating horror?

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Veins Like Tapeworms at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Action with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Action with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Action with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Veins Like Tapeworms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 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 and Casual with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    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 with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    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 Veins Like Tapeworms.

    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 with Veins Like Tapeworms.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Veins Like Tapeworms.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Veins Like Tapeworms.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Veins Like Tapeworms.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Veins Like Tapeworms.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Veins Like Tapeworms

How much does Veins Like Tapeworms cost?
Veins Like Tapeworms is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Veins Like Tapeworms?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Veins Like Tapeworms are Gas Station Story, Weirdo, Wall.
Who developed Veins Like Tapeworms?
Veins Like Tapeworms was developed by AwesomeTrinket.

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 Veins Like Tapeworms.

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