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Games like Blood Vial

If Blood Vial is your kind of game, the closest matches are DEADBOOT, Neurospasm and Hexborn — 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 Blood Vial: BLOOD VIAL is a retro-inspired micro-FPS with a leaking health bar. Swim through the spilled blood of your fallen enemies to keep your vial full. Grow increasingly powerful with new upgrades and weapons. Navigate an ever-shifting labyrinth of crypts, catacombs and cathedrals.

2026Action4.24 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Dillon Steyl
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Players who liked Blood Vial also play

Steam players who put hours into Blood Vial 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. DEADBOOT

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    DEADBOOT is a fast-paced retro roguelike FPS. Blast through randomized levels, scavenge weapons and upgrades along the way, and see how far you can make it in this neon death zone.

    ActionSteam ↗
  2. Neurospasm

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    A First Person Roguelike Horde Shooter. Hook your brain into your computer, dive into a game inside a game, unbox and stack unique items, use up to 6 weapons at once, kill weird fleshy enemies, and uncover what the shady company behind the game is hiding

    ActionSteam ↗
  3. Hexborn

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    A blood-fueled roguelite FPS inspired by Doom and Vampire Survivors — but instead of one arena, fight through cursed labyrinths that reshape every run. Draft brutal perks, wield occult firepower, and survive escalating horrors with a retro shooter soul.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Retrovolver

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Retro roguelite shooter set in the Wild West. Raid towns, upgrade your stats, survive as long as possible.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. KILL BREACH

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    KILL BREACH is a brutal, fast-paced roguelite FPS where relentless horde shooting meets infinite weapon stacking. Infiltrate a randomly generated industrial fortress where no two runs are the same. Turn your guns into tools of mass destruction, and use broken combos to RIP apart anything that moves.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. AFTERBLAST

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    AFTERBLAST is a challenging FPS roguelite. Play SOLO or in CO-OP (1-4 players). Get stronger each run. Obtain powerful abilities, weapons and find a way to save your planet. Stand up against the Gods and defeat hordes of monsters in intense bullet-hell combat!

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. ODDCORE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!

    2026ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. STRAFE: Gold Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

    2017ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Blood Vial

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. ULTRAKILL

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Blood Vial cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Post Void

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Blood Vial cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.

    2020ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. MULLET MADJACK

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Blood Vial cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!

    2024ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blood Vial at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.

    2019Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Blood Vial on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 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.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    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 ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blood Vial

Does Blood Vial run on Steam Deck?
Blood Vial is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Blood Vial cost?
Blood Vial is listed on Steam at 4.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Blood Vial?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blood Vial are DEADBOOT, Neurospasm, Hexborn.
Who developed Blood Vial?
Blood Vial was developed by Dillon Steyl.

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 Blood Vial.

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