Games like Blood Vial
Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to Blood Vial for fans of action, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Blood Vial also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
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.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Neurospasm
Top pick 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
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Hexborn
Second-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.
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Seth
Third-strongest match for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.
Become Seth, god of storms, and crush Apophis’s legions in a fast-paced roguelite FPS blending Egyptian mythology with science fiction. Fast combat, random challenges, and divine power in every run.
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INFINITE CHUMP
Ranked #4 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.
INFINITE CHUMP is an ultra-fast, boomer shooter roguelite tripfest where you graft spell-casting arms to your body. Put rings on your new fingers to create spells on the fly. Inspired by 90's FPS games with a trippy twist.
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AFTERBLAST
Ranked #5 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!
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ODDCORE
Ranked #6 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!
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Blood Rush
Ranked #7 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.
BLOOD RUSH is a fast paced, skill based FPS, mixed with roguelites elements. Upgrade yourself, buy unique guns, drain miracles from relics and destroy anyone or anything standing on your way!
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Slyders
Ranked #8 for Blood Vial fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Vial.
Slyders is a survivor-like, roguelite bullet-hell FPS where you fight overwhelming hordes of enemies and unleash a ridiculous arsenal of upgrades. You’re Aryx, a fearless fox freedom fighter on his supersonic battle turtle who aims to liberate Sky World from evil.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Blood Vial
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ULTRAKILL
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.
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Post Void
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.
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MULLET MADJACK
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blood Vial at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
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?
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Blood and Bacon
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.
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STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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.
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STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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.
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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!
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Bit Blaster XL
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!
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STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
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.
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TYRONE vs COPS
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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.).
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blood Vial.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Iron Snout
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.
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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 Neurospasm, Hexborn, Seth.
- 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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