Rank 01Why this
Shares base building with Vortex: The Gateway.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
Games like Vortex: The Gateway
- 12 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Vortex: The Gateway also play
The closest matches to Vortex: The Gateway: The Forest, Phoning Home, Radiation Island, Fade to Silence, and Subterrain. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 03Why this
Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Vortex: The Gateway.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2016
Rank 04 
Fade to Silence
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like Vortex: The Gateway.
Rank 05 
Subterrain
Why this: Shares resource scarcity with Vortex: The Gateway.
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The Infected
Why this: Shares crafting system and base building with Vortex: The Gateway.
Rank 08 
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Vortex: The Gateway
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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- 3Radiation Island
Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Vortex: The Gateway.
- 78% of 228 reviews
- 4Fade to Silence
Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like Vortex: The Gateway.
- 64% of 522 reviews
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- 13Whisper of the Swallows
Shares survival management and base building with Vortex: The Gateway.
- 87% of 78 reviews
- 14Grounded
Shares exploration driven progression and base building with Vortex: The Gateway.
- 93% of 40,087 reviews
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- 20Heat Death: Survival Train
Shares resource scarcity and survival management with Vortex: The Gateway.
- 80% of 420 reviews
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- 23Sons Of The Forest
Also Survival Horror and Crafting, like Vortex: The Gateway.
- 88% of 113,459 reviews
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: StormCube Games
- Price: $7.99checked Nov 7
- 54% of 102 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Alien planets hostile ecosystem demands constant vigilance
- Bamboo is the core crafting bottleneck
- Exploration reveals story fragments
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Mysterious
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Why this: Shares crafting system and survival management with Vortex: The Gateway.
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Why this: Shares resource scarcity and base building with Vortex: The Gateway.
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Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Survival Horror, like Vortex: The Gateway.
About Vortex: The Gateway
The closest matches to Vortex: The Gateway: The Forest, Phoning Home, Radiation Island, Fade to Silence, and Subterrain. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Vortex: The Gateway is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Forest, Phoning Home and Radiation Island — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and mysterious, and single out its base building and combat mechanics. 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.
About Vortex: The Gateway: Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Is Vortex: The Gateway worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 54% of 102 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $7.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 17 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Alien planets hostile ecosystem demands constant vigilance
- Bamboo is the core crafting bottleneck
- Exploration reveals story fragments
- Survival mode punishes death with permadeath like consequences
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Abandoned game that had potential, devs wanted to grab the money and run.During early access, seemed like it was building up to be a fun game. Played it on and off, enjoying them building a world and story.Then, either they figured it was…”
“Not supported by the dev, which he actively admitted when he claimed it didn't need supporting because it's not online. Weird viewpoint.. I gave the game a go, but I prefer The Forest especially because I can play that with friends…”
People who play it also play: The Forest, Phoning Home, Radiation Island
Frequently asked about Vortex: The Gateway
Can I run it?
How much does Vortex: The Gateway cost?
Vortex: The Gateway is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Vortex: The Gateway?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vortex: The Gateway are The Forest, Phoning Home, Radiation Island.
Who developed Vortex: The Gateway?
Vortex: The Gateway was developed by StormCube Games.