Games like VIVID
If VIVID is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rejected Draft, STU THE FISHERMAN and Ark of the Apocalypse — 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 VIVID: Be a plant in this cozy, narrative-driven indie game about nature, responsibility, and interconnected systems. You will grow procedurally over time, explore evolving environments, and shape a fragile ecosystem through meaningful choices.
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Steam players who put hours into VIVID 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.
Rejected Draft
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Top pick for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches in an idle climb for revenge. Every enemy is drawn by community artists, with alternate versions and direct credits. In an unusual twist on builds, choose which enemies appear in your world, then defeat them to absorb their powers.
STU THE FISHERMAN
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with VIVID.
Explore an ever-changing sea filled with fish, each with their own personality. Cast your line and fish the days away, scoring bigger and better catches as you go!
Ark of the Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
Earth destroyed by nuclear disaster. For 150 years, humanity's last hope, the 'Ark', drifts through space. Food dwindles, distrust grows. As leader, your mission: secure provisions, maintain order. Can you and 500 crew members survive to rekindle humanity's flame?
BARDA: Backpack Roguelike
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Ranked #4 for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with VIVID.
In Barda, it won't be your sword that saves you. It's how you pack your bag. But hunger, fatigue and madness will take up space! Do your best as you climb an ever-changing mountain to spread the ashes of your grandfather, improve your base camp, and try again.
Roller Coaster Looper
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Ranked #5 for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
A roguelite idle-like roller coaster sim where you draft track segments, recruit riders, and combo card upgrades between rounds, then watch the thrill scores spiral gloriously out of control. Physics optional.
Eternal Sword Tomb
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with VIVID.
No chosen one, only a mortal soul. In this hardcore cultivation Roguelike, found a sect and forge a legacy across generations. Fall in battle to become a Sword Soul that protects those who follow. Master the Five Elements, defy fate, and turn every death into a step toward a greater awakening.
Abjure
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Ranked #7 for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with VIVID.
Win by emptying your hand. Abjure is a roguelike deckbuilder where the 2 of Spades reigns supreme — draft cards, stack relics, and outplay every opponent in a strategic twist on the Big 2 card game.
Whiskers In The Sand
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for VIVID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with VIVID.
Dive into the desert to shred through waves of undead and sand-born horrors. Whiskers In The Sand mixes survivors-like arena combat with roguelite buildcrafting — unlock new cats, gather relics, stack upgrades, and forge ridiculous builds. Experiment, survive, and end the pharaoh's second reign.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VIVID.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VIVID.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VIVID.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VIVID.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Frequently asked about VIVID
- What games are most similar to VIVID?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VIVID are Rejected Draft, STU THE FISHERMAN, Ark of the Apocalypse.
- Who developed VIVID?
- VIVID was developed by Team Nava Games.
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 VIVID.
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