Games like THE VIG
If THE VIG is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth, 咸鱼殿下 / My journey and Cellveillance — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and mysterious. 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 THE VIG: You'll be "Xie En", infiltrating the traitor's money empire. This urban hunt is a revenge saga where wit is your spear. Return as "Wu Wei," using rules as your shield in a world of grey. Will you choose love or vengeance? This lethal game of cash, betrayal and redemption awaits your move.
Players who liked THE VIG also play
Steam players who put hours into THE VIG 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.
The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative, character interaction, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with THE VIG.
Top pick for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
咸鱼殿下 / My journey
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative, character interaction and atmospheric with THE VIG.
Second-strongest match for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with THE VIG.
This is a Interactive Live-Action Game. You will travel back in time to become a noble Highness and experience the local customs and practices of ancient times. A series of your choices will influence the development trajectory of this world.
Cellveillance
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative, character interaction and atmospheric with THE VIG.
Third-strongest match for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with THE VIG.
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.
The Narcotic Operation
WHY THIS
Shares visual novel style, branching narrative and atmospheric with THE VIG.
Ranked #4 for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with THE VIG.
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Road to Empress I
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative, character interaction and atmospheric with THE VIG.
Ranked #5 for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with THE VIG.
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
我只是想让她们都幸福
WHY THIS
Shares romance systems, choice driven narrative, story heavy and an emotional mood with THE VIG.
Ranked #6 for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with THE VIG.
You are a playboy, fearless of bloody endings, whom even Casanova would envy: Once you get killed, time rewinds. Death may never defeat you, yet... fate prevails.
Game Of Fate 3：Clash Of Crowns
WHY THIS
Shares romance systems, choice driven narrative, story heavy and an atmospheric mood with THE VIG.
Ranked #7 for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with THE VIG.
An accident transports you from 1945 to 2010, embroiling you in a high-society kidnapping case. Confused and disoriented, you discover that the victim is your own descendant. Gunfire erupts, chaos escalates, and schemes unfold within schemes... Don’t want to be a pawn? How to become the player?
Rebooted Fate
WHY THIS
Shares choice driven narrative, branching narrative, romance and an atmospheric mood with THE VIG.
Ranked #8 for THE VIG fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with THE VIG.
Qin Nian, who had just graduated when the financial crisis hit and found himself unemployed at home, accidentally obtained a secret manual from an old beggar. Little did he realize that this manual would not only alter the course of his life but also lift a veil on the reality of the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below THE VIG at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares RPG with THE VIG.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~94% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
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?
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under THE VIG on Steam right now. Shares RPG with THE VIG.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with THE VIG.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Frequently asked about THE VIG
- Does THE VIG work on Steam Deck?
- THE VIG is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does THE VIG cost?
- THE VIG is listed on Steam at 15.29 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to THE VIG?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside THE VIG are The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth, 咸鱼殿下 / My journey, Cellveillance.
- Who developed THE VIG?
- THE VIG was developed by 亦盈文化, 山与海工作室, 北京超带感 and published by 亦盈文化, 一相逢互动娱乐.
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