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Games like VAULTRATS

If VAULTRATS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Escape from Slumberland, Scavenge Protocol and Echoes Afterfall — 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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2026ActionIndieAdventureEarly AccessWindowsby COLD SIGNAL STUDIOS
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Players who liked VAULTRATS also play

Steam players who put hours into VAULTRATS 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. Escape from Slumberland

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    Escape from Slumberland is an online co-op horror game with up to 4 players. Explore deadly dream worlds, collect valuable moonbeams and escape before the nightmares claim you. Meanwhile the monster in your bedroom demands ever increasing sacrifices. Succeed or be devoured!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Scavenge Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    Land on strange planets, loot valuable junk, dodge deadly creatures, convert scrap into energy, and desperately attempt to survive with your friends in this co-op horror adventure.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Echoes Afterfall

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with VAULTRATS.

    Team up in a chilling co-op experience, delving into procedurally generated backroom style buildings. Survive together or succumb into the Echoes.

    2024ActionAdventureEarly Access7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Croak Tales: Deep Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with VAULTRATS.

    Explore, scavenge and survive ... or croak trying. Dive into murky, abandoned dungeons with your friends to recover an ancient object and reveal the history around this world. It's high-stakes extraction where teamwork is vital, survival is unlikely, and the chaos is half the fun.

    IndieMassively MultiplayerCasualSteam ↗
  5. Radioactivity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    Radioactivity is a co-op survival horror. You are a Liquidator! Together or alone, help your state clean up post-apocalyptic radioactive wilderness. Plan each deployment, fight radiation spread and the creatures that it produces. Together, make WEA flourish once more!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Ivory Cage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    Descent with your team into the depths of an abandoned theme park to repair its broken machinery, and survive what's still down there.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Horde Together

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    Fight off endless waves of zombies and monsters in Horde Together, a co-op survival game built for action and chaos. Team up, scavenge for gear, and see how long you can survive the apocalypse.

    2025ActionIndieCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Just One Bite

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for VAULTRATS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    It is a survival horror game that can be played solo or with up to 4 players. Gather as much food as possible to survive—but not all food is normal.

    2026ActionIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with VAULTRATS.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    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 ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VAULTRATS.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about VAULTRATS

Does VAULTRATS have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — VAULTRATS supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to VAULTRATS?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VAULTRATS are Escape from Slumberland, Scavenge Protocol, Echoes Afterfall.
Who developed VAULTRATS?
VAULTRATS was developed by COLD SIGNAL STUDIOS.

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 VAULTRATS.

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