Games like Captain VKing
If Captain VKing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tied to the Beat, Hotspot Earth and Cosmic Run — 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 Captain VKing: Blast, hunt, mine, craft, survive. Gear up for Captain Vking, a 2D survival crafting shoot 'em up where every defeated enemy is a resource. As a cosmic bounty hunter, obliterate endless swarms of enemies, mine the debris, and craft powerful ship upgrades to survive the unforgiving void.
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Tied to the Beat
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Top pick for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
A roguelike where every lyric triggers unique effects. Choose your instrument, survive waves of lyric-powered enemies, and import your own songs. Your music. Your weapon.
Hotspot Earth
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Second-strongest match for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Captain VKing.
Environmental hazards are hitting humanity with increasing force - but you're hitting back! Defend cities, build a global movement and change society's path in this tactical horde survival arena.
Cosmic Run
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Third-strongest match for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Captain VKing.
Cosmic Run is a single-player space roguelite where you battle relentless galactic enemies, strategically upgrade your ship, and help the Zogark family survive their journey across the galaxy. Build powerful combinations, adapt to chaotic encounters, and escape one broken system after another.
Swordformer
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Ranked #4 for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
Only two buttons for ultimate action: move and pick perks. Slash hordes, craft insane builds, and unleash wild weapons. Help Josh The Barbarian escape the Shadow Wizard Gang's video game prison!
Pillars of Pantheon
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Ranked #5 for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Captain VKing.
Build a moving Roman engine of war block by block, stacking balistae, spears, and divine powers in this fast-paced mythological horde-survival roguelite. Adapt your playstyle to face iconic bosses and endless enemies solo or in co-op. Sacrifice to the gods and let the chaos unfold.
Pilot Force Simulator
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Ranked #6 for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
Pilot Force Simulator throws you into the heart of a chaotic space battle. Dodge waves of bullets, feel the thrill of near-misses, and unleash powerful attacks in an intense, fast-paced fight through the stars!
Pattern Survivors: Bullet Hell — Create Chaos
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Ranked #7 for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Captain VKing.
“Pattern Survivors: Bullet Hell” — a dynamic roguelike where you design your own attack patterns and defend your tower against endless waves of enemies. Upgrade, modify, and adapt your strategy in real time — can you survive the chaos of patterns?
Geometrical
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Ranked #8 for Captain VKing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
Geometrical is an addictive hybrid of a survivors-like and an incremental endless progression. Face waves of enemies, improve your stats after each round, and get ready to battle a final boss every 7 days. Will you be able to defeat the 5 great bosses?
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Captain VKing.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Captain VKing.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Frequently asked about Captain VKing
- What games are most similar to Captain VKing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Captain VKing are Tied to the Beat, Hotspot Earth, Cosmic Run.
- Who developed Captain VKing?
- Captain VKing was developed by VKing Games.
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