Games like Vlare
If Vlare is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1), Darkestville Castle and ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe — 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 Vlare: A supernova, a broken telescope, Lum, and a night full of strange encounters and painful memories. Join Eli on a short, emotional point-and-click journey through the city.
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Steam players who put hours into Vlare 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.
Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)
WHY THIS
Top pick for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
From the creators of Cyanide & Happiness and I-Mockery, comes the first game in an all new point-and-click adventure trilogy filled with dark humor, drama, and all the weirdness you've grown to love and/or dread over the years!
Darkestville Castle
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
Darkestville Castle — a darkly comedic point-and-click adventure where you play as a sarcastic demon. Solve clever puzzles, manipulate idiots, and bring chaos back to Darkestville, because being evil is just more fun.
ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
A sequel to the ISOLAND series, where you continue your journey to explore the story of the universe on this island.
Mr. Pumpkin Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
Mr. Pumpkin's Adventure is a point-and-click puzzle game. The main character of this game is Mr. Pumpkin who lost his memories. During the adventure, you will help him solve all the puzzles, which will eventually unveil an evil plot.
The Franz Kafka Videogame
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Dude, Stop
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
"So, I made a game, right? I filled it with harmless funny puzzles, narrated it a little bit, and then players started making fun of it! They broke the game, ignored my rules! They... they... laughed at me! As if it was some kind of a joke! Why do they have to be so mean?!" - developer of Dude, Stop
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
Pirate heroine Nelly Cootalot takes on the villainous Baron Widebeard in this point and click adventure game. Meet a hilarious cast of characters including Tom Baker (Dr Who) and face perplexing challenges in your search for the Treasure of the Seventh Sea.
Sam & Max Save the World
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Vlare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
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Darkestville Castle
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
Darkestville Castle — a darkly comedic point-and-click adventure where you play as a sarcastic demon. Solve clever puzzles, manipulate idiots, and bring chaos back to Darkestville, because being evil is just more fun.
The Franz Kafka Videogame
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
Pirate heroine Nelly Cootalot takes on the villainous Baron Widebeard in this point and click adventure game. Meet a hilarious cast of characters including Tom Baker (Dr Who) and face perplexing challenges in your search for the Treasure of the Seventh Sea.
Sam & Max Save the World
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlare.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
Frequently asked about Vlare
- Is Vlare free to play?
- Yes — Vlare is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Vlare?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vlare are Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1), Darkestville Castle, ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe.
- Who developed Vlare?
- Vlare was developed by Meyley, EMPTY MESHES and published by Meyley, EMPTY MESHES.
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 Vlare.
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