Games like Vanquish
If Vanquish is your kind of game, the closest matches are BLAST-AXIS, Titan Nebula and VersionThree : INVISIBLE RAID — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic, epic and intense. 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 →Vanquish is a sci-fi third-person action shooter developed by PlatinumGames and Little Stone Software, published by SEGA. Players navigate fast-paced battles using bullet-time combat, cover-based movement, and high-speed traversal mechanics, with the boost-slide mobility system shaping how encounters unfold. The shared-resource management ties the slow-motion ability directly to movement, creating a distinct risk-reward loop, while a weapon upgrade system enhances replayability. Reviewers describe the experience as intense and epic, with cinematic set pieces that evoke action movies. The difficulty curve presents a challenging but fair challenge suited to players who enjoy a demanding session. Currently priced at $5.99, the game holds a 90% positive rating from 3,926 Steam reviews and is verified for Steam Deck play.
About Vanquish: PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
Players who liked Vanquish also play
Steam players who put hours into Vanquish 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.
BLAST-AXIS
WHY THIS
Top pick for Vanquish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Expel extra-dimensional invaders from Phobos with hot lead & high explosives. Boost & kick your wrecking drone to extreme speeds on every axis. Explore the cavernous Phobean moon complex, salvage powerful weapons & blast away the uninvited guests in: BLAST-AXIS: PHOBEAN TERROR.
Titan Nebula
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Vanquish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vanquish.
A Sci-fi procedural spaceship exploration game, where you unlock new weapons and abilities as you complete missions and gather bounties. Deploy your advanced tactics mech unity, in this 3rd person shooter game!
VersionThree : INVISIBLE RAID
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Vanquish.
Third-strongest match for Vanquish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Authentic Customizable Mech Action Game. Customize the combat mech "V3" and run through the battlefield!
RIG Riot
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Vanquish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vanquish.
RIG Riot is a roguelike third-person mech-action shooter. Fight increasingly difficult enemies while completing objectives, level up, and choose the Weapons and Volatile Mods that will let you return from your raids victorious. Discover thousands of permanent parts, and build a RIG unlike any other.
War Tech Fighters
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vanquish.
Ranked #5 for Vanquish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vanquish.
War Tech Fighters - the space action game that combines the spectacular action of Japanese Anime with Hollywood Blockbusters. Configure, upgrade and customize your War Tech and dive into battle to fight back the Zatronian forces and save your galaxy!
TRANSFORMERS: Devastation
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vanquish.
Ranked #6 for Vanquish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vanquish.
The TRANSFORMERS are back, and this time they’re in the hands of acclaimed developer PlatinumGames, who have combined their over-the-top brawler action with comic book inspired art to create a TRANSFORMERS game like none other.
Nelo
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Vanquish.
Ranked #7 for Vanquish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Nelo is the lightning fast, out of this world, genre-blending, bullet-hell, character-action epic meticulously crafted by the loving couple at Magic & Mirrors.
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Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time combat with Vanquish.
Reviewers of Vanquish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vanquish.
Reviewers of Vanquish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
Resident Evil
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Reviewers of Vanquish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vanquish.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Vanquish.
Reviewers of Vanquish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
WET
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vanquish cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Play Wet, a calm puzzle game. Move land to guide water through 32 fun puzzles. Think smart and solve each task in a world of peace and ease. Simple to play, hard to master, and made to soothe your mind.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vanquish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
ULTRAKILL
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Shares an epic mood with Vanquish.
Reviewers of Vanquish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vanquish.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vanquish at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Superflight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Post Void
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vanquish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
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 Action with Vanquish.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vanquish.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vanquish.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vanquish.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vanquish.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
WHY THIS
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!
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More from PlatinumGames
Other recommendable Steam games by PlatinumGames, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vanquish.
Another title from PlatinumGames, the studio behind Vanquish. Shares Action with Vanquish.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
Bayonetta
WHY THIS
Another title from PlatinumGames, the studio behind Vanquish. Shares Action with Vanquish.
PlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.
TRANSFORMERS: Devastation
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vanquish.
Another title from PlatinumGames, the studio behind Vanquish. Shares Action with Vanquish.
The TRANSFORMERS are back, and this time they’re in the hands of acclaimed developer PlatinumGames, who have combined their over-the-top brawler action with comic book inspired art to create a TRANSFORMERS game like none other.
Frequently asked about Vanquish
- Is Vanquish verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Vanquish is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Vanquish cost?
- Vanquish is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vanquish?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vanquish are BLAST-AXIS, Titan Nebula, VersionThree : INVISIBLE RAID.
- Who developed Vanquish?
- Vanquish was developed by PlatinumGames, Little Stone Software and published by SEGA.
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