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Games like Vex

If Vex is your kind of game, the closest matches are Marble Skies, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut and Faster Than Possible — 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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About Vex: Vex is a retro, re-imagining of the classic arcade genre, and strikes the balance between simplicity and intricacy. It is a casual yet challenging game, reminiscent of the early days of video games, but with a more modern feel. Vex is a crowdfunded indie game, built with love and character in mind.

2016StrategyIndieAdventureCasualWindowsby Stenner Studios, Killbox Graphics
Vex — Steam game cover

Players who liked Vex also play

Steam players who put hours into Vex 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. Marble Skies

    WHY THIS

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

    Marble Skies is a fast paced 3D-platformer where you control your marble through various levels and try to get the best time for each one. Complete all the levels in your own time, or challenge your friends to get on top of the leaderboards!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

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

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Faster Than Possible

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Vex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vex.

    Try to get the lowest time by abusing triple jump, wall climb, and wall hugging mechanics! The fastest time wins!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Last Soul

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Vex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vex.

    Shoot them all, jump, climb, use jetpack, shields, and platforms, slow time, and discover secrets on this hectic Sci-Fi adventure where you become the last hope of mankind in the shape of an awesome robot.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Ninja Gold Thief

    WHY THIS

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

    Join the adventure and control a cute blue ninja on a gold-stealing spree. Sneak through numerous levels, evade rival ninjas, and navigate increasingly tricky obstacles. With retro-inspired gameplay and vibrant graphics, this game offers endless fun as you outsmart your foes and collect all the gold

    2024ActionStrategyIndie1.19 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bone Marrow

    WHY THIS

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

    Bone Marrow is a game in the genre of role-playing board logic puzzle. During a certain time, combine the figures, increase your characteristics and do away with evil but consider the wrong step can lead to irreversible consequences!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. ROOM FOOTBALL - Abandoned Factory

    WHY THIS

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

    Puzzle, artillery, casual puzzle video game with realistic physics.

    2025ActionSportsStrategy199.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

    WHY THIS

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

    Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sprout

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. erdetspill

    WHY THIS

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

    Bestefar vil ha 2 is. Du må skaffe de. Det viser seg å være mer komplisert enn du trodde. Et absurd førstepersons-eventyrspill der du navigerer norsk byråkrati, snakker med rare folk og løser meningsløse oppdrag - i en liten norsk bygd.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  4. Wires And Whiskers

    WHY THIS

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

    Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stumble Guys

    WHY THIS

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

    Ready for the chaos? Stumble Guys is a 32-player, fast-paced multiplayer party royale where players dash, jump, and fall across hilarious obstacle courses in a fun race to be the last one standing.

    2021ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Clicker Heroes

    WHY THIS

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

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Emily is Away

    WHY THIS

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

    Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Bloons TD Battles

    WHY THIS

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

    Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.

    2016ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Vex

What games are most similar to Vex?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vex are Marble Skies, Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, Faster Than Possible.
Who developed Vex?
Vex was developed by Stenner Studios, Killbox Graphics and published by UltraShock Gaming.

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 Vex.

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