Games like The Varitav
If The Varitav is your kind of game, the closest matches are Potassium Poisoning, Army of Survivors and Warriors of the End — 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 The Varitav: A top-down pixel art survivor roguelike. Play as a little fox, craft a powerful build against endless enemy waves, and survive across three distinct biomes. No permanent upgrades. You start from scratch every run. As the swarm grows stronger, surviving gets pretty hard.
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Potassium Poisoning
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Top pick for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Potassium Poisoning is a post-apocalyptic survivor game. Where you play as a monkey fighting off radioactive hoards, defeat monsters and complete objectives to earn DNA points, unlocking new mutations and traits to better help you fight and survive.
Army of Survivors
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Wage war against massive hordes of orcs, undead and demons in this survival roguelite. Upgrade and combine epic weapons and talents. Enlist an army to fight alongside you. Embrace the chaos of the battlefield!
Warriors of the End
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!
PROJECT: Melee Only
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Ranked #4 for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Play as an Android and fight your way to the highest Stage possible. Keep your level and your EXP and start again stronger. Reveal the secret of your purpose and the memories of your past life.
Cursorblade
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Ranked #5 for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Cursorblade is a bullet hell game where you play as the cursor, fighting your way through waves of enemies. Combine weapons and items to become more powerful with your own unique builds. Slash, dodge, upgrade, and repeat!
Royal Revolt Survivors
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Ranked #6 for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Unleash chaos in an electrifying 1-4 player co-op where survival and action-roguelite collide! Battle through relentless enemy hordes with a powerful mix of melee and ranged combat, navigating varied and dynamic environments.
Supercat Survivors
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Ranked #7 for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Meow! This is a cat-themed Survivor-like game where you control an adorable Supercat! Battle monsters to level up, collect items, upgrade weapons, and experiment with strategic builds to fight off invading creatures threatening Meow Star.
Shard Squad
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Ranked #8 for The Varitav fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Varitav.
Form a squad of elemental creatures and face hordes of challenging enemies! Choose your Shards according to their synergies to gain new abilities, and equip relics that will make the winds blow in your favor! Survive through different environments and save your lands!
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. Shares Indie and Casual with The Varitav.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Varitav.
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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Varitav.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Varitav.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 The Varitav.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Varitav.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Varitav.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about The Varitav
- What games are most similar to The Varitav?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Varitav are Potassium Poisoning, Army of Survivors, Warriors of the End.
- Who developed The Varitav?
- The Varitav was developed by Khan Group Studio.
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