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Games like Vinculum

If Vinculum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ariokan™ - create your cards, break the Meta, Gelecard: Guerreiros Gelatinosos and Sans Issue — 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 Vinculum: Do the math and survive the aftermath. An easy-to-learn card battler: pull off math combos, get stuck in a fraction, stack functions until the numbers go absurd, break the enemy lines, try not to divide by zero. Real, modern, correct math. But when math isn't enough, resort to more arcane means...

StrategyWindows · Linuxby hitrobot
Vinculum — Steam game cover

Players who liked Vinculum also play

Steam players who put hours into Vinculum 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. Ariokan™ - create your cards, break the Meta

    WHY THIS

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

    Ariokan™ is a highly interactive, strategically-deep competitive card game with a twist: you can create new cards, and use them to build crazy combos around Gods and Legends to break the Meta. No floodgates, no 10-minutes turns, no pay-to-win. You can unlock cards created by other players too!

    2026StrategyIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Gelecard: Guerreiros Gelatinosos

    WHY THIS

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

    Gelecard: Gelatinous Warriors is a fun card game featuring the adorable SLIMES! These cute little creatures are ready to wreak havoc on the game boards.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Sans Issue

    WHY THIS

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

    Sans Issue is a 2D game mixing chess and card-deck building. Use cards to summon new pieces, move your pieces in new ways, and change the board's terrain. Earn new cards via the campaign, create custom decks using the deckbuilder, and play against your friends both locally and over Steam. 

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Fairtravel Battle CCG

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Vinculum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Vinculum.

    Let your magic run wild in this fast-paced fantasy card game, with a unique resource system, back-and-forth battles, moddable cards and multiple unique game modes. Play alone or with up to four players online, without needing to pay for new cards.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brainrot Fight

    WHY THIS

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

    An auto-chess strategy battle game. Buy and merge Brainrot creature cards, build your quirky team, and watch them fight automatically. Collect 120+ wild creatures, mix skills and items, and defeat every opponent!

    2026StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Berserk Heroes Online

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Laar, the world of epic battles and true heroes. Take part in thrilling fights, devise cunning strategies, and make your own invincible deck out of 350+ cards available. Become a great warlord in the digital version of the iconic card-collecting tabletop game Berserk Heroes.

    2026StrategyFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeSteam ↗
  7. Anachron

    WHY THIS

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

    What if Joan of Arc fought alongside Blackbeard? In Anachron, you weave a dream team of 4 historical heroes to clash in a tactical, turn-based Arena. Build a custom deck for each champion from their unique abilities and unleash history-defying combos.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Star Scum

    WHY THIS

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

    Star Scum is a strategy game that fuses deckbuilding with tight turn-based tactics. Forge your deck and customize your ship in the roguelike run, or build decks from scratch and test them out in custom battles or online multiplayer.

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access7.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

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

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tukoni: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.

    2020IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Vinculum

Does Vinculum have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Vinculum supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Vinculum?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vinculum are Ariokan™ - create your cards, break the Meta, Gelecard: Guerreiros Gelatinosos, Sans Issue.
Who developed Vinculum?
Vinculum was developed by hitrobot.

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 Vinculum.

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