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Games like Dead In Vinland

If Dead In Vinland is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead In Bermuda, Stellar Freight: Endless Horizon and Dungeon Mercenaries — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character relationships drive narrative, atmospheric and dark. 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 Dead In Vinland: DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

2018StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 74Windows · macOS · Linuxby Ishtar Games
Dead In Vinland — Steam game cover
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Steam players who put hours into Dead In Vinland 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. Dead In Bermuda

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Dead In Vinland.

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

    DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Stellar Freight: Endless Horizon

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on a Sci-fi Roguelike Turn-based RPG with Tactical combat. Become a Captain of a freight ship, deliver cargo through deep space, manage your crew, upgrade your ship, fight space warships, and build your reputation. Every day brings a new adventure. Space shows no mercy.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Dungeon Mercenaries

    WHY THIS

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

    Dungeon Mercenaries is an endless replayability RPG. Every time you wake up, it's a new start, procedurally generated map, randomly generated characters,explore the dungeon with different mercenaries, get reasure chests, gold coins, mercenaries, potions, food, and glory!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crown Trick

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Ranked #4 for Dead In Vinland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Gods of Sand

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Dead In Vinland.

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

    Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Monster Breeder

    WHY THIS

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

    Turn-based fantasy gladiatorial game with monster breeding. Crossbreed various species to create monster hybrids for gladiatorial combat. Manipulate creatures’ traits with surgery, magic, and alchemy. Manage your enterprise, craft items and upgrade your base. Fight in the arena for gold and glory!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Darkest Dungeon®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Dead In Vinland.

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

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    2016StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Card Survival: Tropical Island

    WHY THIS

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

    Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dead In Vinland

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Terraformers

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Dead In Vinland.

    Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!

    2023Strategy19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dead In Bermuda

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. dotAGE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation17.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dead In Vinland.

    Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.

    2019StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Against the Storm

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dead In Vinland.

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Forgotten Mines

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Reviewers of Dead In Vinland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dead In Vinland.

    Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.

    2024StrategyRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead In Vinland at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead In Vinland.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead In Vinland.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead In Vinland.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead In Vinland.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dead In Vinland.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dead In Vinland.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead In Vinland.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Dead In Vinland on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead In Vinland.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dead In Vinland.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead In Vinland.

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead In Vinland.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Ishtar Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Ishtar Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ishtar Games, the studio behind Dead In Vinland. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lakeburg Legacies

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ishtar Games, the studio behind Dead In Vinland. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dead In Vinland.

    Take fate into your own hands in Lakeburg Legacies, a social-based village management sim where love is your favourite resource. Play matchmaker to create the most effective, and most loved up, couples and help your kingdom thrive. How long will it take you to crown a sovereign?

    2023StrategySimulationRPG22.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dead In Bermuda

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Another title from Ishtar Games, the studio behind Dead In Vinland. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dead in Antares

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Another title from Ishtar Games, the studio behind Dead In Vinland. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Spell: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Dead In Vinland.

    Another title from Ishtar Games, the studio behind Dead In Vinland. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead In Vinland.

    Experience the first five days of The Last Spell. Lead a team of hardened heroes to defend the last bastion of humanity against hordes of monsters in this turn-based tactical RPG immersed in roguelite mechanics.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dead In Vinland

Does Dead In Vinland run on Steam Deck?
Dead In Vinland is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Dead In Vinland cost?
Dead In Vinland is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dead In Vinland?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead In Vinland are Dead In Bermuda, Stellar Freight: Endless Horizon, Dungeon Mercenaries.
Who developed Dead In Vinland?
Dead In Vinland was developed by Ishtar Games.

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