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Games like Catan VR

If Catan VR is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wingspan, Rento Fortune VR and Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its immersive visuals enhance gameplay, chill and competitive. 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 Catan VR: Catan VR allows tabletop fans and new players alike to experience the best-selling board game in a fresh, fully-immersive format. Take on other players around the world or play against Catan personalities and watch the island come to life in VR for the first time.

2018StrategySimulation14.99 USDWindowsby Experiment 7
Catan VR — Steam game cover
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Cross platform play works seamlesslyEasy to learn for catan fansImmersive visuals enhance gameplayChillCompetitiveImmersive

Players who liked Catan VR also play

Steam players who put hours into Catan VR 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. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Catan VR.

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

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Rento Fortune VR

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Catan VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Catan VR.

    Rento Fortune is online VR multiplayer business board game. Between 2 and 6 players can play together.Trade lands, build houses, win auctions, roll wheel of fortune, risk in Russian Roulette and have fun.Play with your friends on Steam now :)

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a competitive mood with Catan VR.

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

    A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Demeo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Catan VR.

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

    Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Ticket to Ride®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Catan VR.

    Ranked #5 for Catan VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Catan VR.

    Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!

    2023StrategySimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Nexus 5X

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Catan VR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Catan VR.

    eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Through the Ages

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a competitive mood with Catan VR.

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

    Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

    2018StrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hex of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Catan VR.

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

    Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

    2020StrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Catan VR at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Catan VR.

    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 ↗
  2. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Catan VR.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Catan VR.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Catan VR.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Catan VR.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Catan VR.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Catan VR.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Catan VR on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Catan VR.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Catan VR.

    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 ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Catan VR.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Catan VR.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Catan VR.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Wingspan

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Catan VR.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Catan VR.

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a competitive mood with Catan VR.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Catan VR.

    A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Demeo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Catan VR.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Catan VR.

    Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Catan VR

How much does Catan VR cost?
Catan VR is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Catan VR have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Catan VR supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Catan VR?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Catan VR are Wingspan, Rento Fortune VR, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked.
Who developed Catan VR?
Catan VR was developed by Experiment 7.

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 Catan VR.

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