Games like Vile
If Vile is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rush Rover, Blazing Beaks and Woodpunk — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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 Vile: Vile is an action rogue-lite about fighting demonic creatures and other horrors throughout a vile world. Fight enemies and/or complete random objectives given to you in procedurally-generated dungeons to put a stop to the creatures forever! Collect souls, find new weapons, new artifacts, and battle EPIC bosses!
Players who liked Vile also play
Steam players who put hours into Vile 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.
Rush Rover
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Vile.
Top pick for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Blazing Beaks
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vile.
Second-strongest match for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.
Woodpunk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vile.
Third-strongest match for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vile.
Ranked #4 for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Zombie Party
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Vile.
Ranked #5 for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Vile.
Ranked #6 for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Vile.
Ranked #7 for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Vile.
Ranked #8 for Vile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Vile.
Reviewers of Vile cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vile.
Reviewers of Vile cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal.
Enter the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Vile.
Reviewers of Vile cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Dungeon Souls
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vile.
Reviewers of Vile cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vile at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vile.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vile.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vile.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vile.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vile.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vile.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Vile on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vile.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vile.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Blazing Beaks
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vile.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vile.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Zombie Party
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Vile.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Vile.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Vile.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vile.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Frequently asked about Vile
- How much does Vile cost?
- Vile is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Vile have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Vile supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Vile?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vile are Rush Rover, Blazing Beaks, Woodpunk.
- Who developed Vile?
- Vile was developed by Ardentsquid.
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 Vile.
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