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Games like Venture to the Vile
Studio Cut to Bits · 2024 · Windows
Steam: 76 % positive of 164 reviews, as of Oct 18
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
24 games that play like Venture to the Vile and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Hollow Knight, GRIME and BIOMORPH.
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Plays and looks like Venture to the Vile
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Venture to the Vile
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Hollow Knight
97 % positive of 415,946
Shared: Open World · Metroidvania · Multiple Endings
GRIME
85 % positive of 5,788
Shared: Metroidvania · 2.5D · Side Scroller
BIOMORPH
92 % positive of 562
Shared: Metroidvania · Multiple Endings · Exploration
ANIMAL WELL
95 % positive of 20,790
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
Rain World
94 % positive of 42,277
Shared: Open World · Metroidvania · Exploration
The Vagrant
89 % positive of 8,261
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Platformer
Vigil: The Longest Night
86 % positive of 3,355
Shared: Metroidvania · Multiple Endings · Side Scroller
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
95 % positive of 13,465
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Platformer
Blasphemous
90 % positive of 51,484
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Platformer
Voidwrought
78 % positive of 611
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Dark
Elderand
75 % positive of 705
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Salt and Sanctuary
89 % positive of 20,652
Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Dark
More matches
- CARRION94 % positive of 27,310Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Horror
- ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights93 % positive of 39,533Shared: Metroidvania · Multiple Endings · Dark
- Blasphemous 291 % positive of 14,237Shared: Metroidvania · Multiple Endings · Side Scroller
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night93 % positive of 39,485Shared: Metroidvania · 2.5D · Side Scroller
- DOOMBLADE83 % positive of 306Shared: Metroidvania · Multiple Endings · Side Scroller
- Ghost Song83 % positive of 1,254Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Dark
- Dust: An Elysian Tail95 % positive of 18,638Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Exploration
- Death's Door93 % positive of 18,668Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Action-Adventure
- Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona80 % positive of 222Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Platformer
- Infernax92 % positive of 1,989Shared: Metroidvania · Multiple Endings · Side Scroller
- Sundered®: Eldritch Edition82 % positive of 4,957Shared: Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Exploration
- Hyper Light Drifter93 % positive of 17,843Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Colorful
By look
Looks like Venture to the Vile
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Black Book
92 % positive of 6,021
Hades
98 % positive of 279,741
What Remains of Edith Finch
95 % positive of 45,053
Death's Door
93 % positive of 18,668
Salt and Sanctuary
89 % positive of 20,652
Wytchwood
92 % positive of 4,032
HAAK
90 % positive of 2,993
Remnant: From the Ashes
84 % positive of 52,842
Ravenous Devils
92 % positive of 8,693
Ugly
95 % positive of 495
The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare
85 % positive of 1,888
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
83 % positive of 38,496
More matches
- Contrast90 % positive of 5,492
- Enigma of Fear96 % positive of 9,093
- Laika: Aged Through Blood92 % positive of 4,909
- Book of Travels79 % positive of 2,003
- Nocturnal91 % positive of 353
- Creaks94 % positive of 4,855
- Seven: Enhanced Edition76 % positive of 2,015
- Epistory - Typing Chronicles94 % positive of 6,581
- Pyre90 % positive of 9,038
- Figment 2: Creed Valley93 % positive of 1,173
- GRIME II87 % positive of 2,081
- Pronty91 % positive of 1,097
At a glance
What games like Venture to the Vile have in common
- The tags they share most often with Venture to the Vile: Metroidvania (24 of 24), Side Scroller (15) and Exploration (8).
- They came out between 2013 and 2025, one of them after Venture to the Vile (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: Hollow Knight (97 % positive of 415,946).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.