Vanquish similar games & best alternatives

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Vanquish

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.

What works

  • Fast-paced and stylish gameplay
  • Innovative slide and bullet time mechanics
  • Well-optimized pc port
  • Varied weapons and upgrade system
  • Challenging boss fights

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Linear and repetitive level design
  • Weak and clichéd story
  • Limited enemy variety
  • Ai teammates are unhelpful

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Devil May Cry 4

  • NINJA GAIDEN 4

  • Bright Memory

  • Hard Reset Extended Edition

  • Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition

  • BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

More exploratory

Games that feels like Vanquish but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast

  • The Surge

  • STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®

  • AI LIMIT

  • Prodeus

  • DOOM

Less competitive

Games that feels like Vanquish but with less competition against others

  • Hard Reset Redux

  • Akimbot

  • EARTH'S DAWN

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

  • KIBORG

  • METAL EDEN

More story-driven

Games that feels like Vanquish but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Dead Space™ 2

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

  • Wolfenstein: The New Order

  • Soulstice

  • METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Vanquish. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Vanquish. These titles are not in What to play next.

Vanquish: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Status.

Last update: 21/08/2026