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Vectorio

2023

Should you play it?

Build. Automate. Defend.

What works

  • Engaging base building and defense gameplay
  • Active and responsive developer
  • Good value for price
  • Strong community involvement
  • High replayability and progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Numerous bugs and technical issues
  • Lack of quality of life features (blueprints, bulk actions)
  • Steep learning curve and micromanagement
  • Some balance and pacing problems
  • Limited multiplayer and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Caveblazers

  • CRYPTARK

  • Enter the Gungeon

  • Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

  • Cogmind

  • Catacomb Kids

Less social

Games that feels like Vectorio but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon

  • CleanFall

  • Zexion

  • Forsaken Isle

  • Dungeon Warfare 3

  • ScourgeBringer

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Vectorio. 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 Vectorio. These titles are not in What to play next.

Vectorio: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026