Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like VRChat (2026)
Every game below overlaps with VRChat on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Anarchy Arcade, which both open world, survival and relaxing.
- VRChat is tagged VR, Free to Play, Multiplayer, Anime, Memes, Funny, Massively Multiplayer, First-Person by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 12 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Anarchy Arcade
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Sandbox and Simulation; released around the same time (2014).
Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.
Anarchy Arcade at a glance Released 2014 Studio Elijah Newman-Gomez Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,197 Price Free Free to PlaySandboxSimulationCasualEarly AccessVRFunnyFirst-Person
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Only If
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, First-Person and Comedy; released around the same time (2014).
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Only If at a glance Released 2014 Studio Creability Player sentiment 62% positive of 5,953 Price Free Free to PlayFirst-PersonComedySimulationCasualFunny
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Professional Fishing
Why it matched: both open world, horror, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Free to Play, Simulation and Massively Multiplayer; released around the same time (2018).
Are you falling asleep with a rod? Never again! Professional Fishing will never let you fall asleep! Play an amazing fishing simulator and feel like a real angler! Create your own fishing club and compete with others!
Professional Fishing at a glance Released 2018 Studio MasterCode Player sentiment 76% positive of 4,260 Price Free Free to PlaySimulationMassively MultiplayerCasualFirst-Person
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KUBOOM
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, First-Person and Casual; released around the same time (2016).
Cross-platform hurricane online 3D Shooter
KUBOOM at a glance Released 2016 Studio nobodyshot Player sentiment 64% positive of 4,563 Price Free Free to PlayFirst-PersonCasualMassively MultiplayerFunnyMemes
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Russian Fishing 4
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Free to Play, Simulation and First-Person; released around the same time (2021).
Russian Fishing 4 is a fishing simulator with RPG elements. There is no story line and the whole process is based on the concept of an open, free to roam and free to play game.
Russian Fishing 4 at a glance Released 2021 Studio FishSoft LLC Player sentiment 61% positive of 90,224 Price Free Free to PlaySimulationFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerCasual
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Chinese Parents
Why it matched: both survival, horror and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Memes, Simulation and Casual; released around the same time (2018).
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Chinese Parents at a glance Released 2018 Studio 墨鱼玩游戏 Player sentiment 91% positive of 27,000 Price $9.99 MemesSimulationCasualDating SimAnimeFunnySurvival Horror
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Rec Room
Why it matched: both horror and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, VR and Funny; released around the same time (2021).
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
Rec Room at a glance Released 2021 Studio Rec Room Player sentiment 90% positive of 83,441 Price Not listed Free to PlayVRFunnyFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerCasualSandboxSimulation
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Fishing Planet
Why it matched: both open world and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, Simulation and Massively Multiplayer; released around the same time (2017).
Fishing Planet® is a highly realistic first-person online multiplayer fishing simulator. Developed by avid fishing enthusiasts to bring you the full thrill of actual angling on your PC. Free-to-Play and just a download away!
Fishing Planet at a glance Released 2017 Studio Fishing Planet LLC Player sentiment 87% positive of 77,158 Price Free Free to PlaySimulationMassively MultiplayerFirst-PersonCasualVRMMORPG
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City Car Driving
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Simulation, Survival Horror and VR; released around the same time (2016).
City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.
City Car Driving at a glance Released 2016 Studio Forward Development, Ltd. Player sentiment 83% positive of 36,073 Price $24.99 SimulationSurvival HorrorVRFirst-PersonCasual
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DayZ
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Massively Multiplayer, Sandbox and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2018).
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
DayZ at a glance Released 2018 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 78% positive of 468,392 Price $24.99 Massively MultiplayerSandboxSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSimulation
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BLOCKADE
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Free to Play, Massively Multiplayer and First-Person; released around the same time (2019).
BLOCKADE Classic! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
BLOCKADE at a glance Released 2019 Studio Novalink Player sentiment 75% positive of 11,533 Price Free Free to PlayMassively MultiplayerFirst-PersonEarly AccessCasual
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Knight Online
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Free to Play, MMORPG and Massively Multiplayer; released around the same time (2016).
The Great Battle between Karus and El Morad has arrived to Steam! Pledge allegiance to one of the Nations and put your skills to the test in one of the best PvP system in the MMORPG universe!
Knight Online at a glance Released 2016 Studio Noah System Player sentiment 51% positive of 11,259 Price Free Free to PlayMMORPGMassively MultiplayerCasualAnime
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The Forest
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Survival Horror, First-Person and Sandbox; released around the same time (2018).
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
The Forest at a glance Released 2018 Studio Endnight Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 680,814 Price $19.99 Survival HorrorFirst-PersonSandboxSimulationEarly Access
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including VR, Survival Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2019).
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Price $29.99 VRSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonCasualFunny
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The Lab
Why it matched: both atmospheric and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, VR and First-Person; released around the same time (2016).
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!
The Lab at a glance Released 2016 Studio Valve Player sentiment 95% positive of 6,671 Price Free Free to PlayVRFirst-PersonFunnySandboxCasualMemesSimulation
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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Why it matched: both survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Survival Horror and Simulation; released around the same time (2017).
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 94% positive of 33,261 Price Free Free to PlaySurvival HorrorSimulationFirst-PersonFunnyMemes
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Hand Simulator
Why it matched: both open world, horror and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Funny and VR; released around the same time (2017).
There are many different levels where you can play with spinners, plunge into the subtleties of handling weapons, milk a cow, take part in a Mexican duel with your friends, have a good time fishing, play chess or simply chat in an anonymous club.
Hand Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio HFM Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 36,213 Price $1.49 SimulationFunnyVRFirst-PersonMemesComedy
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Sons Of The Forest
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Survival Horror, First-Person and Sandbox.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Sons Of The Forest at a glance Released 2024 Studio Endnight Games Ltd Player sentiment 88% positive of 318,107 Price $29.99 Survival HorrorFirst-PersonSandboxSimulationEarly Access
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School of Dragons
Why it matched: both open world, survival and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Massively Multiplayer and MMORPG; released around the same time (2014).
Fly fast, train hard, and learn well to become the Ultimate Dragon Trainer! Join Chief Hiccup and Toothless and embark on the thrilling adventures of DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. Play with your friends and explore mysterious worlds in this action-packed learning experience!
School of Dragons at a glance Released 2014 Studio JumpStart Games, Inc. Player sentiment 62% positive of 5,502 Price Not listed Free to PlayMassively MultiplayerMMORPGSimulationFunnyFirst-Person
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Villagers and Heroes
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Massively Multiplayer and MMORPG; released around the same time (2014).
Step into a cozy fantasy MMORPG where adventure feels like home. Craft gear, farm, and build your village—then band together with a warm community to take on challenging boss raids, explore dangerous realms, and forge your legend.
Villagers and Heroes at a glance Released 2014 Studio Mad Otter Games Player sentiment 61% positive of 3,457 Price Free Free to PlayMassively MultiplayerMMORPGSandboxFunnyCasual
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Ultimate Custom Night
Why it matched: both survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Survival Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2018).
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Ultimate Custom Night at a glance Released 2018 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 95% positive of 62,777 Price Free Free to PlaySurvival HorrorFirst-PersonMemesFunnySimulation
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100% Orange Juice
Why it matched: both survival, horror and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Anime, Casual and Funny; released around the same time (2014).
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.
100% Orange Juice at a glance Released 2014 Studio Orange_Juice Player sentiment 91% positive of 30,159 Price $6.99 AnimeCasualFunnyMemesComedySurvival Horror
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The Long Drive
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and relaxing; shares 4 player tags including First-Person, Simulation and Early Access; released around the same time (2019).
Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.
The Long Drive at a glance Released 2019 Studio Genesz Player sentiment 88% positive of 56,256 Price $15.99 First-PersonSimulationEarly AccessCasual
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Green Hell
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including First-Person, Sandbox and Simulation; released around the same time (2019).
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Green Hell at a glance Released 2019 Studio Creepy Jar Player sentiment 85% positive of 101,599 Price $2.79 First-PersonSandboxSimulationSurvival Horror
Common questions
What game is most like VRChat?
Anarchy Arcade, on the evidence we have. It both open world, survival and relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to VRChat" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with VRChat. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.