Dead In Vinland similar games & best alternatives

Dead In Vinland

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

What works

  • Engaging survival and resource management
  • Strong narrative and character development
  • Challenging but rewarding gameplay
  • Atmospheric art and music
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • High rng can cause frustration
  • Combat is simplistic and repetitive
  • Some ui and quality of life issues
  • Story dialogue can be uneven
  • Game can become repetitive in late stages

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Outcast Tales: The First Journey

  • Fuga: Melodies of Steel

  • Frosthaven

  • Thea 2: The Shattering

  • Don't Starve Together

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Less social

Games that feels like Dead In Vinland but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Library Of Ruina

  • Yggdra Union

  • The Use of Life

  • Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception

  • Love n War: Warlord by Chance

  • Dark Deity

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Similarity map

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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).

Dead In Vinland: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026