Warhammer: Vermintide 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2018

Should you play it?

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

What works

  • Satisfying melee combat
  • Strong cooperative gameplay
  • Rich warhammer fantasy setting
  • High replayability with frequent updates
  • Friendly and helpful community

Things to keep in mind

  • Grindy loot progression
  • Some dlc locked content
  • Steep difficulty curve at higher levels
  • Occasional connection issues
  • Slow early game progression

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • HELLDIVERS™ 2

  • Sker Ritual

  • Starship Troopers: Extermination

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

  • Warframe

More relaxing

Games that feels like Warhammer: Vermintide 2 but with a more relaxing feel

  • Shadow Warrior 2

  • Borderlands 2

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Enshrouded

  • Monster Hunter: World

  • Voidtrain

Less intimate

Games that feels like Warhammer: Vermintide 2 but with less focus on close relationships

  • ELDEN RING

  • Borderlands 3

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • ELEX II

More competitive

Games that feels like Warhammer: Vermintide 2 but with more competition against others

  • Hunt: Showdown 1896

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Shatterline

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • DARK SOULS™ II

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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).

Warhammer: Vermintide 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026