Games like VERTIGROWL
Games like VERTIGROWL include Firework, Gorogoa, MOLE, Papers, Please, and Mini Motorways. We matched them by the tags players give VERTIGROWL on Steam (Simulation, Puzzle, Visual Novel, Bullet Hell, and Sokoban): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Firework
Shared: Puzzle · Visual Novel · Indie

Gorogoa
Shared: Puzzle · Hand-drawn · Atmospheric

MOLE
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Atmospheric

Papers, Please
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Indie

Mini Motorways
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Indie

Poly Bridge
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Building

Sanfu
Shared: Puzzle · Visual Novel · Hand-drawn

Cyber Manhunt
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Indie

INSIDE
Shared: 2.5D · Atmospheric · Puzzle

Creaks
Shared: Puzzle · Hand-drawn · Atmospheric

Bridge Constructor Portal
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Building

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Shared: Visual Novel · Puzzle · Atmospheric

Poly Bridge 2
Shared: Puzzle · Simulation · Building

Little Nightmares
Shared: Puzzle · Atmospheric · 2.5D

노베나 디아볼로스
Shared: Simulation · Visual Novel · Puzzle

PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Shared: Visual Novel · Simulation · Hand-drawn

FAR: Changing Tides
Shared: 2.5D · Puzzle · Atmospheric

Besiege
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Building

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Shared: Visual Novel · Hand-drawn · Simulation

Mandate Of Heaven
Shared: Simulation · Visual Novel · Puzzle

Machinarium
Shared: Puzzle · Hand-drawn · Atmospheric

Strange Horticulture
Shared: Puzzle · Simulation · Atmospheric

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Puzzle · Indie · Hand-drawn

Mini Metro
Shared: Puzzle · Simulation · Indie