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Games like Vaporum: Lockdown

If Vaporum: Lockdown is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vaporum, Legend of Grimrock and Dungeon Of Dragon Knight — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its new gadgets expand gameplay, atmospheric and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Vaporum: Lockdown: Vaporum: Lockdown, a prequel to Vaporum, is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Follow the story of Ellie Teller, a scientist struggling to survive disastrous events that happened in the tower of Arx Vaporum.

2020ActionIndieAdventureRPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 68Windows · macOS · Linuxby Fatbot Games, s. r. o.
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Players who liked Vaporum: Lockdown also play

Steam players who put hours into Vaporum: Lockdown also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Vaporum

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Top pick for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Vaporum is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Stranded in the middle of an ocean, in front of a gigantic tower, the hero has to find out what the place is, what happened there, and most importantly, who he is.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Legend of Grimrock

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Second-strongest match for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

    2012IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dungeon Of Dragon Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Third-strongest match for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Dungeon of Dragon Knight is a retro dungeon crawler RPG in modern visual design. Pointed by a mysterious witch, your party will descend into a dungeon with traps and monsters in search of the evil Dragon Knight and his treasure weapon. Or, are you fooled by the witch?

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Keep

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Ranked #4 for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Explore the subterranean depths in this first-person dungeon crawler with real-time combat, a unique rune magic system, exploration, and puzzle solving. This game will awaken memories of what made old-school dungeons so much fun to play while you fight, hunt for hidden treasures, and avoid deadly traps.

    2017IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Geneforge 2 - Infestation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Ranked #5 for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Wildly open-ended adventure in a unique fantasy world. Use battle or diplomacy and trickery to change the world, served by an army of custom-made mutant monsters. Almost 90 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Enormous range of abilities, factions, quests, and paths to victory.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Ranked #6 for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement, turn based combat and intricate quests. Explore a huge world, full of challenging mysteries and dangerous monsters!

    2016IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Heroes of the Monkey Tavern

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Ranked #7 for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is a first-person dungeon-crawling game designed as an introduction to the genre : simplified rules, balanced puzzles and challenges. An independent project developed solo.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Ranked #8 for Vaporum: Lockdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adventure. Freely explore a huge world, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Vaporum: Lockdown

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Wizardry 8

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Reviewers of Vaporum: Lockdown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.

    2013AdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Vaporum

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Reviewers of Vaporum: Lockdown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Vaporum is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Stranded in the middle of an ocean, in front of a gigantic tower, the hero has to find out what the place is, what happened there, and most importantly, who he is.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. BioShock™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Reviewers of Vaporum: Lockdown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

    2007ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Legend of Grimrock

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Reviewers of Vaporum: Lockdown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

    2012IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Might & Magic X - Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Vaporum: Lockdown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    After a decade, a Might & Magic® RPG is back with both the unique core formula and a new set of improved and fine-tuned features. The best RPG of its class!In the wake of the spectacular events in Might & Magic® Heroes® VI, you will play in a party of four adventurers entangled in intrigue and political machinations unfolding in...

    2014RPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. StarCrawlers

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Reviewers of Vaporum: Lockdown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vaporum: Lockdown at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Vaporum: Lockdown on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Fatbot Games, s. r. o.

Other recommendable Steam games by Fatbot Games, s. r. o., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Vaporum

    WHY THIS

    Shares grid based movement and an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Another title from Fatbot Games, s. r. o., the studio behind Vaporum: Lockdown. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Vaporum is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Stranded in the middle of an ocean, in front of a gigantic tower, the hero has to find out what the place is, what happened there, and most importantly, who he is.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Gravelord

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Another title from Fatbot Games, s. r. o., the studio behind Vaporum: Lockdown. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Gravelord is a fast-paced boomer shooter voiced by a badass protagonist featuring hand-crafted levels filled with secrets and hordes of enemies to kill. Dish out some brutal carnage with powerful guns and collect Tarot Cards to gain even more killing power. Let's put the fun back in funeral!

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hordelord

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fatbot Games, s. r. o., the studio behind Vaporum: Lockdown. Shares Action and Indie with Vaporum: Lockdown.

    Hi-octane arena shooter where you face waves of nasty enemies. Use destructive weapons and high mobility to secure your spot on global leaderboards. Expect tight gunplay, satisfying kills, and meaningful upgrades.

    2025ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Vaporum: Lockdown

Does Vaporum: Lockdown run on Steam Deck?
Vaporum: Lockdown is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Vaporum: Lockdown cost?
Vaporum: Lockdown is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Vaporum: Lockdown?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vaporum: Lockdown are Vaporum, Legend of Grimrock, Dungeon Of Dragon Knight.
Who developed Vaporum: Lockdown?
Vaporum: Lockdown was developed by Fatbot Games, s. r. o..

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