Games like Vigor
If Vigor is your kind of game, the closest matches are Army of One, Forbidden zone and DotStrike — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and competitive. 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.
Get personalized picks →Vigor is a free-to-play third-person extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic Norway, developed by Bohemia Interactive and released in 2024. Players engage in encounter-modes where they loot, shoot, and extract valuable spoils across the war-torn landscape. The game features base-building, loadout-customization, and inventory-management within short 20-30 minute matches designed for quick sessions. Players describe the experience as intense and atmospheric, with PvP encounters creating a tense loot-and-extract loop where map knowledge and skill are rewarded. The competitive-multiplayer and tactical survival elements drive the gameplay as players compete with friends to upgrade their shelters. Vigor is playable on Steam Deck and holds a 45% positive rating from 2,717 Steam reviews.
About Vigor: Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.
Players who liked Vigor also play
Steam players who put hours into Vigor 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.
Army of One
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Top pick for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vigor.
Army of One is a first and third person shooter style game based on teams and solo confrontations, with melee combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Prove to everyone that you are the best, that you are literally a one-man army, for rewards and abilities.
Forbidden zone
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vigor.
Immerse yourself in the dangerous and thrilling world of the Forbidden Zone, a vast open world multiplayer survival game where your main objective is to outwit, outplay and outlast. Falls before Autumn 2023.
DotStrike
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vigor.
DotStrike is a 3D online shooter in which alien invaders in the form of colored spheres fight each other in a seaport. But the aliens are not fighting alone.
Snow War
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vigor.
Neon lights, big hair, and mountains of snow — the 80s never ended in the frozen world of Snow War. Grab your snowballs, gear up with homemade gadgets, and dive into fast‑paced, retro‑flavored action.
Mini Royale
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Vigor.
Ranked #5 for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vigor.
Brace yourself for an action-packed shooter experience in Mini Royale! Battle as green army toy soldiers in a massive kids' bedroom, fighting for survival in modes like Battle Royale, Deathmatch, and more—where only the strongest players or teams claim victory.
Portable Ops
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vigor.
In POPS, every bullet fired pushes you further into the chaos of war. The story-driven campaign throws you into the boots of an elite operative. Fight through a series of intense missions, face overwhelming odds, unexpected betrayals, and brutal firefights where only the strongest survive.
MiniWarfare
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vigor.
MiniWarfare is a fun and fast-paced multiplayer shooter with creative game modes. Team up with friends, strategize, and dive into action-packed battles — from tactical showdowns and stealth missions to high-stakes extractions and chaotic challenges!
2030
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Vigor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vigor.
ONLINE sci-fi Multiplayer ZOMBIE game.It's 2030 AC, Beings from planet Venus are back and they declare WAR to humans with a deadly virus. Use ultimate military weapons, make body parts fly, clear the area from deadly hordes, Great amount of action to play alone or with at least 4 friends.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Vigor
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SCUM
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a stressful mood with Vigor.
Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Vigor.
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Vigor.
Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Vigor.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
Ring of Elysium
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vigor.
Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Free To Play with Vigor.
Escape an astonishing disaster in Ring of Elysium, a battle royale shooter developed by Aurora Studio.
STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vigor.
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
CUBG: Car Unknown's Battlegrounds
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Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vigor.
New survival by battle cars of war with many guns in battleground royal 3D pixel
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vigor.
Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Vigor.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Vigor.
Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Vigor.
Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.
Escape from Tarkov
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization, weapon upgrades, survival and an atmospheric mood with Vigor.
Reviewers of Vigor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vigor.
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Bohemia Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by Bohemia Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor. Shares Action and Adventure with Vigor.
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.
Arma 3
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor. Shares Action with Vigor.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Arma Reforger
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor. Shares Action with Vigor.
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
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Shares a stressful mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor. Shares Action with Vigor.
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.
Ylands
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Vigor.
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
ARMA: Cold War Assault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor. Shares Action with Vigor.
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2 million copies have been sold since its release.
Arma 2
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor. Shares Action with Vigor.
Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.
Take On Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Vigor.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind Vigor.
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
Frequently asked about Vigor
- Does Vigor run on Steam Deck?
- Vigor is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Vigor free to play?
- Yes — Vigor is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Vigor have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Vigor supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Vigor?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vigor are Army of One, Forbidden zone, DotStrike.
- Who developed Vigor?
- Vigor was developed by Bohemia Interactive.
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