Rank 01Why this
Shares weapon customization and weapon upgrades with Vigor.
- $49.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- 2025
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Vigor: Escape from Tarkov, Off The Grid, Lost Light, Delta Force, and The Forever Winter. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares extraction shooter and weapon customization with Vigor.
- Free
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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The Forever Winter
Why this: Also Looter Shooter and Third-Person Shooter, like Vigor.
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DayZ
Why this: Shares base building with Vigor.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Vigor
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Shares weapon customization and survival management with Vigor.
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Bohemia Interactive
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 45% of 2,717 reviews
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Free To Play
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Compete with friends to upgrade shelters
- Fast 20 30 minute extraction matches fit into short play sessions
- Free to play with in game currency earned through gameplay
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Competitive
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Why this: Shares base building with Vigor.
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Why this: Same stressful mood as Vigor.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Vigor.
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Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Post-apocalyptic, like Vigor.
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Why this: Same challenging mood as Vigor.
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Why this: Same stressful mood as Vigor.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Vigor.
About Vigor
The closest matches to Vigor: Escape from Tarkov, Off The Grid, Lost Light, Delta Force, and The Forever Winter. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Vigor is your kind of game, the closest matches are Escape from Tarkov, Off The Grid and Lost Light — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and competitive, and single out its base building and blue icon navigation. 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.
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.
Is Vigor worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 45% of 2,717 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 53% positive across 66 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 11 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 9 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Compete with friends to upgrade shelters
- Fast 20 30 minute extraction matches fit into short play sessions
- Free to play with in game currency earned through gameplay
- High skill gap rewards map knowledge
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“More cheaters in this game in the past few months than ive ever seen in any game ever. Bohemia should be sued out of existance over scamming people selling skins while doing nothing to stop the miniscule group of players they actually have…”
“I attempted to play this game for roughly 6.7 hours straight. Was only able to extract a total of 3 times because I feel I got lucky. Every single game is filled with cheaters. If your view their steam accounts, they all have VAC bans and…”
People who play it also play: Escape from Tarkov, Off The Grid, Lost Light
Frequently asked about Vigor
Can I run it?
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 Escape from Tarkov, Off The Grid, Lost Light.
Who developed Vigor?
Vigor was developed by Bohemia Interactive.