Games like Vertigo
If Vertigo is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vertigo Remastered, Arizona Sunshine® and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its early vr storytelling pioneer, exploration heavy alien facility and atmospheric. 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 →About Vertigo: Vertigo is a first person story-based shooter for the HTC Vive. Explore the sprawling underground facilities of Planck Interdimensional Energy Solutions' Quantum Reactor, filled with dark secrets, adorable drones, and parallel universes.
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Vertigo Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Top pick for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
An immersive story-driven shooter incorporating the cutting edge of VR gameplay, Vertigo Remastered is a complete overhaul and occasional reimagining of the 2016 original.
Arizona Sunshine®
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Second-strongest match for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Third-strongest match for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
The VR Edition of the critically acclaimed BAFTA award-winning Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.
The Walking Dead Onslaught
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Ranked #4 for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
There’s no rest when survival is on the line. Step into AMC’s The Walking Dead and prepare for an onslaught of walkers as you assume the roles of your favorite characters from the show, and confront the horrors and humanity of this apocalyptic new world.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Vertigo.
Ranked #5 for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.
SURV1V3
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
Forget what you have played so far, SURV1V3 is a unique realistic zombie survival fps game expressly designed for VIRTUAL REALITY that will let you test your survival skills. Play the thrilling story in single mode or coop with your friends (up to 4 players) and survive the apocalypse!
Budget Cuts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Ranked #7 for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!
Contagion VR: Outbreak
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Ranked #8 for Vertigo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
Contagion VR: Outbreak will immerse you into the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Relive stories of the survivors in the Single Player campaign, take your time in Free Roam, or check out the Firing Range!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Vertigo
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Half-Life
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Reviewers of Vertigo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vertigo.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Portal
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vertigo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vertigo.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Space Pirate Trainer
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Vertigo.
Reviewers of Vertigo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vertigo.
Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates in VR. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.
Stranger Things 3: The Game
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vertigo cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Vertigo.
Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Vertigo.
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.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vertigo.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Waltz of the Wizard (Legacy demo)
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vertigo.
Store page for the legacy demo of Waltz of the Wizard created as a prototype to showcase the power of room-scale VR. Please find the full product in the description below.
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vertigo.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Tiny Bunny: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vertigo.
Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Poppy Playtime
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Rec Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Vertigo.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
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More from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown
Other recommendable Steam games by Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Vertigo 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.
Vertigo Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo.
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo.
An immersive story-driven shooter incorporating the cutting edge of VR gameplay, Vertigo Remastered is a complete overhaul and occasional reimagining of the 2016 original.
Directionless
WHY THIS
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo. Shares Indie with Vertigo.
Directionless is an experimental Virtual Reality horror game. It tries out a variety of ways of using Virtual Reality to unnerve and disorient the player, with carefully crafted audio working with an interactive environment to pull you into a nightmarish world where you can't trust anything.
Blueshift
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Vertigo.
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo. Shares Indie with Vertigo.
fly and jet around vast landscapes at ridiculous speeds. Spread your wings and use your rocket boosters to glide, do tricks, go off jumps, ski, or anything you can imagine.
Frequently asked about Vertigo
- What games are most similar to Vertigo?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vertigo are Vertigo Remastered, Arizona Sunshine®, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition.
- Who developed Vertigo?
- Vertigo was developed by Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, George Eracleous, Errol Bucy and published by Zulubo Productions.
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