Games like Containment Initiative
If Containment Initiative is your kind of game, the closest matches are Containment Initiative 2, Gun Club VR and Automata Break — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and stressful. 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 Containment Initiative: Containment Initiative is a local co-op VR shooter which can be played by two people on the same PC. Kill zombies alone in VR or have a friend cover you by using the mouse and keyboard. Features include realistic weapon reloading as well as a variety of unlockable guns, upgrades, and loot to find.
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Containment Initiative 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Containment Initiative.
Top pick for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Containment Initiative 2 is a local asymmetric co-op VR shooter which can be played by two people on the same PC. Kill zombies alone in VR or have a friend cover you by using the mouse and keyboard. Explore and scavenge to unlock new gear and weapons to help you survive the infected horde!
Gun Club VR
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Shares an immersive mood with Containment Initiative.
Second-strongest match for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Take to the range with an arsenal of the world’s most powerful weaponry in Gun Club VR. Addictive gameplay and unsurpassed realism combine to make Gun Club VR the ultimate virtual weapon simulator. The only thing missing is the smell of the gunpowder.
Automata Break
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Third-strongest match for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Stop the escape of the infected automata in this Local Co-op Tower Defense First Person Shooter game for VR. Choose between playing solo or collaborating with a friend to build defensive structures and fight the Automata to avoid their escape.
Arizona Sunshine®
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Containment Initiative.
Ranked #4 for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
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.
Fast and Low
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Shares a tense mood with Containment Initiative.
Ranked #5 for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Play in VR or with traditional FPS controls as you breach and clear your way through 23 handcrafted levels. Fast and Low is the only tactical shooter where a VR player and a keyboard player can team up side-by-side, locally or online, in intense co-op missions.
Operation Warcade VR
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Shares an immersive mood with Containment Initiative.
Ranked #6 for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Relive the experience of playing the classic war arcade in a totally amazing way, thanks to virtual reality and the innovative immersion system that will make it possible for you to travel inside the video game.
Zero Caliber 2 Remastered
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Containment Initiative.
Ranked #7 for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Zero Caliber 2 Remastered brings the full VR shooter experience to PC - with intense, cinematic firefights, a full single player and Co-op campaign, PvP, a huge arsenal to unlock, and character customization to make you stand out. Jump in if you’re after a proper VR shooter. Out NOW!
SURV1V3
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Ranked #8 for Containment Initiative fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
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!
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Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Containment Initiative.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Action with Containment Initiative.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Containment Initiative.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Containment Initiative.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Containment Initiative on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Containment Initiative.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Containment Initiative.
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The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Containment Initiative.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Containment Initiative.
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Frequently asked about Containment Initiative
- Does Containment Initiative work on Steam Deck?
- Containment Initiative is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Containment Initiative cost?
- Containment Initiative is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Containment Initiative have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Containment Initiative supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Containment Initiative?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Containment Initiative are Containment Initiative 2, Gun Club VR, Automata Break.
- Who developed Containment Initiative?
- Containment Initiative was developed by Gwyn Games LLC.
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