Games like Vertigo 2
If Vertigo 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Starway: BaRaider, The Stranger VR and Vertigo Remastered — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, weapon variety and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Vertigo 2 is a VR action-adventure game developed by Zach Tsiakalis-Brown and published by Zulubo Productions, released in 2023 at $29.99 USD. The single-player experience drops players into the depths of the Quantum Reactor for a challenging medium-length journey with boss battles and procedural gun-play. Players describe the atmosphere as immersive and the difficulty as challenging, with tactical positioning mattering considerably due to weapon variety. The game requires a sitting position and supports only solo play. Reviewers highlight the creative weapons and tough boss encounters as standout elements. The title holds a 96% positive rating from 2139 Steam reviews. VR hardware is required as the game is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Vertigo 2: Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.
Players who liked Vertigo 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Vertigo 2 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.
Starway: BaRaider
WHY THIS
Top pick for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
This is a sci-fi VR action shooting game. Mechanical frenzy is coming! Players have to teleport to survive from thousands of bullets.
The Stranger VR
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
The Stranger is an intense VR combat game which sets in an incredibly detailed exotic world. Explore the rich sci fi universe and survive with your weapons and wrist blade. Welcome to the world of the Stranger!
Vertigo Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Third-strongest match for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
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.
Half-Life: Alyx
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Ranked #4 for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vertigo 2.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
Resist
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Ranked #5 for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vertigo 2.
A dystopian future. An authoritarian regime. A tale of violence, intrigue, and hope. Swing from towering skyscrapers and battle deadly enemies as you fight to free your city from the evil that consumes it. With a kinetic swinging system, intense gunplay, and an immersive story campaign.
Hubris
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Ranked #6 for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vertigo 2.
Hubris is a VR action-adventure game set in a unique and colourful Sci-Fi universe, with immersive movement options, including swimming, climbing, and jumping. Players will have to gather resources, craft food and upgrade their weapons to fight off alien wildlife, droids, and humanoid enemies.
BONELAB
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Ranked #7 for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vertigo 2.
BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.
Alien: Rogue Incursion VR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Ranked #8 for Vertigo 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vertigo 2.
Alien: Rogue Incursion is an all-new action-horror VR game that transforms you into ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a dangerous mission to the uncharted planet Purdan, featuring innovative real-life motion gameplay, a whole-body loadout, and the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Vertigo 2
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Saints and Sinners
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Reviewers of Vertigo 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
Give a life to Sinner in Dark Medieval Era or join the Saints to find Sinner among them and execute him front of others. With your 4-8 friends or other players use in-game chat or voice chat to find who is Sinner or prove that you are not a Sinner!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Vertigo 2.
Reviewers of Vertigo 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Half-Life: Alyx
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Reviewers of Vertigo 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Vertigo 2.
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
BONEWORKS
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Vertigo 2.
Reviewers of Vertigo 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
Arken Age
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Vertigo 2.
Reviewers of Vertigo 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Vertigo 2.
Arken Age is a VR action-adventure game set in the Bio-Chasm—a terraformed fantasy world created by the Grand Arborist. Engage in full physics combat using Arkenite infused swords & guns—and freely explore the densely filled environments under siege by Hyperion's neural corruption.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vertigo 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Vertigo 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vertigo 2.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vertigo 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vertigo 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Vertigo 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Vertigo 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vertigo 2.
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.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vertigo 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Vertigo 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vertigo 2.
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.
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 Vertigo 2.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vertigo 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 2.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Vertigo 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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 Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo 2. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
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.
Vertigo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vertigo 2.
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo 2. Shares Action and Indie with Vertigo 2.
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.
Directionless
WHY THIS
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo 2. Shares Indie with Vertigo 2.
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 2.
Another title from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the studio behind Vertigo 2. Shares Indie with Vertigo 2.
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 2
- Does Vertigo 2 work on Steam Deck?
- Vertigo 2 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Vertigo 2 cost?
- Vertigo 2 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vertigo 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vertigo 2 are Starway: BaRaider, The Stranger VR, Vertigo Remastered.
- Who developed Vertigo 2?
- Vertigo 2 was developed by Zach Tsiakalis-Brown and published by Zulubo Productions.
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