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Vaporum

Fatbot Games, s. r. o. · 2017-09-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 11, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 09, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Apr 10, 2019 (Xbox One), Sep 28, 2017 (Mac), Sep 28, 2017 (Linux), Sep 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Vaporum is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Stranded in the middle of an ocean, in front of a gigantic tower, the hero has to find out what the place is, what happened there, and most importantly, who he is.

Vaporum is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1066 reviews).

4
playing now
85%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
3.93★
PlayStation Store rating (162 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

"Stranded on a small islet in the middle of an ocean, you enter a gigantic mechanical tower. Nothing makes sense to you, but it is all strangely familiar..."(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,066 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-12-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 73 of 99 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
262Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 106Dec 2017 — avg 26 · peak 100Mar 2018 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 24Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 30Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 29Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2019 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 21Mar 2020 — avg 6 · peak 23Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 27Sep 2020 — avg 12 · peak 59Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-09-282026-10-142017-09-28 — best price $17.992018-02-13 — best price $14.992018-07-23 — best price $11.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-05-10 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $9.992020-01-14 — best price $9.992020-04-20 — best price $7.992020-08-31 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-04-19 — best price $7.992021-09-13 — best price $6.792021-12-13 — best price $4.992022-05-06 — best price $4.992022-08-23 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-08-18 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992024-02-29 — best price $2.992024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $2.992025-01-17 — best price $1.992025-04-21 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $1.992026-01-13 — best price $1.992026-04-14 — best price $1.992026-08-13 — best price $3.992026-09-03 — best price $3.992026-09-18 — best price $3.992026-10-03 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
67.2%
earned "Double Kill"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudStatsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9301%59
PS4 (PlayStation)2025%39
Xbox One (Xbox)1560%38
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCRPGPuzzleFantasySteampunkAction RPGStory RichExplorationDark FantasyFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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