Fatbot Games has announced the release date of its upcoming grid-based dungeon crawler Vaporum: Lockdown. According to the new announcement, Vaporum: Lockdown is slated for release on September 15, 2020, on Windows PC. A Linux and Mac release is also scheduled for release shortly after the initial Windows PC release.
Vaporum: Lockdown is set in an original steampunk setting and is inspired by classics such as Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder as well as the new Grimlock series. It is also the prequel to the critically-acclaimed Vaporum and it expands on everything that was present in the first game. You follow the story of Ellie Teller, a young scientist who is working on teleportation research in a grand secret project Arx Vamporum.
Arx Vaporum is hidden in the middle of a vast ocean and you will get to experience the last moments of Ellie’s normal day job before things go very wrong. She is forced to quickly adapt to omnipresent danger and must confront her own past in order to pull through. Check out the new release date trailer for Vaporum: Lockdown below.
Key features of the game include:
- Old-school grid-based dungeon crawler with modern audiovisuals and controls.
- First-person real-time combat with deadly foes with varied abilities and behaviors.
- Stop time mode where time only passes when you act, giving you unlimited time to reason about your next best move.
- Intriguing story following a fully voiced female protagonist.
- Unique gadget-based RPG system with tons of customization, tons of loot, and tons of synergies to find.
- Mind-bending puzzles and hazards.
- Immersive steampunk setting.
- Full controller support.
- Localized in 8 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Polish, Japanese, and Chinese.
Vaporum: Lockdown is slated for release on PC on September 15, 2020. The game will also release on Nintendo Switch in Q4 2020 and consoles in 2021.
Let us know in the comments section below whether you would be interested in playing Vaporum: Lockdown when it comes out on PC or not.
