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Press release:
October 1st 2020, Bratislava, Slovakia
The Slovakia-based indie games studio Fatbot Games are today very proud and thrilled to announce that their steampunk dungeon crawler “Vaporum: Lockdown” is now available for PC via Steam, GOG and the Humble Store.

“Vaporum: Lockdown” by Fatbot Games is a grid-based single-player dungeon crawler in an original steampunk setting , inspired by classics such as Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder, or the new Legend of Grimrock series.

The game has launched on Windows (Steam, GOG, Humble Store/Widget), and Mac & Linux releases will follow shortly.

“Vaporum: Lockdown”, prequel to critically acclaimed Vaporum , expands on everything that made the original game good. Follow the story of Ellie Teller, a scientist who is a part of a mysterious research project in the middle of an ocean . After disastrous events, she struggles to survive and escape the tower of Arx Vaporum.

Dates & Platforms
● Windows (Steam, GOG, Humble Store/Widget): September 15, 2020
● Mac & Linux (Steam, GOG, Humble Store/Widget): following shortly after the Windows release

● Nintendo Switch: Q4 2020 – specific date to be announced later
● PS4/XB1: 2021
Features
● 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.

About Vaporum: Lockdown
Vaporum: Lockdown is a prequel to the award-winning steampunk dungeon crawler Vaporum (90% rating on Steam). It is a grid-based, single-player, single-character game, seen from a first-person perspective in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school games like Dungeon Master I and II, the Eye of the Beholder series, and the more recent Legend of Grimrock I and II.

You will encounter even nastier enemies with unique strengths and attack patterns. To beat them, you will have to employ a broad array of weapons, gadgets, upgrades, and smart tactics.

Fortunately, there’s plenty of powerful toys to play with. Brand new weapon types, each with a specific use, many new unique weapons, synergistic armor pieces, gadgets that allow you to raise your own army of underlings or to manipulate the battlefield, boosters, and more.

Prepare to solve new kinds of puzzles and hazards, using new interactive elements, which will test both your wits and reflexes.

The overall storyline will have you piecing together a solution to the main obstacle, where the individual pieces are spread over several levels. You will learn a lot more about the world and its inhabitants through voiced dialogs, phonodiaries, and written notes.

Improve your exoskeleton to be ready to face the dangers that lurk around every dark corner.

About Fatbot Games
Fatbot Games is an indie company based in Slovakia, a small country in Central Europe. It was founded by two industry veterans: Tibor Repta and Matej Zajačik.

Currently the company has secured investment funding. Fatbot Games has 50+ years of combined experience in the biz (Cauldron – Activision, Keen Software House, Illusion Softworks, Pixel Federation), and believes in polished games with engaging storylines and high production value in both visuals and gameplay. The last project released by Fatbot Games is Vaporum (90+ rating on Steam): http://www.vaporum-game.com/

***Disclosure***
We (TGG) are a part of the GOG family, and we may receive a profit cut out of your purchase via the GOG links in this post.