How many episodes are in Human Vapor?

Human Vapor has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does Human Vapor premiere?

Human Vapor premieres on 2026-07-02.

Is Human Vapor a new series?

Human Vapor is a new series (Season 1).

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Human Vapor(2026)

Also known as Gasu Ningen

Archived · Netflix

MA15+8 eps

S01

CrimeActionScience FictionThriller

ON AIR: JUL 2Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Human Vapor takes a single outlandish premise, a man who can dissolve into gas, and runs it straight into crime territory rather than heroism. The power is a tool for bank robbery, and the series stays focused on that criminal application: how the ability works, how far it can be pushed, and what happens when the advantage starts attracting the wrong attention.

The transformation itself carries a physical unease that keeps the tone from settling into slick heist territory. There is something genuinely unsettling about a body that stops being solid, and the series holds onto that discomfort rather than smoothing it over. Being a miniseries, the story moves with compression; each episode tightens the circle of consequences rather than expanding the world outward.

Best for

illegal heist sci-fi, bodily transformation horror and Crime

Story lane

Crime and Action

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

A man gains the ability to transform into a gaseous state uses his powers for bank robberies.

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Strongest Match

Steal keeps the same crime-thriller focus as Human Vapor, where one strange advantage turns an ordinary life into a fast-moving robbery problem. An office worker gets dragged into escalating danger with quick, momentum-heavy scenes and personal pressure, but the danger stays more grounded and less bodily-horror than the gas-transformation thefts.

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Why this pick

Mousetrap and Human Vapor both run on a single person getting squeezed by a criminal power, then paying for every misstep in real time. Identity theft in Mousetrap turns into financial ruin and forced partnership, with tense urban cat-and-mouse scenes that feel intimate and claustrophobic, while Human Vapor adds the extra layer of unsettling body-change horror.

The Capture

BBC One • Jun 18, 2026

CrimeDrama

After ex-soldier Shaun Emery's (Turner) conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns home a free man to his young daughter. But when CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again. With DI Rachel Carey (Grainger) drafted in to investigate Shaun's case, she quickly learns that the truth can sometimes be a matter of perspective. Should she trust Shaun Emery?

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Why this pick

The Capture shares Human Vapor’s tight, high-tension crime energy, built around a single person’s advantage turning into a trap. Surveillance footage as an unreliable weapon drives quick confrontations and small contradictions across scenes, keeping you guessing, while Human Vapor leans harder on action and the eerie physical cost of its transformation.

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