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Interkosmos

Interkosmos is a short virtual reality experience which places you in the hot seat of a space capsule returning to Earth during the Cold War. Combining an incredibly high pressure situation with a great deal of humor, Ovid Works has crafted a truly unique, narrative-driven experience. While the game is only around 30 minutes long, it has branching storylines, two successful endings, and makes death incredibly fun with a whole host of ways for you to perish. It's highly interactive, it makes incredibly satisfying clicky noises when pressing buttons and flipping switches, and it's over the top, colorful, retro graphics make it a unique and fun experience. Climb into the Interkosmos cockpit, make history, and show the world that Major Tom has nothing on you.
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80%Game Brain Score
story, humor
gameplay, replayability
78% User Score Based on 274 reviews
Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

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Interkosmos is a single player arcade simulation game with fantasy, comedy, historical and science fiction themes. It was developed by Ovid Works and was released on April 25, 2017. It received positive reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

Interkosmos is a challenging mini-adventure of astronomical proportions - in VR! Brace yourself for a rush of hectic gameplay to test your inner astronaut, and a comedic story full of twists, international intrigues and Cold War absurdities.

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78%
Audience ScoreBased on 274 reviews
story17 positive mentions
replayability4 negative mentions
  • Immersive VR experience with well-designed Soviet-style space capsule and detailed controls.
  • Humorous and engaging story with good voice acting and retro-themed atmosphere.
  • Affordable price for a short, fun, and unique space simulation with multiple endings.
  • Significant control issues, especially with Valve Index and some other VR controllers; hands often misaligned and unresponsive.
  • Frequent audio problems including missing sound and no subtitles making gameplay confusing.
  • Game is short with limited replay value and occasional bugs and crashes on some systems.
  • story
    50 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is generally praised for its humor, engaging dialogue, and enjoyable storytelling, despite being relatively short (around 30–40 minutes) with simple branching paths and multiple endings. Players appreciate the comedic and lighthearted approach that guides the gameplay, though some desire more missions and a deeper narrative. However, a few criticize the linear, script-driven nature and lack of replay variety, noting the story serves mainly as a fun backdrop to the problem-solving mechanics.

    • “Amazing storytelling in an extremely simple environment.”
    • “The story is one of the best parts of the game.”
    • “While the game is only around 30 minutes long, it has branching storylines, two successful endings, and makes death incredibly fun with a whole host of ways for you to perish.”
    • “There's no challenge, nothing more than a very short story where you play the role of a monkey flipping switches.”
    • “After 10 minutes of 'easy' mode I couldn't figure out what to do and found it odd there was no sound, so I looked it up and found a Steam discussion where the developer says alt+tab to get sound to work... and the whole tutorial and story of this game is with the audio so that's a pretty big issue.”
    • “[Tutorial cannot be skipped, switches and valves are not always responsive, script-driven story lacks random malfunctions.]”
  • humor
    38 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is widely praised for its witty writing, clever Cold War references, and charming, often hilarious voice acting, including memorable accents. Though the experience is short and can feel repetitive, the funny dialogue and unique, immersive atmosphere consistently engage players and lighten high-pressure moments. Overall, humor is a standout feature that significantly enhances the game's appeal and enjoyment.

    • “The strongest thing in its favor, I think, is the writing; the dialogue is really witty and funny.”
    • “Despite working in a delicate and relatively complex environment, the humor from hearing your colleagues reacting to different situations (along with mock Russian accents) got me snickering and lightens the mood.”
    • “The game’s humor is unique and charming, and the voice acting is top quality compared to other titles on the VR market.”
  • graphics
    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are widely praised for their colorful, retro, and stylized visuals, contributing to an immersive and engaging experience. However, several users report performance issues, including lag and crashes, often requiring lower settings for smooth gameplay. Overall, the visuals are considered high quality but somewhat unoptimized on certain hardware.

    • “Graphics are great and so is the voice acting and storyline.”
    • “On the pros: graphics are very well done (although I had to turn off high quality to get it to run smoothly on my overclocked 1070) and the gameplay is fast-paced and fun.”
    • “It's highly interactive, it makes incredibly satisfying clicky noises when pressing buttons and flipping switches, and its over the top, colorful, retro graphics make it a unique and fun experience.”
    • “Crash with lower graphic settings.”
    • “Crash with higher graphic settings.”
    • “Very cool, a bit short and a bit buggy (with the button pressing), and a little bit laggy (GTX980), polished graphics all the same.”
  • gameplay
    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a fast-paced and fun experience with a compelling story, but is limited to about an hour and follows a mostly on-rails spaceship path without realistic orbital mechanics. Some mechanics, like oxygen/pressure management, feel forced and the highlighted controls reduce the challenge of learning the ship. Overall, it’s enjoyable, especially on hard mode, but lacks depth and modern VR optimization.

    • “On the pros: graphics are very well done (although I had to turn off high quality to get it to run smoothly on my overclocked 1070) and the gameplay is fast-paced and fun.”
    • “I can still heartily recommend the game, though, because for the ~1 hour of gameplay, it did really feel like flying a spaceship, and it was awesome.”
    • “Overall, alright mechanics (though that could be due to just VR's wonkiness), fun story, good hour of gameplay.”
    • “Overall, it would be nice if the game was updated and polished for modern VR standards and performance optimization, including gameplay shake.”
    • “As far as I can tell, the spaceship is on rails: you can't actually fly or watch the orbital mechanics play out. You have one path, and you die if you stray too far from it.”
    • “Having buttons highlighted when you need to press them takes away the main gameplay mechanic: figuring out how the spaceship works.”
  • atmosphere
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere is widely praised for its immersive and unique portrayal of space, blending retro and Cold War themes with humor and engaging challenges. While some critiques note static or lackluster visual effects during certain sequences, overall, the game successfully creates a compelling and nostalgic environment that deeply engrosses players.

    • “Not only does this game bring an immersive atmosphere (even at 30 frames) but it engrosses you into a time when two ideologies who were ever so close to destroying each other had to come together and help save a lone cosmonaut from dying in space.”
    • “Not only has this been my best VR experience ever but has rejuvenated my interest in space and Cold War era technology plus the atmosphere surrounding it.”
    • “It's well written and the atmosphere is amazing!”
    • “Additionally, the window animations that I saw upon entering the atmosphere were lackluster and static, making the landing feel almost like it didn't even happen. All I could see for a while was black then fading to clouds but with no movement.”
    • “Will hopefully not make the same mistake when entering atmosphere the next time I try.”
    • “Vent atmosphere into space.”
  • replayability
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Interkosmos offers a unique, short experience of about an hour but generally lacks significant replay value. Players find it mostly a one-time playthrough, with limited incentives to revisit beyond exploring alternate endings or completing the story without dying. While some appreciate its uniqueness, the game's minimal replayability and occasional control issues may reduce its long-term engagement.

    • “+replayable”
    • “I wish I had seen some in-game death sequences which would have added much more replayability other than a simple text explanation as to what I did wrong.”
    • “I beat it in about 1 hour, and although it doesn't have much replay value, I would definitely recommend people try it out.”
    • “Interkosmos strives to be a short experience with little to no replay value.”
    • “You are basically paying $5 for a solid unique 1 hour experience, with no real replay value.”
    • “But it is short, and there's no replay value once you succeed.”
  • stability
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including bugs that prevent achievements from triggering, audio cutouts, frequent freezes, and occasional fatal glitches that hinder progress. Despite polished graphics, these problems lead to a frustrating and inconsistent experience.

    • “The game is buggy and achievements appear to be bugged and not triggering.”
    • “May be a great game but I'll never know, super buggy and audio cuts out when the program freezes up.”
    • “It is buggy though, in my short playthrough I experienced several bugs including one fatal bug that prevented progress.”
  • optimization
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from poor optimization, struggling to run smoothly even on relatively powerful hardware, and would benefit from updates to modern VR standards and performance improvements. While the graphics are praised, players often experience lag and performance issues, impacting gameplay fluidity.

    • “Overall, it would be nice if the game was updated and polished to meet modern VR standards and technology codebases for better performance optimization and gameplay smoothness.”
    • “On the pros: graphics are very well done (although I had to turn off high quality to get it to run smoothly on my overclocked 1070) and the gameplay is fast-paced and fun.”
    • “The graphics are great but unoptimized to the point where there's lag in the hands.”
    • “Overall, it would be nice if the game was updated and polished for modern VR standards and technology codebases to improve performance optimization and gameplay stability.”
    • “Very badly optimized.”
    • “Besides that, it is unoptimized.”
  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect is negatively impacted by a control issue where touching the thumbpad or stick on Knuckles controllers unexpectedly causes the game to exit, disrupting immersion and causing frustration.

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Interkosmos is a arcade simulation game with fantasy, comedy, historical and science fiction themes.

Interkosmos is available on PC, Virtual Reality and Windows.

On average players spend around 1 hours playing Interkosmos.

Interkosmos was released on April 25, 2017.

Interkosmos was developed by Ovid Works.

Interkosmos has received positive reviews from players and positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Interkosmos for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Interkosmos is a single player game.

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