Into The Darkness VR

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Into The Darkness VR is a single player shooter game. It was developed by 9 lives and was released on May 29, 2025. It received neutral reviews from players.

Roadmap About the GameInto the Darkness VR takes full advantage of VR technology to not only tell a thrilling story that explores the effects of current technological advancement, but also allow you to fully immerse in an interactive world packed with numerous satisfying mechanics. What to expect in Into the Darkness VR: Story Mode: Start an immersive journey spread across six atmospheric l…

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42%

Audience ScoreBased on 24 reviews

gameplay4 positive mentions

optimization3 negative mentions

The game has impressive and intuitive VR interactions, including physics-based combat and a variety of flavorful equipment.
It shows strong potential with well-crafted assets, interesting mechanics like a diagetically integrated UI, and gameplay elements inspired by popular VR titles.
The developers were initially active with the community and receptive to feedback during playtests, showing passion for VR development.

The game suffers from severe bugs and glitches, such as rope physics breaking and soft-locking early in the game, making it largely unplayable in its current state.
It has been abandoned or neglected by the developers with no updates, fixes, or communication for many months after Early Access release.
The tutorial and early gameplay are poorly designed, confusing players with control issues, unclear instructions, and frustrating progression causing repeated failures.

story
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
58%
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The story-driven FPS aims to deliver an intense, physics-based experience but is hampered by frustrating glitches, particularly with rope mechanics early on, disrupting gameplay flow. While the first mission features well-paced combat and encourages exploration, technical issues and abrupt difficulty spikes detract from the intended narrative immersion. Some players also note repetitive audio cues that undermine the atmosphere.
- “It advertises itself as a story-driven FPS, with physics-based movement and combat.”
- “The player begins their first mission with a powerful weapon, then engages with a few enemies in live combat at a good pace in a well-designed environment.”
- “Exploration is encouraged in the mission, as secret goodies are hidden in certain places.”
- “It advertises itself as a story-driven FPS with physics-based movement and combat.”
- “Dropping the player into an extreme experience as one of their first moments with the game cheapens the well-designed escalation of risk that occurs in the first mission and left my expectations ricocheting.”
- “It would be sensible to introduce the player to crouching, crawling, jumping, and climbing in safe environments prior to testing these skills in the first mission.”
gameplay
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
42%
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The gameplay features intuitive, VR-suited mechanics inspired by Half-Life: Alyx, including fun pickup, throw, and glove-based interactions, but some combat elements feel underwhelming or rushed. Early access status shows promise with unique ideas, though optimization, level design, and combat depth need significant improvement to enhance overall engagement.
- “The player character has Half-Life: Alyx-inspired pickup and throw mechanics, which are fun to interact with and intuitive.”
- “Other mechanical ideas are present that feel utterly unique and perfectly suited to VR.”
- “The opening sequence of the game provides vital context to the game's world, and introduces the character to useful and cool mechanics.”
- “It would be extremely sensible to include a 'firing range', and introduce the player to dismemberment mechanics by ripping something harmless apart, prior to testing these skills.”
- “Unfortunately, while the enemies are an opportunity for the player to experiment with combat mechanics, the availability of a firearm at this point cheapens the opportunity to interact with dismemberment.”
- “Right now it feels like a sluggish clone of Boneworks with Half-Life: Alyx game mechanics.”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is currently poor, with performance issues such as stuttering during combat and character movement problems, especially considering it's an early access Unreal Engine VR title. Users note the physics feel underdeveloped and the overall experience requires significant improvements in performance and design.
- “The game's performance is poor, even for an Unreal Engine VR game.”
- “The game is so early access; it's said everywhere that it's physics-based, but the physics here is very poor, almost no impact from fighting robots (except stuttering every time you hit a robot, while the rest of the game runs smoothly).”
- “This is early access and feels rough - much work needs to be done optimizing performance, level design, gameplay, and much more.”
graphics
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the graphics unimpressive and believe they do not justify the game's poor performance.
- “The graphics are not that good to account for the game running this poorly.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game relies on repeated audio gags like the "Wilhelm scream," which some players find amusing initially but quickly becomes overused and less funny.