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The Amusement

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66%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
83% User Score Based on 30 reviews

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The Amusement is a single player simulation game with mystery and historical themes. It was developed by Curvature Games and was released on April 16, 2026. It received positive reviews from players.

An abandoned amusement park, a tangled memory, a family shattered by the Great War… Discover an intense story in this redirected-walking VR adventure in which every step counts.

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83%Audience ScoreBased on 30 reviews
story12 positive mentions
optimization2 negative mentions
  • Excellent room-scale VR experience with clever redirected walking mechanics, enhancing immersion in a small play space.
  • Beautiful, stylized graphics and strong voice acting complement an engaging, emotionally-driven story.
  • Fun and accessible puzzle gameplay with a smooth and immersive movement system, suitable for a 3 to 4 hour playtime.
  • Puzzles are generally too easy and repetitive, leading to diminished challenge and engagement for experienced players.
  • Technical issues and bugs occur, including inventory glitches and vignette setting problems, which can break immersion or hinder progress.
  • Some story and character elements, particularly cutscenes and endings, are perceived as weak or poorly executed by some players.

  • story

    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    46% positive mentions, 42% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The story is generally praised as emotional, engaging, and well-integrated with the puzzle gameplay, though some find it short or less impactful. It effectively conveys themes like family, with strong voice acting and visuals enhancing the narrative experience. While not universally connecting with every player, the story is considered a highlight and a meaningful aspect of the game.

    • “The amusement's affecting story about a broken family is some of the finest storytelling I've experienced in a VR game.”
    • “The remarkable story and the worldbuilding around it fit perfectly together making it a complete success.”
    • “The story was beautiful and the puzzles and physical interactions were almost perfect.”
    • “The story is so-so.”
    • “I also didn't personally connect with the story, but it's certainly not a bad story.”
    • “I guess that's why I didn't connect with the story.”

  • graphics

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    63% positive mentions, 18% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their beautiful, immersive visuals and distinctive art style, contributing to a positive and atmospheric experience. However, some users find the graphics lacking in technical sophistication or customization options, especially on VR platforms. Overall, the visuals are complemented by strong voice acting and solid design but occasionally limited by hardware or game settings.

    • “An absolutely positive experience, good graphics and story (funded by arte, which is an indication for quality over here in Germany/France), without encountering any bugs as mentioned by others.”
    • “It's clear that a lot of love went into it, the visuals are great, and the story, while a bit odd for the setting, is presented well.”
    • “Its a game with beautiful visuals and solid, immersive movement mechanics.”
    • “The puzzles, if you want to call them that, are lame, the graphics are lame, the room scale thing barely works and I have a sizable play area.”
    • “Using teleport or HMD directed movement, much is lost, and you really notice the PhoneVR graphics restrictions.”
    • “Wish there were more settings such as music control (they're too loud) and graphics controls.”

  • gameplay

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The gameplay features solid VR mechanics and smooth movement, offering an immersive experience with great puzzles and a pleasing art style. However, it is often criticized for repetitive mechanics, overly simple puzzles, and occasional bugs, which detract from its overall enjoyment. While some appreciate its innovative ideas, the limited variety and technical issues prevent it from being truly exceptional.

    • “There are a lot of mechanics here to make this worth buying.”
    • “Great puzzles, really cool art style, and top-notch VR mechanics.”
    • “The gameplay was smooth, the sound was pleasant, overall it was a lovely experience for me.”
    • “But the gameplay and the bugs let it down.”
    • “Mechanically, the gameplay also gets repetitive fast.”
    • “At times, the gameplay feels more like 'press a button to trigger an action' than truly interacting with the environment.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music is praised for its classic European amusement park style and solid soundtrack, complemented by nice voice acting. However, users wish for more audio settings, such as volume control, as the music can be too loud.

    • “It has nice voice acting, a solid musical soundtrack, a lovely art style, and solid level design.”
    • “The early 20th century visuals, the classic European amusement park sounding musical score, the voice acting, everything.”
    • “Wish there were more settings such as music control (they're too loud) and graphics controls.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Optimization starts strong but significantly declines in the latter half of the game, likely due to more open and vertically complex environments causing performance drops.

    • “However, towards the latter half of the game, performance dropped and kept getting worse.”
    • “I did notice the later areas were more open and had more verticality, which may explain the performance issues.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The emotional aspect is praised for its deeply engaging storytelling that evokes strong feelings, enhanced by light puzzle elements that complement the narrative without overwhelming it.

    • “The storytelling takes you on a deeply emotional journey with some light puzzle elements.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is considered lacking in charm and fails to deliver the immersive visual and artistic qualities typically expected from VR games of this genre.

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is not challenging but tends to be tedious, requiring repetitive actions multiple times to progress through the puzzle elements.

    • “It’s not difficult, just tedious, and you’re required to repeat it multiple times to solve the 'puzzle'.”
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The Amusement is a simulation game with mystery and historical themes. Common tags for The Amusement include first-person, world war i, female protagonist, linear, exploration and others.

The Amusement is available on PC, Virtual Reality and Windows.

The Amusement was released on April 16, 2026.

The Amusement was developed by Curvature Games.

The Amusement has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked The Amusement for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

The Amusement is a single player game.

Similar games include Red Matter 2, Wanderer, Call of the Sea, Deliver Us The Moon, Torn and others.