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The Riese Project

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55%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics
91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

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The Riese Project is a single player arcade action adventure game with mystery and thriller themes. It was developed by MasashigeDev and was released on November 30, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

THE RIESE PROJECTSometimes a place remembers more than people do. The Riese Project is an immersive first-person narrative thriller for PC and VR — where realism meets unease. In the heart of the mountains, where concrete and stone merge with silence, something still waits — unseen, but present. It won’t tell you a story. You’ll become part of it. Deformed corridors. Traces of those who disappe…

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91%Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews
atmosphere1 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • Stunning and realistic graphics pushing Unreal Engine 5's capabilities, offering some of the best visuals available in VR games.
  • Great atmosphere and intriguing story set in a historically inspired WW2 bunker complex, with immersive exploration and puzzle-solving mechanics.
  • Active development and responsiveness from the solo developer, including optimization improvements and expanded VR headset support.
  • Performance issues remain significant even on high-end hardware, resulting in low framerates and laggy gameplay.
  • Game-breaking bugs and glitches are frequent, causing crashes, lost progress, and frustrating experiences.
  • Gameplay lacks visual clues and direction, leading to confusing puzzles and potential to get stuck, which harms overall playability.

  • optimization

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    Optimization has seen some improvements with an update to the latest Unreal Engine version, resulting in smoother performance for certain setups. However, many users still experience poor performance, especially without high-end GPUs like the RTX 3090 or above, and VR performance remains largely unchanged over the years. Significant optimization is needed to make the game more playable for a wider audience, alongside content additions.

    • “Recently it got updated to the latest version of Unreal Engine, and it finally achieves really smooth performance thanks to all the optimizations.”
    • “The game uses Unreal Engine 5 for great lighting and shadows, but requires high-end GPUs like RTX 3090, 4070 Ti, or 5070 for good performance.”
    • “To make the game playable for most VR users, developers need to double or even triple performance, which is a significant challenge even for major developers like Valve.”
    • “Performance is poor despite 9800x3d and 9070xt.”
    • “The game has performance issues and uses the Unreal Engine 5 for some great lighting and shadows, but do not bother unless you have an RTX 3090, 4070 Ti, 5070 or faster.”
    • “To make the game playable for most VR users, developers need to double or even triple performance - which probably would be a challenge even for major developers like Valve.”

  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The game features impressive graphics that push Unreal Engine's capabilities, with high-quality visuals and real-time Lumen lighting that create convincing and immersive environments. While graphics settings are limited to just normal or high, the overall visual presentation is among the best in VR titles, setting a strong standard for future Steam VR games.

    • “One of the most promising VR projects, with huge potential - pushing Unreal's graphics to the maximum, and tackling a super interesting topic of the Project Riese (German for giant) - a set of German WWII secret underground complexes in Polish Lower Silesia, which to this day are surrounded with secrets and mysteries.”
    • “Mixed with the visuals which are probably still the best among games developed for VR, it's a perfect combination.”
    • “The lumen lighting has significantly improved the visuals and offers real-time lighting; the environments are convincing and pleasant to explore.”
    • “The game has two settings for graphics: normal or high, thus no detailed graphics settings.”
    • “The game has two settings for graphics: normal or high, thus no detailed graphics settings.”
    • “That's using normal graphics settings instead of high.”

  • story

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The story centers on Annie, a young woman uncovering a secret linked to her grandfather, encouraging careful item examination and attentive listening to her cues due to the absence of objective markers. While immersive with a VR headset, the narrative could benefit from additional locations, more story content, and puzzles to enhance depth and engagement.

    • “The story places you in the role of Annie, a young woman investigating a secret connected to her grandfather.”
    • “The most important thing would now be to add more locations, more story, and puzzles - and to optimize performance.”
    • “There are no objective markers or quest lists, so you have to pay attention to Annie’s comments and remember what she intends to do next.”
    • “Carefully examining items is essential for solving puzzles and advancing the story.”

  • gameplay

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, -20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The gameplay features a mix of faithfully recreated real locations and creative environments, enhancing the overall experience with interesting mechanics and engaging puzzles focused on manipulating mechanical elements. Originally designed for VR, the gameplay remains simpler and less immersive when played with mouse and keyboard. Although still in early development, the solo developer is actively improving the gameplay based on player feedback.

    • “It's based on some real locations, like the Hostel Szyprówka or the pumping station, which are quite faithfully recreated. There are also some more creative liberties taken with other locations, but it adds to the gameplay.”
    • “A really good game with a great atmosphere and some interesting mechanics.”
    • “Puzzles mainly revolve around manipulating mechanical elements in the environment.”
    • “The game was originally designed with virtual reality in mind, and while it is fully playable with a mouse and keyboard, the mechanics remain fairly simple and never quite reach their full potential outside VR.”
    • “The gameplay is still in its early stages, but the solo dev is working hard to improve every aspect and has shown a willingness to listen to our feedback.”
    • “It's based on some real locations, like the Hostel Szyprówka or the pumping station, which are quite faithfully recreated; there's also some more creative liberties taken with other locations, but it adds to gameplay.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is praised for its strong and engaging atmosphere, enhanced by interesting mechanics. However, some users feel that the accompanying music video feels out of place and doesn't align well with the in-game mood.

    • “A really good game with a great atmosphere and some interesting mechanics.”

  • music

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

    The music itself is appreciated, but the accompanying music video is seen as inappropriate and mismatched with the game's atmosphere, leaving some users questioning its necessity.

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2h Median play time
2h Average play time
2-2h Spent by most gamers
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The Riese Project is a arcade action adventure game with mystery and thriller themes. Common tags for The Riese Project include realistic, indie, linear, exploration, immersive sim and others.

The Riese Project is available on PC, Virtual Reality and Windows.

On average players spend around 2 hours playing The Riese Project.

The Riese Project was released on November 30, 2025.

The Riese Project was developed by MasashigeDev.

The Riese Project has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked The Riese Project for its atmosphere but disliked it for its optimization.

The Riese Project is a single player game.

Similar games include The Riese Project: Prologue, The Gold River Project, The Shore VR, Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles, INFRA and others.