Backrooms-inspired PC Adventure ‘POOLS’ is Getting VR Support Soon, Gameplay Trailer Here

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Games inspired by ‘The Backrooms’ Internet lore are usually pretty scary, but PC game POOLS (2024) has a different way of getting under your skin. No monsters. Just pools. And soon, you’ll be able to play in VR.

Developer Tensori is bringing VR support to Pools soon, which is slated to arrive as a free update to the PC game.

The game, which throws you into an eerie, maze-like pool facility, is also heading to PS5, which according to the PlayStation Store listing will also be bundled in for PSVR 2.

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Pools “can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture,” the studio says, having released the game on Steam earlier this year to overall ‘Very Positive’ user reviews.

There’s no release date yet, however Tensori says in a Steam update they’ll be announcing “all the details on when the update is coming real soon.” The studio said previously while it’s making no promises, “during this year is likely.”

Notably, the studio hasn’t mentioned whether it’s eyeing Quest support at this time, although we hope they do.

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  • VR5

    Looks interesting. Kind of like Exit 8. Wishlisted.

  • ViRGiN

    High-end uncompressed display port PCVR with SteamVR and lighthouse tracking thrives again.

    • Shad Daffucup

      I bet you spend a lot of time staring at bathroom tile.

  • Mike

    This looks like one of the best VR experiences yet. This is like a lucid dream from childhood. Experiencing indoor pools as a young child has always been a sort of mystical, otherworldly childhood memory of mine, which I remember having surreal dreams about, with them having similar kinds of unexpected arrangements kind of like this VR experience. Glad this is being developed.

    • Nevets

      Same!

  • NL_VR

    No experience with the flat version but it looks like a fever dream