‘GHOST TOWN’, The Follow-up to a Top-rated VR Puzzler, Launches on Quest—Coming Soon to PC VR & PSVR 2

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GHOST TOWN is the latest VR game to launch from Fireproof Games, a studio whose previous title, The Room: A Dark Matter, is one of the best and most rated VR puzzle games to date.

Ghost Town is now available on Quest 2 and Quest 3 headsets, and is planned to launch on PC VR and PSVR 2 later this year. The game is a departure from the studio’s long-running The Room series, but continues its focus on puzzle and narrative gameplay.

Although the game is based on a foundation of the supernatural, the studio stops short of calling it a ‘horror’ game. Rather, it emphasizes suspense and mystery as the backdrop to its puzzles.

The studio says Ghost Town has been in development for nearly four years, and represents a “significant step up for Fireproof Games in every way,” including a cast of fully motion captured characters.

The game is already receiving high praise for its visual fidelity, even on Quest headsets, with a setting that takes players to 1980s london.

While there’s no specific released date for Ghost Town on PC VR and PSVR 2 just yet, the game is available now on Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest 3S priced at $30.

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  • Andrew Jakobs

    It sure looks great.

  • kakek

    Completely agree with the review, including the pretty tolerable weak points.

    I will add one : on Q2 the performances can make it a bit uncomfortable if you do not have good VR legs. ( Stutters, asw artifacts, lover res and refresh rate can all create nausea and headache )

    But if you are not too subject to that, the game is essentially intact. And at least you can see why the performance are not great. The environment are probably the best I've seen on Q2.

  • VR5

    Had to interrupt my E33 playthrough (which unfortunately doesn't run acceptably in VR on my PC so I'm playing mostly flat) to make time for the VR highlights releasing this month. And also this game, which came out on the same day as E33 and I was going to save for after.

    Instead I played and beat Ghost Town on Sunday and wow, Fireproof Games really understand the VR medium. Utilized both the possibilities of VR and the occult setting for an amazing narrative experience that is also a fully fledged game. Puzzles seemed easier than in The Room, but clever and always a visual spectacle. Intense and quick paced, with a story that should be relevant to any human being.

    So while E33 is great, Ghost Town was the real GotY contender for me.

  • Hatori Hanzo

    looks pretty good., will add it to the list