When we first caught glimpse of HUMANITY, it was clear it was going to be a unique experience, although the crowd simulation puzzler was long delayed past the original 2020 launch window. Now Tokyo-based design studio Tha LTD announced HUMANITY is officially coming in May.

It was pretty vague what the hell HUMANITY was all about when it was first announced in 2019, however now the studio reveals its upcoming game is a “unique blend of puzzle-solving and action-platforming,” giving you control over an ethereal Shiba Inu dog who commands a massive crowd.

Like Lemmings, you control the crowd as they jump, turn, push, float, shoot, and climb their way to the end goal. Move past obstacles, enemies, puzzles, and gain unlockable skills in the main game, and upload and try out user-built levels with the in-game Stage Creator.

Image courtesy Tha LTD, Enhance

To create its stark and unique environments, developer Tha LTD is working with creative studio Enhance—founded by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, known as the mind behind Rez and Tetris Effect: Connected—and director and visual designer Yugo Nakamura.

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Tha game is considered a VR-optional experience, offering up a fairly straightforward implementation that lets you turn the game’s puzzle-filled levels around and control your Shiba Inu buddy and direct the human horde. While nothing ground-breaking, it’s nice to see VR support from the get-go.

The game is slated to release on PSVR, PSVR 2, and SteamVR headsets sometime in May. What’s more, you can now play a free demo on those platforms from now until March 6th. The demo contains 10 levels, while the full game has “90 plus”, the studio says.

In the meantime, check out the demo gameplay video overview below to learn more:

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  • Nevets

    Looks quite eye-catching, but I suspect – with its 10 free demo levels out of 90 in the paid game – that this would be one of those demos that provide sufficient satiety to discourage the full purchase.

  • Till Eulenspiegel

    This game is a metaphor of our woke society.

    • scottosaur

      “Woke” means recognizing that racism and other harmful prejudices exist.

      • Till Eulenspiegel

        That’s why you are a lemming.

  • Tommy

    Just played the demo. It’s basically Lemmings.

  • ViRGiN

    Ah, coming to PCVR. The sidequest of steamvr.

    • Sven Viking

      What’s the other part of SteamVR?

      • ViRGiN

        Development environment for making Quest games.
        I catch myself using SteamVR + Quest Virtual Desktop + SteamVR for that remote access in dev builds.

    • LMAO

      Ignorant troll alert!

  • Visually is very original, but the gameplay is quite standard

  • Jonathan Winters III

    In the game, you’re killing children en masse…amazing the devs have done this.

  • Runesr2

    The demo uses 2 x 60 fps on the PSVR2, in this game that looks beyond bad, severe ghosting even affects reading text. The game felt like a 2D port, not sure you gain much from VR apart from a bigger screen.
    I uninstalled the demo after 10 minutes – but might be better with the Index in high res and 90+ fps.