Escape Simulator VR Announced for PCVR

Developer Pine Studio has announced that they will be releasing a Virtual Reality version of hit Escape Room Game Escape Simulator, titled Escape Simulator VR via Steam. This game promises a whole new slew of Escape Room style gameplay for Virtual Reality gamers, much like the original Escape Simulator did for flatscreen gaming.

Escape Simulator VR Announcement - What Is It?

The original flatscreen Escape Simulator is a first-person co-op escape room puzzler that can be played in Singleplayer of Multiplayer with friends. In this game you and others explore a set of extremely interactable escape rooms. In Escape Simulator you solve these escape rooms by moving furniture and items, picking up and examining objects for clues, smashing pots and vases, and breaking locks! You can even modify your in game character with a collection of hats and outfits.

There is even community modding for new and player made escape rooms through Escape Simulator’s built in level designer. So anyone can make their own escape room to enjoy.

Since Escape Simulator’s release in October 2022, nearly 2 million puzzle and escape room fans from all over the world have played it. Avid players of Escape Simulator have been clamoring for a VR version ever since the game’s original release, and now developer Pine Studio has published a roadmap confirming just that. So now Escape Simulator is coming to VR!

All of the already existing rooms from Escape Simulator will be playable in Virtual Reality in Escape Simulator VR. Even previously released DLCs for Escape Simulator such as Steampunk and Wild West will be available. Custom made rooms made by players for the original game will also be available in Escape Simulator VR. So the over 3000 fan made escape room creations will also be available. That’s a lot of escape rooms!

Now with Escape Simulator VR you can enjoy these Escape Rooms in fully immersive Virtual Reality. Instead of just moving a mouse and hitting buttons, now you can use your actual hands to solve puzzels, interact with the room, and mess around with your friends. As always, VR makes everything more immersive and tactile. VR makes you feel like you’re actually there. Escape Rooms are no different.

Escape Simulator VR - How Do You Get It? When Is It Coming?

Escape Simulator VR will be available, just like Escape Simulator, via Steam for play through PCVR. A Quest 2 version of Escape Simulator VR has not been announced, but hopefully that will come some day. Right now you can wishlist Escape Simulator VR on the game’s Steam Store Page.

Pine Studio has also released a roadmap for Escape Simulator VR, which shows that a number of free studio created rooms, updates, and paid DLC are in the works for Escape Simulator VR, and the original game Escape Simulator.

If you’d like to see some gameplay of Escape Simulator VR, then the folks over at Pine Studio have released a trailer that you can watch on Youtube.

If you don’t want to wait and want to enjoy some fun VR Escape Room action right now, then check out our list of the 7 Best VR Escape Rooms on the Oculus Quest 2 (which are also available on PCVR).