
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
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Trapped in a dying spaceship filled with horrors, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth. Cosmodread features a rich, tense and immersive atmosphere that will make you forget about the world outside the headset.
Search for resources and find a way home. Every run will have you play in a new procedurally generated layout, with random positions for rooms, corridors, items and hazards, and different emergent situations. You’ll never quite know what’s behind the next door.
Use your own hands to interact with the environment. Open doors, drawers and lockers and rummage through their contents. Collect basic resources, and craft weapons and equipment to deal with both enemies and hazards.
Crouch behind cover and shoot at enemies with your crossbow, or set a trap for them to walk into. But remember: ammo is scarce! Sometimes it’s better to just grab an object off a shelf and throw it away to distract the creature sniffing after you.
If you are interested in Cosmodread, check out Dreadhalls, the previous title by White Door Games.
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Languages: English*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
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Reviews
Рекомендую. Гра захоплює з самого початку і до кінця.
Очень хорошо. Всё здесь, конечно, простенько: импакт от оружия не чувствуется, сюжет простой, передвижение и взаимодействия тоже. Но вот атмосфера и звуки, что её создают, это прям на очень добротном уровне. Первые пару часов очень даже страшно. Добавляет интереса сбор ресурсов, чертежей и крафт. В итоге, мне, как любителю дедспейсов всех мастей, очень понравилось, не смотря на общую бюджетность. Тем, кто любит заброшенные космические станции с кучей монстров на борту, однозначно рекомендую.
makes me poop
Cosmodread, developed and published by White Door Games, is a virtual reality survival horror experience that fuses roguelike unpredictability with suffocating sci-fi tension. Set aboard a drifting, decaying spaceship lost in deep space, the game casts you as a lone survivor attempting to escape a vessel overrun by grotesque creatures and systemic failure. Rather than relying on scripted scares or cinematic spectacle, Cosmodread builds its identity around procedural design, resource scarcity, and the raw immersion that VR uniquely delivers. The result is a slow-burning, high-stakes journey where every flicker of light and distant sound can send your pulse racing. The ship itself is procedurally generated with each new run, reshaping corridors, rooms, hazards, and resource placement every time you begin. This design ensures that memorization offers little advantage; survival depends on adaptability and caution. One run might grant you relatively accessible supplies and manageable encounters, while another could strand you in oxygen-starved hallways with minimal tools. The unpredictability heightens tension and gives each playthrough a sense of individuality. The environment is oppressive and claustrophobic, filled with narrow passageways, malfunctioning systems, and dark compartments that obscure potential threats. Because you physically inhabit this space in VR, the fear feels intimate—turning a corner or opening a hatch becomes an act of genuine courage. Resource management lies at the core of the gameplay loop. Oxygen, batteries, ammunition, crafting components, and health supplies are limited and must be carefully rationed. Batteries power handheld light sources, and darkness is not merely cosmetic; enemies are more dangerous and difficult to detect without illumination. Oxygen depletion forces players to consider how far they can safely venture before returning to refill. Crafting allows the creation of weapons and tools, but materials are scarce, pushing you to weigh whether constructing a crossbow or saving components for something more powerful is the wiser decision. Inventory space is also restricted, reinforcing difficult choices about what to carry and what to abandon. Combat is intentionally restrained and punishing. Weapons feel impactful but limited, and every shot carries consequence. Ammunition is never abundant, so engaging enemies head-on can be costly. Sometimes stealth or distraction is the smarter approach—throwing objects to lure creatures away or slipping past them in dimly lit corridors. Encounters are tense rather than action-heavy, emphasizing vulnerability over empowerment. The creatures themselves are unsettling, with erratic movements and unpredictable behavior patterns that keep players from feeling secure even after multiple runs. Atmosphere is where Cosmodread excels most profoundly. Sound design plays a crucial role, with distant metallic groans, ventilation hisses, and sudden creature noises amplifying the feeling of isolation. Silence can be as unnerving as confrontation, especially when paired with flickering lights or the hum of failing machinery. The visual design reinforces this dread through dim lighting and stark contrasts, forcing you to rely heavily on your flashlight while knowing that its battery life is finite. VR’s spatial audio and depth perception intensify every scare, making even minor environmental shifts feel immediate and threatening. Narrative elements are delivered subtly through environmental storytelling and scattered logs. Rather than presenting a heavily scripted plot, the game invites players to piece together what happened aboard the ship through discovery. This approach complements the roguelike structure, ensuring that story fragments feel like rewards for exploration rather than mandatory exposition. Multiple endings and unlockable blueprints encourage replayability, offering incremental progression across runs even when individual attempts end in failure. Despite its strengths, Cosmodread may not appeal to everyone. The procedural nature can sometimes result in uneven pacing, with certain runs feeling harsher or less varied than others. Players seeking a heavily narrative-driven horror experience with set-piece moments may find its emergent storytelling less cinematic. Additionally, the inherent difficulty and emphasis on resource scarcity can be daunting for newcomers to survival horror or VR. Nevertheless, Cosmodread stands as a compelling example of how VR can elevate horror beyond traditional screen-based experiences. By combining procedural design, meaningful survival mechanics, and immersive atmosphere, it creates a sense of dread that feels earned rather than manufactured. Each run becomes a personal story of risk, adaptation, and sometimes inevitable failure. For players drawn to intense, methodical survival experiences set against a backdrop of sci-fi terror, Cosmodread offers a haunting journey into the darkness of deep space—one where every flicker of light could be your last source of comfort. Rating: 8/10
Easily one of the best, if not THE best VR - no - horror games in general on the market. It blends a perfect mix of immersion, control, mechanics, strategy and fear. The game captures the essence of the classic horror trope "the only way is through, and it's what you don't wanna do". Meta-game upgrades and modifiers change how you can play so you can fit it to your desired play style. The horror elements are not as bad as they might seem, about on par with the likes of Dead Space... but a bit more immersive given the VR. After a few runs, it plays more like a strategy rougelite with more on the line than just the fear of failure, it's the fear of fear. A straight 10/10.
topp erfahrung ! besonders kurz vorm schlafen gehen :)
This is one of the best VR horror games, and I enjoy revisiting it every now and then. Only real issue is that once you know how the game's mechanics and enemies work, it becomes very easy. If you want an actual challenge you need to enable a bunch of modifiers before starting a new game.
The sci-fi horror is right up my alley. After playing a few flat games modded into VR, I really appreciate the implementation of VR interactivity in this game. Everything feels intuitive and fluid. Great tension and atmosphere 👍
Буквально Дед в Космосе VR. Классный рогалик на пару заходов, сначала кажется сложным, но после нахождения нужной стратегии проходится на ура.
Не понятное убогое . Штаны старика.
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