
Microwave Yourself is a casual VR puzzle game. Interact with items and combine them in a microwave (along with your head!) to unlock unique visual effects, music, and a message to advance your progress. Find all combinations to escape your torment...
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Stick your head in a microwave to receive messages from god.
Microwave Yourself is a casual VR puzzle game. Find the correct combinations of items to put in the microwave (along with your head!) to unlock unique visual effects, music, and a message to advance your progress. You must find all three combinations in order to "escape"
What to expect:
Silly jokes
Trial and error
Relatively short (30-120 minutes)
Small, interactable environment

Free yourself from torment.
(Originally an academic project, this short VR experience is designed to take no longer than a couple of hours to complete. All music, art, and visual effects were made by a small team with love.)
(We also advise that you do NOT actually stick your head in a microwave!)
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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Weird and fun, I just wish there were a few more combinations but its free so shut up and play it.
I stuck my head inside a microwave.
Michael wave
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Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Ehhhh....No. The wildest thing about this is how little there is to do. Microwave items to get money. Use the remote to buy new items. Try stuff until you find a combination that does something (there are only 3, and the first one is the first thing you do in the game, because it involves the only two items you have available at the start). That's it. I could see the appeal if the incorrect combinations had minor-but-wacky effects, or if items you bought had uses outside of microwaving them, but as far as I can tell, they don't. There's nothing to do here but wander back and forth between the door and the microwave, over and over, until you are done. I should note that this means rotating 180 degrees each time; as we all know, constantly rotating is super comfortable in VR. (Sarcasm? How original!) I do not know why this is a VR title. Generally, VR games work because either 1) they use the controls in interesting ways that wouldn't work or wouldn't be interesting with a traditional setup, 2) they act as playgrounds for messing with a variety of interesting objects that are fun to interact with in a tactile way, or 3) they're visually compelling, places you in rich environment that are just cool to look around in VR. This game doesn't do any of that, really; I guess technically having to lean forward to place your head in the microwave counts? I should also note I had uncommonly poor performance in this game. I [i]think[/i] this was just a glitch my end, poor interaction with something else I had running at the time, so I don't think it's a general issue. It did negatively impact my playthrough, so I want to be up-front about that; perhaps I'd feel more positively if I'd had a smooth run. If it had more to do, it'd be a soft recommend; without, I think this a light thumbs down for me.
this is fun and its free just needs more combinations and maybe a dlc??? other than that would play
fun game
After beating this game, my third eye opened. i understand why people believe in god. I talked to him in this game. he told me meth is the solution to all problems. i will now be taking meth every time someone bullies me in 3rd grade (i think i have to say that I'm not in 3rd grade so i don't get banned off steam lmao) and i will now be killing all the suburban opps that cross my path. 15/10 game would recommend to all atheists.
“Why would I? Yet there I was, microwaving myself in a VR game.”...
Would love to see more items and combinations!!!
I didn't really like this game. I didn't really expect much out of this game to begin with given that it is both free and short, but I was still left disappointed enough that I felt I had to say something. The positives: - The game is exactly what it says: you microwave yourself. There is a certain charm to that simplicity. - The visuals and music do create a nice and trippy vibe. - Some of the jokes were a little funny. The negatives: - When I play VR games, I prefer to play sitting down, and although this game has a seated mode toggle, it didn't seem to do anything. - Figuring out the combinations of items to microwave was tedious to me, as it involved me having to repeatedly microwave numerous items over and over again just to get the specific items I needed. Just order two items, microwave them, repeat for 15 to 30 minutes. - Probably just me, but there were a few times where I stuck my head in the microwave, and the game would push me back, adding an occasional annoyance that grew more frustrating if I pressed the microwave button when it happened, thereby causing the game to call me a dumb ass, which, in fairness, may be true, but still. - As the game went on, it kinda seemed to building up to something, and it did, but it still made me say "That's it?" - I don't see any reason why this had to be a VR game. There is nothing that it does that justifies requiring a VR headset. With all that said, given that this game is free, the question you should ask yourself is: "Is this game worth my time?" If you don't think so, then move on, you're not missing out on anything. If you do think so, then hopefully you enjoy this more than I did.
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