
Those who went underground never came back. But something still breathes beneath the ruins. The Riese Project is a narrative FPP/VR thriller about a place that hasn’t forgotten anyone.
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Sometimes a place remembers more than people do.
The Riese Project is an immersive first-person narrative thriller for PC and VR — where realism meets unease.
In the heart of the mountains, where concrete and stone merge with silence, something still waits — unseen, but present.
It won’t tell you a story.
You’ll become part of it.
Deformed corridors.
Traces of those who disappeared.
A silence that isn’t empty.
A world that reacts to your presence — watches, listens, remembers.
This is a story about places that never forgot,
about sounds returning too late,
and about space that speaks instead of people.
Don’t look for a goal.
Find meaning in what remains when everything else falls silent.
The Riese Project in Early Access marks the first chapter of a larger journey — a fragment of something that continues to grow and evolve.
Each update will uncover new layers and new questions.
And the answers? They may never come.
You don’t need to buy anything to step into this world — a free prologue awaits in silence.
But if the echo answered you differently, if curiosity still pulls you deeper, this is where your path begins.
Listen.
This place still speaks.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Polish*, Russian**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 28 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Блевотное взаимодействие с предметами в FPP выбесило в первые 10 минут. Речь актеров - просто мемас.
The Riese Project to klimatyczna gra narracyjna, która wciąga od pierwszych minut tajemniczą historią i świetnie oddaną atmosferą. Jako mieszkaniec Dolnego Śląska miałem okazję odwiedzić prawdziwy kompleks Riese i grając w tę grę ma się autentyczne wrażenie, jakby naprawdę było się na miejscu i uczestniczyło w przedstawionych wydarzeniach. Inspiracja prawdziwym Projektem Riese nadaje fabule autentyczności, a logiczne zagadki i spokojne tempo rozgrywki pozwalają w pełni zanurzyć się w opowieści. To idealna propozycja dla fanów gier przygodowych, historii i mrocznego klimatu. Nie mogę się doczekać pełnej wersji gry.
Nietuzinkowa gra, która od razu przyciąga uwagę. Na szczególne wyróżnienie zasługuje czytelna, a jednocześnie bardzo dobra grafika oraz proste, intuicyjne sterowanie. Klimat gry jest ZDECYDOWANIE przyjemny i owiany nutą tajemnicy, co dodatkowo zachęca do eksploracji. Z niecierpliwością czekam na dalszy rozwój produkcji, zwłaszcza ze względu na duży potencjał, jaki w sobie kryje. Z pewnością usatysfakcjonuje niejednego gracza :D
Mega wciągająca przygoda... lokacja 10/10 :) tajemnica/ góry / historia - Szach mat ;)
Pretty cool start to a bigger story. It's clear that the gameplay is focused on exploration and puzzles. It leaves you wanting much more of it. The graphics are ok for early access.I hope that in the future you will add some fog in the open locations. I completed the story in less than two hours and had a great time. Now I start exploring the maps looking for interesting items and interactions. I hope we'll see more episodes soon.
PRODUKCJA WARA UWAGI gierka typu roziwzywania zgadaek na terenie dolnego slaska watek fabularny mnie zahcnecił bo widac że moze byci ciekawey dubing polski jest bardzo przyjemny az sie zdzwiłam (uwaga jak co wybur jeyzka jest w momencie pisani rencejzi tam gdzie wybeiraic try vr lub na pc nad tymi trybami nie dzienkuje :P) jest demo wienc mozecie ograc widac ze twórcy bardzo dbają o projekt ale jesli mozna sie dowalic do czegoś to że utknełam na 1 zgadce i zbyt długo błakałam sie po domku po otrzymaniu klucza fajnie gdyby dali coś co by nam wskazywało droge od punktu a do punktu b oraz opcje która by pomagła w rozwizniu zgadek albo wrencz roziwzywała byzgadki z nas jeśli ktoś nie wie co robic. Pdorukcja zapowiada sie na bardzo abitna i mam nadizje ze twócy podołajda zadnia trzyme kucki i polecma osberowci gierke ✂---✂---✂---✂---✂---✂---✂---✂---✂---✂---✂---✂--- FOR DEV - READ THIS ! if you want know somethnig about you game more/ some specific just write us on commect ok ? i will rewrite in commect Piszemy rónież normlane pełno prawne recnezje więc jeśli Szukasz więcej recnezji/naszej twórczosci zapraszam na mój profil steam w sekcji recnezji lub zastnawiesz się czemu tyle błedów ? Zapraszam do obserowania i przecyztania opisu na mojej grupie kuratora Aga i my steam curator w internetach
Important: The game now works with the Valve Index. Still my favorite hmd for this game is the Rift CV1, as the game looks more blurry using lcd hmds. This is due to the game forcing TAA or DLSS for antialiasing. The game has performance issues and uses the Unreal Engine 5 for some great lighting and shadows, but do not bother unless you have an RTX 3090, 4070 Ti, 5070 or faster. Using Index, res 200% will limit the blurriness - and activating motion smoothing can be a great help. After waiting 2.5 years - what has changed? This still is a favorite VR game, but having finished both the Prologue and the early access versions, I'm not sure I detect much of a difference. I was expecting a lot more after 2.5 years. Apart from adding 2D support, which means nothing to VR players, it feels much like a standstill. Sure there are more cakes and dolls/toys in the house, and the hidden room in the attic looks a lot better - and the house surroundings look better - but all this is not important. - Important will be adding more locations and many more puzzles. For now it's hard to recommend the early access over the Prologue, unless some persons want to support the game devs financially. Note that I paid for the Prologue before it was free - and got the early access version for free. So I did pay for the game. The game has two settings for graphics: Normal or High, thus no detailed graphics settings. My performance with the Asus Strix OC RTX 3090 is 30 to 45 fps using Rift CV1 ss 1.8. That's using Normal graphics settings instead of High. But I do not see any difference between Normal and High - High would pull me down into 20 - 30 fps. This is the same performance I got 2.5 years ago, I do not see any performance improvements. To make the game playable for most VR users, devs need to double or even triple performance - which probably would be a challenge even for major developers like Valve. The game works, but loading a saved game in the house may break the game. So it is probably best to finish the house level in one run. Some feedback to the devs: The piano puzzle is still great. Invisible walls are not great. Add locked gates instead or a fence? Even if I like this kind of music, the music video feels inappropriate and misguided for the in-game atmosphere - I'm not sure the video is needed. Locomotion is a great issue, teleport helps, but you should be able to play without any teleport. The water looks dead, should be animated with small waves. Many more locations are needed to make this feel like a proper game. The metal wire from the big log to the tractor ends in free air and should be properly attached to the tractor. Often I could not go through an open door, unless I reduced my height - Prologue has same issue - I'm 1.84 meters tall and do not have this issue in other games. Even with current issues, this still is an impressive game, the above are just some suggestions to add more polish. The most important thing would now be to add more locations, more story and puzzles - and to optimize performance. 2c.
Performance is poor despite 9800x3d and 9070xt. Voice acting is fine but an option to have the Polish with subtitles would have been preferable to the VAs clear second language issues. I like puzzle games but even the little time I spent with it was confusing and disorientating. There was no logic to the puzzles I encountered, instead this was more fumbling around. I can't recommend this at this time, may be when it's finished.
The game makes a good impression so far. It has great graphics. And it's exciting without being hectic. I think it's great idea that you can use a cell phone in the game.
Bardzo klimatyczna gra z fajnymi nawiązaniami historycznymi z Dolnego Śląska. Już pierwszy rozdział mocno mnie wciągnął i czekam na kolejne, bo historia zapowiada się naprawdę ciekawie — szczególnie wątek głównej bohaterki.
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