
VR: Under a Desert Sun was originally planned to be a full single-player adventure with both story-driven content and a wave shooter mode. However, development has been discontinued, and the game remains in its current form—a wave-based shooter designed to test a players skills against the horde.
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Development Status – Important Note:
VR: Under a Desert Sun was originally planned to be a full single-player adventure with both story-driven content and a wave shooter mode. However, development has been discontinued, and the game remains in its current form—a wave-based shooter designed to test core mechanics.
Rather than keep VR: Under a Desert Sun in Early Access forever, I wanted to be transparent and officially close this chapter. I did not reach my original goal of developing a full single-player campaign alongside the wave shooter mode. However, as some players requested, I’ve kept the finished aspects of the game available for those who want to explore them.
Thank you to everyone who supported this project—hopefully, we’ll see you for the next adventure!
VR: Under a Desert Sun places you in the heart of a classic pulp adventure, reminiscent of the action-packed stories from old movies. Step into the role of a reluctant hero in World War II, battling against ruthless Nazi forces and an ancient magical power that has awakened from the desert sands.
This VR experience features realistic weapon handling and immersive environmental interactions, bringing the adventure to life in a way only virtual reality can.
While the game will not receive further updates, this horde mode remains fully playable, offering an arcade-style VR shooting experience in a pulpy, action-packed setting.
What is there?
Realistic weapon handling: use your controllers to handle realistic world war 2 weapons.
Flight: use your flying skills to fly airplanes and avoid death.
Free movement and exploration: explore large environments any way you want.
Impressive VR Graphics: feel immersed in the desert while being overwhelmed by the desert hordes. Incredibly detailed environments, weapons and enemies.
VR only: this game has been built from the ground up for VR. All interactions and mechanics were built to experience in VR.
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Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 39 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
At 99 cents I found this a worthwile early access game to add to the collection. Creator has been responsive and I'm excited to see where it goes. Graphics are slick, music blends well. I don't know that I 100% agree with the choice of button layout - but hey, it's like only a few hours into early access. Will play more today for sure!
[h1] I played this on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers and it mostly played fine [/h1] Another wave shooter, but I got this game on sale for .59 cents USD. I think this game is worth at least that much, but not much more. It could potentially be a great game, but it's very rough around the edges currently playwise. If the issues are every fixed, it could be a very fun game to play. There are locomotion options. The default is moving by joystick or touchpad, you can also teleport. There's three different maps (although 2 of them look very similar). You can move around the map and waves of enemies will come towards you. Each wave brings more enemies. You can select weapons from the main menu. There's actually a decent variety of weapons. None of them feel polished though. I don't think I would recommend this game at $2.99 until issues are fixed. But this is an easy recommendation at .59 cents if you are interested in another wave shooter, where at least you can move around the map and try different guns. Just realize, there's a reason why the game is priced so low. It needs polishing. Sale Price Rating 6/10 ... low expectations were met
GARBAGE!!!!
Very promising. Clearly in the first phase of development but already looks good and plays well. Has the right atmospere and look & feel. Looking forward to the story and the rest of the levels.
Game looks great, and some things work well... but its still an alpha version, its clunky and unpolished, and needs a lot of work. The game isnt on a release state, so expect a bit of frustration on how it works right now. (consider the date of the review) Buying it now, at this "ridiculous low price" is more like support at this stage of development than anything else. It caught my attention because it recently got an update, so, hopefully it will keep moving forward. I recommend it because id love to fight mummies and fly airplanes, i mean prime Brendan Fraser simulator? count me in! (but it does need a ton of all around polish and fine tuning).
An absolute mess. This is exactly how not to make a game. The controls are difficult and cumbersome, sometimes my gun just dropped without me pressing anything or just doesnt shoot at all. I did not always start the level with the gun i chose in the weapon selection level. my gun also did not always reload. movement is too slow and bumping into building is a collision nightmare. please add automatic reloading, faster moving and better collision system.
[b]Updated Review[/b] Hey everyone! I have changed my mind once the developer has released the update Altha 0.595 and it gets some improvements that make the game playable in my opinion. Now I really recommend this game because it is a really decent playable and budget VR game and hopefully a great game in the future. So, if you support it now you may get a VR gem for a cheap price. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Old Review[/b] Hi everyone! I'm here just to give some feedback to the developer. I'm going to give up because the game is unplayable for me at this point. Sometimes I try to release the magazine and then the gun dropped, I don't know why and this happens a lot and I'm sure I don't press the side button. When I drop any gun I can't catch it back from the floor, because of the track I can not reach it. It just doesn't work well as in other games. I won't ask for the refund because the game is a cheap early access and it is a way I can support you to keep working on it once you are really responsive to community feedback. (guys, have a look at community hub) I'll be back around 6 months or a year and see if it works better than now after few updates. I hope to be able to change my recommendation until then.
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This game is fun to play and since the developers are very responsive, it has great potential. I'm really happy with the fast based updates. Can't wait for the new features to be implemented!
I see this game going far. The developer obviously has his hearth in it. I'm very interested to what it shall lead. For anyone in doubt if they want to invest, just do it, it's the price of a cup of coffee.
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