
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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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
Edit 2. Dev has done good job with index controls. ______________ Edit. I changed this review to positive. Dev seems to be interested to make this game a working one. _____________ Worked pretty nice with Og Htc Vive. With Index, Controls are mess. With Htc Vive it was pretty decent fun for the price. Over all game seems interesting and fun but right now I can't recommend this product if you are using Index. ( I know it's early access. ) I'm going to keep eye out for updates!
Under the desert sun is a great game with a variety of levels few levels are about to fight against waves of enemies momie and zombies another level give us the possibility to explore a pyramid and another level put us a pilot of an air plane i love explore the pyramid mode but on the quest the grab is not possible to climb so i have not can continue this mode but the creator will work on this mode and will surely fix this about the mode waves ,we can choose various weapons from sword to guns and a wonderfull fire bow , the effect of fire particules on the arrow is wonderfull my favorite level is the level in the night, in vr the immersiion in this desert city during the night is great and i enjoy to can change and use the different weapons to fight against momies and zombies during the mode wave we are not alone , a friend dog help us and the animations of the dog are great worked and ge doesn't hesit to bite the enemies in order to help you it is a awesome idea to can have a dog fighting with us against the evil zombie and momie i love this to resume i recommand you the game and i look forward more content see you for another review of my favorites vr games
Under A Desert Sun benefits greatly from its choice of weaponry and maps that are offered to the player. The world war styled weapons were all fun and easy to use, while also making me feel badass. The different types of enemies are also heavily appreciated such as the terrifying horde waves. The game also just added an plane level where you can have dogfights with enemy planes over a desert map. This was a very immersive experience for me as I have never flown a plane in vr so my first time experiencing it was amazing. Overall, if you have the time and money I would heavily recommend this game for some old school wave shooting, and some surprising level designs!
I like the premise and mood of this game allot. It reminds me of the Mummy movies which is pretty unique for a VR Game. It is early access so expect some bugs. The nice thing is that the developer is very responsive on discord and even steam and I noticed bug report are taken very seriously. There's a steady stream of updates all the time with improvements or big chunks of new stuff to do or explore. For the current price this is a steal, especially knowing how the game is updated and improved regularly. Looking forward to seeing this progress!
So ein Müll ich versuche seit ca. 20 min das spiel zum Laufen zu bringen dann komm der Titelbildschirm ruckelt wie sau mit 1bis3 FPS ich muss es dann per PC schließen traurig ich bekomme es nicht vernünftig gestartet zum Kotzen spiele mit einer Quest 2 per link Kabel ! 02.08.22 Leider Keine Verbesserung Per Airlink Läuft Immer Noch Schlecht Schade
I have never seen a more realistic environment in VR, and all the nucks stop your movement as if you were there, they stop you moving throgh chairs or walls or item its just so real. the environment is believable I have never been so imersed before , this is the future of VR, to the devs if your making DLC please add it it , its an instant buy for me
je recommande ce jeux meme si j'ai ete incapable d'y jouer la distance entres le casque et la ceinture ,la ou on place ces armes donc du coups impossible d'y jouer j'ai eu beau calibrer le casque rien a faire ,le dev doit etres bien plus grand que moi et si je le recommande c pour son prix et je semble etres le seul a avoir eu cet ennuie
utter waste of time controls are ♥♥♥♥ and i spent more time looking at a dark ( i assume loading ) screen until i got bored and requested a refund. thank god it was only $2 or you'd be hearing from my attorney....get well soon
i bought this for 89 cents and with a few minutes of play time i love it, its evry fun and updated! i do wish it was multiplayer for you and your friends but overall very fun. i would get this if i was you ONLY if its on sale, if it wasnt on sale i would hold off.
Хорошая игра с своей атмосферой.
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