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Alien Dawn

Built from the ground up for PCVR, this action survival game combines detailed visuals, realistic physics, and a handcrafted, interactive, and destructible open world. Explore, fight, scavenge, and survive solo or in co-op with Flatscreen cross-play and the VR features players expect.

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October 23, 2021
5 years and 7 days ago
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Mixed101 reviews64.4%
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About the Game

If you buy into the game now, you’ll be playing the latest version of our Playtest Alpha.

What You’re Playing

This is a vertical slice of the game — one complete Escape Mode mission designed to showcase the core gameplay, VR interaction, combat, exploration, and survival systems currently in development.

The mission can be replayed with procedurally placed Points of Interest, giving each run some variation as you explore, fight, scavenge, and survive.

This is an actively developed playtest build. As development continues, the existing mission will be refined and additional missions will be added at a later date.

VR Features

  • Highly optimized open world delivering PCVR-quality graphics with scalable settings for a wide range of PCVR hardware

  • Physical, weighty gripping system designed specifically for VR

  • Interactive open world where most objects can be picked up, climbed on, or destroyed

  • Manual reloading, armor plate insertion, and revive injectors

  • Full Body IK with physical hands

  • Seated and Standing modes with adjustable height offsets

  • Immersive sound design with hundreds of unique sound effects for physical interactions

  • Strong haptic feedback for important player interactions

  • Multiplayer co-op for 4+ players, with cross-play between VR and Flat-screen Desktop players

Join the Playtest

This is an opportunity to play the game while it is still being actively developed and help shape where it goes next.

If you'd like to be involved and provide feedback directly, you're welcome to join the Discord using the link on this page or participate through the Steam forums.

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