Into the Radius VR

really great VR experience

Damn good post apocalyptic VR game. A bit un-optimised, you'll definitely feel the jank depending on your system. I kinda wish it was longer.

Such a good game, would recommend it, just the right level of nervousness I like without being terrifying

A wild ride with ups and downs in regards to some gameplay issues and other minor things. Runs really well, story definitely needs some fleshing out in ITR2, because what the actual f**k is going on lol. I have guesses, but I digress.

This game is a VERY S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-eque romp on its own and with mods, can be something you can sink so so much time into. It's pretty easy to get into the world of things and be immersed, the gunplay is solid, music/sound are ok but nothing too special, not a ton of anomaly types/artifacts/enemy types though. Still, if you're into some great, immersive shooter extraction type of stuff, you can't go wrong with this game.

Definitely meant to be for the more dedicated S.T.A.L.K.E.R./Metro fans out there, along with two of the other ITR/Metro/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games available for vr, Convrgence and Z.O.N.A. Project. They all have similar experiences and gun love as well as the proper feel for this type of thing.

Only thing that would be better is a full fledged S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vr. Deffo a great grab either at full price or on a sale.

loved the game when it came out the second one legit runs better looks better bigger maps smoother cooler guns everything is better love this type of game style

hands down one of the best VR games i've ever played. and with the stalker mod there is almost endless replayability. i wish i could play this game the first time all over again, there is so much mystique the first time you play.at times i wondered if i will meet an NPC in this game, it made me feel lonely, alone in a world that was a shadow of its former self. there is no game i've played that catches the feeling of being the last one in an abandoned world. Anyway just look at my hours and be done with it, its a fucking masterpiece

I've sunk a few hundred hours into Stalker modpack plus 100 more into Stalker2(I didn't play the trilogy tho) and I'm sure I'll sink a few more into Into the Radius as well. Into the Radius easily is a wet dream come true for any Stalker fan out there so try it out. Did I mention I even bought meta 3S, my first VR headset just for this game alone?(If you wonder whether to go for meta quest 3s or 3, do yourself a favour by getting 3 just for tht way way better lenses)

This is the game that made me break and finally get a VR headset. I highly recommend it, though that comes with some caveats.

Your enjoyment will ultimately come down to whether you enjoy the repetitive nature of the game's quests or not - at some point, the game loop devolves to simply waiting around for The Tide to come, so that the randomly generated missions refresh and become available again - you then set off on an expedition into the Pechorsk Radius in search of answers (and riches. Mostly riches.)

Another hurdle in your enjoyment will come from finding ways to interact with your equipment - other users have reported issues with grabbing the specific item they were trying to grab (map, backpack, rifle etc.) though that comes down to finding out what works with your headset's tracking. For example - I noticed that I can grab the map reliably, but only when I look left and grab the map from behind my back - why that works is beyond me, but you will have to experiment and find what works for you.

With those out of the way though, the game is masterclass in VR immersion and firearm mechanics. Every firearm feels unique and is fun to shoot. You feel more powerful by just holding something newer in your arms - from a humble Makarov, through a pump-action shotgun all the way to experimental rifles and DMRs. The world feels both dangerous and strangely beautiful, enemies provide appropriate challange (with a slight issue of rendering a lot of smaller calibre weapons unusable due to an abundance of armoured enemies in later stages) and the physical experience of exploring grandma's cabinets in search of food, healing items, or in my case - SKS magazines - simply feels right. This game is a must-play for any VR owner and so I would highly recommend grabbing it and playing in preparation for the sequel.

One of the best VR games ever made, one of the best survival games period. Go play it

Currently I play this almost exclusively as a co-op game with my friend, but every update seems to fix one issue and introduce two more. Recently we haven't been able to play for more that 15 minutes before the game crashes or introduces a glitch which requires the reloading of a save.

I love the game, and very much want it to succeed. However, at the moment it just is too buggy for co-op play which is sad since its one of few co-op VR titles.

Had this for a while but have never written a review. Put simply, this is THE VR game. The immersion factor is through the roof, no matter what headset I've used (Rift CV1, Quest, Index) its simply that well made. Design choices including physical inventory space, day/night cycle, the physical map system, enemy alertness, realistic firearm function (including individual round reload), physical recreation items (Guitar, smoking, sparklers etc) all play their part in contributing to a game which causes time to fly by in the blink of an eye. Sometimes I find myself not even playing missions but leaning back against a wall, smoking and listening to in-game music from my cassette player while I watch the sunrise. No other VR title that I've played has been able to come anywhere close to providing this sense of realistic satisfaction.

I also highly suggest trying to play on high difficulty with ironman mode (no save/load). In my humble opinion, it makes the game feel much more immersive as you approach each threat with the idea that they can see, hear, and kill just as fast and effectively as you can. I've found that this ups the fear factor considerably, as you can be walking through a field and suddenly a shot rings out in the distance and next thing you know you're crouched behind a decaying log with bullets flying right over your head as you frantically try to reload and clear the jam in your mud-covered pistol.

All in all, if you have a VR headset of any kind and haven't played this, you're missing out big time.

one of the few complete VR games on the market rn, doesn't feel like it's a tech demo or that it's half assed.

Good game, looks great, world is atmospheric, music and sounds suit it well. Has stalker vibes but set in a weird and eerie world

Despite me having 4 hours of playtime at the time of this review, I have not made much progress. This is my first time playing while also not looking anything up online about this game. I love that the game only shows you the basics and then it throws you in to let you figure everything else out yourself. I decided to play on the games "Realistic" difficulty and it is honestly really fun with a decent amount of challenge. The game can get really creepy during the night due to not being able to see and hearing several enemies hunt for you. The game even managed to put me on edge, causing me to get jump scared, even causing one death because I forgot I did not have ammo. All weapons and even their magazines have durability in which you have to take care of so it does not break on you. Overall, this has been a great and fun game so far.

My only complaint I have about this game is that I have troubles opening doors and drawers. This could be an issue only I have, but it does get annoying.

Hands down, this is one of the best VR games I have ever played. I’ve been playing VR since 2016 and this game is what I call a perfect game. Not to say there aren’t some minor bugs here and there. But overall, this is an excellent 10/10 game. I highly recommend it! And the 2nd one is coming along very well!

Not my thing looks neat but functions are subpar and hard to move without swaying and aim feels off idk, i don't want to waste my money so im not going past steams refund period and my guy kept getting stuck on crap so no from me.

literally just about the same as the Stalker series of games but in VR, pretty much

My favorite game I've owned the game on meta for a while, but I bought it again on steam because It's that good of a game. (It also runs better on steam using steam link than it did on meta link.)

Into The Radius is, without a doubt, the most immersive VR game I have ever played. This game takes advantage of the virtual reality medium in a way that I have never seen before. Almost every activity is done using your own two hands, rather than pointing and clicking at a floating UI menu or pressing a button.

Even your inventory is represented by a 3-dimensional space that you can drag items into, and arrange them as neatly or as messily as you please. The game doesn't care about clipping, and your only inventory limit is your backpack weight. If you enjoyed the tactile looting experience of Half Life: Alyx, you will fall head-over-heels for this game.

The weapons system is phenomenally immersive. The general concept of weapon durability is not original here, but this is no soulless UI menu that makes you pay a maintenance fee so that your durability bar goes up. You need to physically oil the gun, brush it down, and use a ramrod to clean the barrel. You have to do these in the correct order, and the gun's durability level determines which tools you need to use.

The way the game handles ammunition and reloading is hardcore. Magazines and bullets are sold separately, meaning that you have to manually load each magazine before you deploy. Each mag is a distinct, persistent object, and you learn to treat them as such. Magazines are pretty expensive, meaning that you cannot just take dozens of them on your journey, and you are more inclined to hold onto empty mags if you can help it. You do not have a a single ammo pouch, either. You have a chest rig with four individual mag pouches, and you can also store magazines in your backpack. All of these factors make the game incredibly immersive and encourage players to take careful aim and engage enemies methodically, lest they get caught lacking without a loaded mag or leave behind their mags during a panicked retreat.

The game does an outstanding job of making you feel like an adventurer in the zone, not like you are just giving inputs to a virtual character.

I enjoyed this game for a good bit, but ultimately didn't finish it due to frustration, and I'm not going to recommend a game that made me stop playing due to frustration.

It's too realistic in some bad ways:
- Have to reload each magazine bullet by bullet
- Have to clean your gun like all the time. And it's not easy as you are literately using oil and brush to do it, and where you brush isn't obvious. And the only alternative is to pay money... I heard on the Quest it's a lot easier to clean weapons. I probably wouldn't even have a gripe if they incentivized manually cleaning vs punishment.
- Ammo cost too much
- Ammo counts toward weight, and weighs a lot

Other gripes:
- The map resetting regularly is another mechanic I don't like, feels like it's just to extend the playtime with a smaller map vs a larger map.
- The backpack system, sometimes item will move after closing and reopening, making it hard to find stuff.
- There are places on your body to store things, which is good, what is not good is they move, so you might have to look to find them, or end up grabbing the wrong thing. Several times I meant to grab the backpack, but grabbed the gun somehow, or grab my front right pocket and grabbed the gun.

Maybe most of the "too realistic" gripes I have are supposed to be covered by "realistic firearms", but it wouldn't have been too hard to include some settings to address them. But the developer wants you to play the game they way they want you to.

pecho collection simulator 10/10 (involves some other things like guns and stuff)

Been playing 10 hours and I'm only level 2. This game has captured my inner housewife and has me cleaning and organizing my weapons before every journey. I am still getting used to the controls but this game has been a really big hit for me so far.

This game scares the fuck out of me and makes me cry but it's so fun and I still play it.

I gave this this game a fair chance twice but even after the second time I was done with it.
I neither played a Stalker like game before nor I have a good knowledge of guns IRL and well... seems like this is my problem. "Hey this black grass seems weird *dead*" "Hey when I press the safety weapon, this red circle of my pistol is hidden, so can I shoot now or not?" . Although I learned these issues after time, I couldn't get this information earlier which frustrated the beginning already.
Anyway when you enter the world which has so many details like a mobile game but require a strong performance, you encounter anomalies and enemies in which their designs feel more like a budget cut. And don't think they can get damage through the anomalies, nope. When you carefuly find a way through the anomalies to get some valuable items, they will go directly to you and cut your way out. Firing a gun, makes almost every enemy on the map alerted by the way. And even if you can try to sneak through the landscape, there is no indication if you get spottet or not. This ball like creature feels like it can spot you 100m away and runs to you in such a fast paste, that it's super hard to even hit it.
After you wasted your ammo and used your health, the best way was to loot the buildings. But then you realize that there is rarely something useful to get, so your main way to get new ammo, is buying it from the money you got from the missions.
And this is the only positive part that kept me playing. You have at least a big variety of freedom in guns and other stuff you can buy. But this wasn't enough to ignore the other issues.

So all in all this review sounds like it may be that this game might be too hard for me, but at the same time it feels more unfair than actual fun. So it can maybe interesting for people who wan't a challenging experience. But otherwise I don't recommend it.

For me, best VR Shooter so far. Atmo is great. Weapon handling makes so much fun. Only thing that annoys me is that long weapons sometimes glitch with neaby obstacles and that sometimes items in the backback slightly change the postion.

I love the concept and game has a lot of potential but I have two major issues, fist being the worse one, the backpack organization and the lack to store anything without holding it with one hand. Why is this an issue? well when you go out at night (pitch dark) and need to store loot asap and can't hold the flash light while placing the loot in there is frustrating. Secondly at the guns magazines are very small compare to the shots it takes to shoot enemies, you'll have to reload a lot during a single fight!

Worth every penny! This is one of the games that really makes VR feel like the future. It's super immersive, and although your character never gets stronger, it's a blast collecting ammo and outfitting your hideout.

i have never played a more perfect vr game, granted i haven't played many including the big ones like half life alyx and boneworks, but into the radius has kept me coming back to it across several platforms for two years. thank you cm games, please take more of my money

This game is Phenomenal. When i launch it i always get immersed and lose track of time. The fun factor is insane in this game. You always have something to look forward to so the game doesn't get boring. the weapons system and progression is amazing. If you have a VR headset i would Highly recommend this game. It is a must play for VR Players.

Excellent gameplay, the Tide keeps areas fresh, and the atmosphere and style are on-point

Amazing fps survival experience with all the bells and whistles of the tacticool vibes of weapon customization and upkeep. highly recommended.

It plays like it wasn't made for vr, that is to say there are many enemies and no punches are pulled just because you are in vr, the combat while straightforward was fun to a degree I haven't seen in most other vr games. the world was colorless and grey for the most part and it lent the game a good sense of atmosphere.
Its a well made and challenging game with direct rewards for exploration.
In short it was good fun, when I wasn't attacked from all sides.

I can tell that a phenomenal game is here... But my experience was less than pleasant. Grabbing things with my controller would cause them to bug like crazy. Every time I picked up a magazine, two bullets would fall out. Picking up the bullets with anything but the longer-range grab would cause me to drop them again. When I'd pick up a knife, the knife would go flying in a random direction. The only way for me to pick the knife up properly, again, was with the ranged grab - which you can't do from your backpack or arm slot. This made trying to play the game an active test of patience, which is not exactly what I was looking for.

Also, turning my camera around felt incredibly inconsistent. Often I would just be spamming my touch pad to turn, and my camera would just remain still. I don't know if this is a problem with my controller, but I don't experience it in other games, and it felt highly uncomfortable.

Still, think you absolutely should go try this game for yourself. But for me? It just didn't work. I tried fiddling with a bunch of settings, but it just didn't function right no matter what I did.

So, IN TEXT; yes! Go try this game! It gets glaring reviews, and I'm certain that, if it functions for you, you will have a great time. As a personal review score, however, I can't recommend it. My experience was just plain bad.

I am btw on a vive pro with vive controllers, if anyone wants that knowledge.

this game is BY FAR my favorite VR game of all time, it has an amazing atmosphere despite the outdated graphics, at the beginning, you are paralyzed by fear of the enemies talking, the voicelines gave me chills countless times my first playthrough. and the end game provides a well rounded game loop and mods create many endless possibilities for more playthroughs.
10/10 game by far my favorite vr game

vr is a let down to tell you the truth, this game is one of a few i'd say would save vr. unfortunately it isn't a long game, i completed it after 40 hours while taking as much time as possible. looking forward to the second radius if it ever gets finished.

I will go to the ends of the earth to eradicate every spawn ever created both physically and as a concept, my hate for them is beyond human comprehension. (also the game is really good and you should play it, like right now, buy it play it immediately.)

One of, if not the best VR experiences out there. From the gun-play to the atmosphere to the enemies themselves this game is a masterpiece. I have put in over 100 hours and have enjoyed every second of it. If you like survival shooters I would recommend this game.

janky control with absolutely shit tier game progression and little to none tutorial

Very Subnautica-esque in that you have no idea how the world around you works and in turn is cripplingly terrifying.

funny how this game works for me but into the radius 2 does not even what to start.

Great game holds up well love the selection of Guns you can play with as well as the detail the reloading of mags can get a bit tedious late game especially if your a crap shot like me lol

this game is great for anyone who enjoyed stalker or metro and is looking for a vr experience
on top of that this is a great game for anyone who just got a headset and is trying to get in to vr games for the first time this was my 3rd vr game and i love it playing almost 20 hours in the first 4 days of owning the game and im still trying to 100% the game so that i can go and play the second one happy knowing that i did everything that the game had to offer

i highly recommend this game to anyone with a headset and rave about it so much to people that dont have one that they honestly get annoyed of me

10 out of 10 in my opinion
yes it has its bugs but they are really harmless to the point that they very rarely effect gameplay and the game already knows how to fix them (im mainly talking about the unstuck button) but other than that theres very little to complain about this game

very good game. the shooting feels really good and the sound effects are amazing. best part of the game is the bolt action rifle. would highly recommend

This game has given me the most amount of heart attacks and also fun I have ever had in a VR game. It is fairly scary in the beginning hours when you aren't used to the enemies but I don't think that should stop someone from buying this game. Once you get into it the game has very addicting and rewarding combat and scavenging along with top tier immersion. CM Games really outdid themselves with this masterpiece of a game.

See you in the Radius explorers!

Game provides an accurate representation of how you would react if you were stuck in a post apocalyptic survival situation
(You're a weak man who cant aim when scared)

Such a great game

This is one of if not the best vr game ive ever played. The guns the ambience all of it is so amzingly done i couldnt recommend it more

game was fun until i died and my save file refused to load i was on normal without ironman mode on

Wow that was clunky. I do not understand all the positive reviews:
- enemies aren't scary, they are just the blobs
- graphics is very bad and art design is bland for the plot
- controls are very clunky and non-responsive
- lags more than Half-Life Alyx on max settings and if you lower the graphics, text becomes unreadable

If this were my first VR game, I would have probably never touched VR ever again

The game's graphics are good but the game play is lackluster, confusing, and boring

Yet to be a better vr shooter with top notch gameplay loop. Only downside is how few the main missions are.