The list of VR horror games gets longer today, as Dune: Awakeningco-publisher, Level Infinite, has dropped an announcement for their new VR survival horror game, Dread Meridian.
I don't have to tell you personally that there's no shortage of VR horror games out there, but many of those are just spin-offs of existing titles, such as Resident Evil, Half-Life Alyx or Phasmophobia, while others are loosely inspired by familiar franchises, such as The Exorcist Legion VR or The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners.
Having said that, there's also no denying that horror hits differently in VR. It's more personal, more felt and more engaging, even though its visual quality needs to catch up with its non-VR cousins.
Who's Developing This Game?
While this might be Level Infinite's first foray into VR publishing, they've partnered with KUKRGAME, a Chinese VR/AR game dev based in Chengdu, Sichuan. The studio has been creating VR games since 2020 and already has a few titles released.
You might not have heard of them before, but they were known for their VR FPS game, Mercenary, which achieved the top spot for pay-to-play content on HTC Viveport years ago. They followed that up with...
