The Room Studio Fireproof Games returns with ’80s horror, the VR puzzle-adventure Ghost Town

Fireproof Games, the studio behind the acclaimed puzzle-adventure series The Room, has announced its first new title since 2021’s The Room 4: Old Sins. It’s a spooky, single-player VR puzzle-adventure game called Ghost Town, and it’s heading to PC, PSVR2, and Quest 2/3 next year.

Ghost Town follows the adventures of ghost hunter turned ghost hunter Edith Penrose in 1983 London. “Edith is doing well,” Fireproof said in its announcement. “The paranormal detective agency she runs with her flatmate has never been busier, she’s almost up-to-date with her rent and the ghosts in her bathroom mirror have been in less demand than usual. But Edith’s world is turned upside down when her brother goes missing and a mysterious new lead promises to uncover clues to his whereabouts.”

Edith’s journey first takes her to a remote Scottish island in search of a brilliant clairvoyant, but Fireproof isn’t saying much about its story just yet. However, it does share some details of how Ghost Town will unfold in VR as players explore the world of a “large navigable environment” and deal with fully motion-captured characters, both living and dead.

“Explore different atmospheric locations with a controller in each hand and a torch to light your way,” it explains. “Use your sleight of hand to overcome tactile puzzles, cast spells, and even summon troubled spirits to guide them to the next world.”

And that’s everything Fireproof has to say about it right now. First to be launched for Ghost Town Meta Quest 2/3 In “spring” the following year, with a psvr2 And steam vr It is going to be released in summer. Fireproof’s wonderfully terrifying The Room series has been a consistent delight with its many installments since launching over a decade ago (including 2020’s excellent VR outing The Dark Matter), so Ghost Town is going straight onto my wish list.