Elsewhere Electric brings back a promising VR game concept
Elsewhere Electric is an innovative co-op game with an interesting twist: one person plays in the headset, the other on the smartphone.
You are a team that has been sent to bring an abandoned facility back online. The person wearing the VR headset enters the facility, while the other person transmits vital information via their smartphone.
Each person has their own perspective and tools. Only together can you master the game and escape alive from the facility where invisible creatures roam. You must solve environmental puzzles, decipher codes, acquire new abilities, and most importantly, communicate effectively.
According to the official website, Elsewhere Electric will be released between spring and summer 2025 for Meta Quest and PC VR. The companion app will be available for free on Google Play and the App Store.
There is no trailer for Elsewhere Electric yet, but we will keep you updated.
Elsewhere, Electric brings back memories of the unique VR game Covert, which I reviewed back in 2018 on Oculus Go.
In this game, one player in VR and one on a smartphone or tablet shared the task of infiltrating a heavily guarded area and hacking a satellite. The concept was promising, but was held back by the limitations of the Oculus Go. The game was later ported to Oculus Rift and Playstation VR.
I am curious to see if Stitch by Games can make the cross-device concept work. The studio already has experience of developing two VR games: the escape room game Flow Weaver (2021) and the horror adventure game Broken Spectre (2023).
Another asymmetric game that can be played together in VR and on a mobile device, is Acron: Attack of the Squirrels. Other notable asymmetric VR games include Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, The Playroom VR, Black Hat Cooperative, and VR Giants.
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