SUBSUMED adds a free VR mode for the whole game, though Vive wands are unsupported
The cave horror game SUBSUMED now has a VR mode, and it costs nothing extra. Developer Hazzy released it on October 19 as "a free, optional new way to play" the entire game, picked from a prompt each time you start it. The flatscreen version is unchanged.
Hazzy published two images with the VR update and captioned neither. Image: Hazzy
The game launched in January, costs $4.99 on Steam and is the work of a single developer.
Rebuilt for VR
Hazzy says every mechanic has been reworked for VR. You drag yourself along the cave floor with your hands and draw on your whiteboards with a marker. Some parts were changed slightly to fit, but the whole game and every ending are still there.
The whiteboard sits over one shoulder and the camera over the other, and a left-handed mode swaps them. You turn with the right stick or simply by turning your head. The flatscreen version has no movement keys at all: you pull yourself forward with the cursor.
The seven store screenshots predate the VR update. Image: Hazzy
Which headsets work
The mode is built on OpenXR, and Hazzy expects any headset with Quest-style controllers, such as Quest, Index or Pico, to work. Vive wands are not supported, though a custom binding might help, and the developer says the mode has not been tested on every setup. Players who run into trouble are asked to report their headset by email or on Discord.
SUBSUMED launched on Steam on January 30, 2026. Image: Hazzy
One purchase for both ways to play
Other studios have kept VR and flatscreen apart. Selkies Interactive sold Echoes of Mora as two separate Steam products, and Vertigo Games' next Arizona Sunshine is not a VR game at all.
SUBSUMED's Steam page puts a first playthrough at 30 minutes to an hour. Image: Hazzy
Hazzy has taken the route Escape Simulator took when it added a free VR mode for every PC owner in 2024. The Steam page now carries Valve's VR Supported badge.
