Altered Algorithm

Altered Algorithm

Parable Worlds · April 19, 2024 · Action, Adventure, VR, FMV, Simulation

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About Altered Algorithm

Altered Algorithm: Episode 1 is a free VR experience introducing you back to a time of gaming simplicity and the excitement of unique experiences. This project has been in development for only 6 months by a small team of developers (including me, Nick DePalo), a community of amazing artists, and a group of filmmaking partners. We hope to build on this foundational endeavor of episodic adventures with your support. Our goal is to introduce new, interesting, and unique experiences to the world.

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Welcome to an alternate LA, set in a futuristic 1983. You're either a militant or mercenary.

Jeremiah, our main protagonist lives in an alternate past where technology has already flourished for decades causing ALL risk to be mitigated. He's a hired "Field Adjuster" who's job is to hunt down any threats to make the world "SAFE" through the use of the most advanced AI Predictive software and Threat Analytics ever created with a new government program called... CASSI.

​CASSI, a "Centralized AI Safety Surveillance Infrastructure" is designed to serve, mitigate, and protect everyone and everything.

​When the A.I. Threat Algorithm Jeremiah relies on is infiltrated by Kenji Kimora, an infamous underground gang leader, an altered simulation unfolds, and it causes a system city lockdown beyond repair.

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These events lead Jeremiah to embark on a journey within the simulation to explore the deep city slums of gangs, freewill, and the chaos of choice to discover the altered algorithm of who he truly is and needs to become.

There, Jeremiah is presented with the greatest risk ever encountered.... himself.

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  • Action-thriller set in an altered futuristic timeline of 1983 LA, where advanced technology has already flourished for decades​
  • Unique FMV (Full Motion Video) environments and characters that allow dynamic interaction within the real-time 3D world
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  • "Natural Narrative" driven pacing is at the heart of our experience. The choices you make will dynamically unfold the story you drive forward. SEARCH, SOLVE, or SURVIVE... the choice is yours.​
  • Environmental puzzles that involve the player to use their detective tools, the sandbox world, or weapons on hand to manipulate and solve the world's mysteries

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Players assume the first-person perspective of a fully playable character in VR known as Jeremiah, who can interact within a world of FMV (Full Motion Video) characters and elements by solving environmental puzzles and options for ranged combat, which reveals your story's journey.

Altered Algorithm — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 15, 2024
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9 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 20, 2026
I poop my pants👍🏻
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 6, 2024
Watched the FastLawyer review on youtube and it looked fantastic. But I found it full of bugs (unseen characters speaking, unable to pick up dropped items, difficult moving around, some fuzzy visuals, etc.). Played on Quest3 via AirLink...maybe this needs a wired connection to the PC? It didn't seem to work at all on Virtual Desktop or SteamLink. I tried a few times and got a little further each time but couldn't get through without it crashing.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
Altered Algorithm is an experimental VR action-adventure that combines interactive storytelling, first-person exploration, environmental puzzles, gunplay, and full-motion video in an attempt to create something closer to an inhabitable science-fiction movie. Developed and published by Parable Worlds, the game is presented as the first episode of a larger concept and remains an Early Access title. Its scope is relatively modest, but its ideas are considerably more ambitious. Rather than treating FMV as conventional prerecorded cutscenes, Altered Algorithm attempts to integrate filmed characters and visual elements directly into its three-dimensional environments, giving players opportunities to interact with them while progressing through the story. The adventure takes place in an alternate version of Los Angeles in 1983, although this is far removed from the technology of the real historical period. In this timeline, technological development has accelerated for decades, creating a society determined to eliminate danger through prediction and surveillance. The protagonist, Jeremiah, works as a Field Adjuster responsible for eliminating threats identified through advanced predictiv…
Recommended Apr 9, 2025
nice
Not recommended Mar 16, 2025
I could not get this game to play . The intro of the voice saying she needs to know what happened to her , the screen goes white except for the center which is a blue circle with a smaller circle and that's it and it'll just sit there and do that . I tried clicking everything I could think of to make it work , but it never did. I understand this might be an early access game,But I would think that it was at least be playable . I've got Windows 11 on my laptop , and using an Oculus Quest 3

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