

Downward Spiral: Horus Station
3rd Eye Studios · 2018 · Indie, Action, Adventure, VR, Sci-fi
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 115
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About Downward Spiral: Horus Station
✦ AI summary
Explore an abandoned space station in zero-gravity while piecing together its mystery through environmental storytelling, playable solo or in two-player co-op with a choice between combat-focused Engage mode or peaceful Explore mode. Switch between standard and VR play, tackle eight-player multiplayer modes, and immerse yourself in an atmospheric electronic soundtrack by HIM's Ville Valo.
Downward Spiral: Horus Station takes players through a lost vessel abandoned by its crew with a complete focus on visual storytelling for single player or two player online co-op. Players will have to piece together the plot through observation and interpretation as they navigate the derelict space station's environmental storytelling, accompanied by the electronic ambient soundtrack composed by platinum selling HIM frontman Ville Valo.
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Solving the mystery of the space station will require the player to choose to engage or explore. In engage mode eliminate threats using the ship's maintenance hardware - like bolt throwers, thrusters, rail guns, grappling magnet and arc welders. In explore mode the stations threats will no longer be hostile, leaving the puzzles and atmosphere to find the truth of why Horus Station has been left drifting in space. In addition to Horus Station’s story campaign, there’s eight-player PvP and PvE multiplayer modes including Deathmatch and Horde.
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Downward Spiral: Horus Station is also playable in stunning virtual reality for HTC Vive, Oculus Touch, Oculus Gamepad and Windows Mixed Reality for unparalleled immersion.
FEATURES:
• Atmospheric and mysterious solo or two player online co-op zero-g sci-fi thriller
• A complete environmental storytelling experience without dialogue or cinematics
• Totally new way to experience movement in zero g
• Electronic ambient soundtrack composed by platinum selling HIM frontman Ville Valo
• Range of bolt throwers, rail guns, grappling magnets and electro magnetic devices to use against threats
• Optional Explorer mode that completely removes threats leaving the story and puzzles
• 8 player zero g deathmatch and horde modes
• Playable in Flat or VR mode
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Solving the mystery of the space station will require the player to choose to engage or explore. In engage mode eliminate threats using the ship's maintenance hardware - like bolt throwers, thrusters, rail guns, grappling magnet and arc welders. In explore mode the stations threats will no longer be hostile, leaving the puzzles and atmosphere to find the truth of why Horus Station has been left drifting in space. In addition to Horus Station’s story campaign, there’s eight-player PvP and PvE multiplayer modes including Deathmatch and Horde.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/690620/extras/gif3_output.png
Downward Spiral: Horus Station is also playable in stunning virtual reality for HTC Vive, Oculus Touch, Oculus Gamepad and Windows Mixed Reality for unparalleled immersion.
FEATURES:
• Atmospheric and mysterious solo or two player online co-op zero-g sci-fi thriller
• A complete environmental storytelling experience without dialogue or cinematics
• Totally new way to experience movement in zero g
• Electronic ambient soundtrack composed by platinum selling HIM frontman Ville Valo
• Range of bolt throwers, rail guns, grappling magnets and electro magnetic devices to use against threats
• Optional Explorer mode that completely removes threats leaving the story and puzzles
• 8 player zero g deathmatch and horde modes
• Playable in Flat or VR mode
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Do not buy for Coop experience. Everytime a player has a disconnect, a chapter restart is required. No way to reconnect ongoing sessions or save game. Also several bugs have not been treated in the main menu and require physical keyboard input4 found this helpful
After 8,000 Hours in VR, This Is The Best Game I've Ever Played. This is not an exaggeration. Downward Spiral is the single most impactful and breathtaking experience I have had in virtual reality. It's a crime that this game isn't more famous. The visuals are stunning and hold up incredibly well despite its age, creating a massive, immersive world that constantly delivers that "wow" factor we all chase in VR. The gameplay is perfectly balanced—the puzzles are challenging enough to be engaging but never impossible, and the story is so well-crafted that it genuinely made me cry by the end. It's a 5-6 hour journey that feels like a true adventure, and you can even bring up to three friends along for the ride in co-op. This review isn't sponsored. It's a plea to anyone looking for a masterpiece. Please, give this game a try. Recommendation: Start with the Prologue. It's currently only $2 and will give you the perfect taste of the magic this game holds. 10/10. An absolute must-own.2 found this helpful
Genuinly and underated game, only issue is the speed u can push yourself is severey capped so u cant move thatt fast on ur own, also tied to the downward spiral rpolouge, so play that first its free so dw, u welcome1 found this helpful
In VR, both grabbing and tool use are mapped to the same input (by default, the trigger). When you're empty-handed, pulling the trigger grabs objects. But if you're holding a tool, that same trigger now activates the tool instead. While it makes sense that you can't grab and use a tool at the same time, it feels unintuitive to have the same input change function based on context. Most VR games use grip for holding and trigger for activating, so this setup goes against common expectations and breaks muscle memory. It would be much better if grab and tool use had separate inputs, even if one is disabled contextually. At the very least, please add an option to rebind these actions. The current setup makes the game feel awkward to play in VR on a Meta Quest headset.
Competent fluent movement mechanics when you learn how to drift in no gravity and pretty satisfying shooter at moments. I had fun to play it, maybe a story could be a bit longer. There is some heavy aliasing, no matter how high I set SteamVR resolution.
One of the most atmospheric and polished games I've played to date. If you like science fiction, this game will not disappoint.
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