Test Subject 901

Test Subject 901

SpinVR.ca · September 12, 2018 · Free to Play, Strategy, Singleplayer, Horror, VR

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About Test Subject 901

While working your job as a security guard at a secret testing facility, something has gone terribly wrong. Everyone else is dead and now and you are the only one left. Find a way out while avoiding what lurks in the darkness around you.

Move through the facility and hide in the shadows as you plan your attempt at escape. Throw whatever you can pick up to create a distraction and stay out of sight to survive.

Give yourself nightmares with this VR horror experience.

Brought to you by SpinVR: a branch of SpinVFX, which brought you the visual effects for your favorite TV shows and films, including The Expanse, Game of Thrones, and the upcoming space thriller, Nightflyers.

Staying low and hidden will be key to your survival. Use whatever you find to obscure your visibility and avoid a line of sight at all costs, if you can...
Objects litter the rooms and halls. Toss them in strategic directions to create distractions, helping you stay concealed.
Search through the dark halls and lonely rooms of the facility to collect all the key cards needed to unlock the escape hatch.

Test Subject 901 — 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.

✦ AI summary

Test Subject 901 delivers an atmospheric VR horror experience with decent environmental storytelling and psychological tension that genuinely frightens some players, but it suffers from janky, unpolished mechanics, an incomplete product feel despite not being in Early Access, and repetitive stealth gameplay with overly loud jumpscares that lose their impact. The teleport movement mechanics are clunky, the monster AI feels unintelligent, and the overall experience lacks innovation, relying on familiar escape-room horror tropes without adding anything new to the genre.

Recommended Jul 29, 2025
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Recommended May 17, 2026
I remember being too spooked to finish the game, sadly my VR setup doesn't work anymore so I can't give this game another try.
Not recommended Dec 12, 2025
"Test Subject 901" is a rather mediocre VR tech demo from a TV production business (not to be confused with game developers, which is a problem). You find yourself alone in a secret testing facility, trying to escape from whatever lurks in the darkness, everyone else is dead, work out why, escape alive, blah blah blah. It's been done before, there's nothing new here. What do you do in the game? First person adventuring, stealth mechanics and avoiding the jumpscare, all in janky unpolished VR. Despite not being in Early Access, it's obvious this is an incomplete product. Developers have an obligation to deliver complete, not partially done products to gamers, that shouldn't be controversial. Whatever the excuses may be, it does no service to gamers for incomplete products polluting Steam like this. It makes it harder for gamers to find complete games, and it makes it harder for ethical developers who do the right thing to find their audience. The assets look a little mismatched but they're also much higher quality than the actual game. It's a bit of a red flag for an asset flip, but there's no evidence or smoking gun in this case. While there's no proof, the overall low qua…
Recommended Nov 3, 2025
Игра «Test Subject 901» погружает в атмосферу мрачного научного эксперимента, где игрок становится объектом тестирования в лаборатории. Сюжет развивается через исследование загадок, взаимодействие с окружающей средой и разгадывание головоломок. Атмосфера напряжённая, с элементами психологического хоррора, но сценарий остаётся предсказуемым. Графика и звуковое сопровождение добавляют ощущение изоляции и тревоги. Плюс — оригинальная идея, минус — недостаточная глубина сюжета. Подойдёт тем, кто ценит атмосферные приключения с элементами детектива.
Not recommended Jul 15, 2025
Similar to Alien Isolation's gameplay but with a teleport mechanic which is no fun at all. Monster doesn't seem to be distracted by thrown objects and its jumpscare is way too loud for something you'll likely encounter multiple times. My successful try I wasn't even trying to be stealthy/use objects; it just went away from the path I'd eventually found in the darkness. Don't waste your time.
Recommended Nov 12, 2022
Played this for 5 minutes and shat myself

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