EXOSHOCK is a Halo-inspired co-op shooter for up to four players that we’ve been waiting on since it was announced last year. Now, you can find it on Quest and PC VR headsets.
Last we heard, Exoshock was initially targeting a Fall 2025 launch, although developer POLARITYONE was admittedly only a two-person team at the time. It’s had a number of open betas and playable demos, which has helped shape the game to what it is today.
Exoshock is a hybrid game, where VR and PC players are able to play together in the same game, offering up firefights in a gritty sci-fi universe. Here’s how the studio describes it:
You are a Division 9 operative, owned by the Basilisk Group. Board starships in transit, sabotage systems, steal data, and eliminate targets. Gear up, complete your Contract, get out, and return for another.
Enemies flank, suppress, and push your squad. Reload under fire, strike with melee, and cover your teammates. Find an opening and turn a desperate fight around.
The action is set across three starships of varying sizes, including “some of the largest maps ever built for VR,” the studio says. That includes semi-procedural objectives, six Resistance levels, and Contract Complications, meaning no two runs are the same.
The studio says its road to 1.0 is currently focused on making the initial experience deeper, richer and more replayable, with plans to expand the game through Weapons 2.0, deeper Characters and VR Embodiment, expanded environments, additional enemy factions, an evolved Combat Director, new cooperative objectives, expanded progression, and further improvements to audio and world building.
Estimated to be in early access for 12 months, the studio says it additionally plans to continue improving multiplayer, performance, stability, quality of life and overall polish throughout development.
You can find Exoshock in early access over on Steam for PC and PC VR headsets and on the Horizon Store for Quest 3/3S, priced at $20.