Akupara Games’ game is being developed for multiple VR platforms, so the survival horror could be available on PlayStation VR2.

Here’s an overview of the game: “It’s just another day for you, your trusty stream chat, and a nightmarish AI torture test to see when you’ll break. It should be simple. The Crab n’ Grab, a trashy seafood restaurant a thousand miles from the ocean. But your chat kept telling you to take a look. That there was something more brewing beneath the surface. That there’s something “there”. After all, isn’t it your job to dive headlong into danger? Isn’t that the thrill?

How thrilling do you find the ticking of robot legs on concrete? What about that voice coming over the loudspeaker? That’s not a person. It’s something else. And it’s testing you. It wants to know how smart you are. How clever. How much pain you can take. How much you can take before you break. Hello Cruel World puts your ingenuity to the test. Think fast, think on your feet and think outside the box. Designed from the ground up to take advantage of the interactive capabilities of virtual reality, Hello Cruel World asks: “How far are you willing to go?

Exploring the limits of human pain receptors and cybernetic transplants may sound difficult, and it is! But you are the exception that proves the rule, aren’t you? Even down here there’s wifi. And that means everyone you’re livestreaming to will have a front row seat to your death-defying depravity as you delve deeper and deeper into the facility, with simulated real-time chat to help you along the way. Only the unfettered scientific mind can unravel the nature of the universe. Let’s not let empathy or ethics get in the way of true, unbridled progress. ALICE, the constant companion, watches over your every decision, your every move. Can you escape the labyrinth with the Minotaur looking over your shoulder? Or can you outsmart her robotic mind and slip through her fingers?”

Hello Cruel World is coming to VR platforms yet to be determined sometime in 2024, but it will definitely be on Steam.

Source: Gematsu