Underplayed Gems

Tethered (2017)

Tethered cover
Developer
Secret Sorcery Limited
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Strategy
Rating
4.0 of 5, 210 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

You float above a serene, stylized sky-island, calmly directing adorable creatures through daylit resource gathering, then brace for tense night sieges by dark foes.

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What players say

Players consistently describe Tethered as a VR strategy game with cute visuals but shallow, tedious gameplay built mostly around resource gathering. Many report it crashes on launch or does not work on newer headsets like the Quest 3, and the developers have abandoned it, leaving bugs unfixed.

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Screenshots

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