The Rig: A Starmap to Murder (2020)

Developer

Sunset Division

Platforms

Windows

Genres

Adventure, Casual, Indie

Rating

3.8 of 5, 51 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 1.7 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

A deliberately paced, modest mystery adventure game for VR that channels 1990s point-and-click nostalgia through simple environmental exploration and a short, film-length story.

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What players say

Players call The Rig a short space-noir detective story that looks like Blade Runner but runs poorly even on top-tier hardware. It takes about 1–2 hours, has basic escape-room puzzles, and players are split on the teleport-only movement, some find it breaks immersion, others dislike its absence of smooth locomotion.

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