Underplayed Gems

Border Bots VR (2024)

Border Bots VR cover
Developer
Paw Print Games Ltd., vTime Ltd
Publisher
Team17
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Rating
4.2 of 5, 74 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

You methodically inspect robot documents in a cramped booth, balancing bureaucratic tedium with the lurking tension of making a costly mistake.

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What players say

Players praise the core loop of inspecting robots at a border checkpoint, calling it a VR take on Papers, Please, but a huge number of them say the game is ruined by long, unskippable dialogue that drowns out the actual gameplay. Many wish for an endless mode and note the game is short with little replay value.

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