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Directionless is an experimental Virtual Reality horror game. It tries out a variety of ways of using Virtual Reality to unnerve and disorient the player, with carefully crafted audio working with an interactive environment to pull you into a nightmarish world where you can't trust anything.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 79% — of 67 reviews
Released: 2016-05-31
Developer: Zach Tsiakalis-Brown
Genres: Indie
Platforms: Windows

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