With VR interactive experiences becoming more ambitious than ever, developer Tessera Studios has jumped into the VR fray with Intruders: Hide and Seek, the first-person stealth game taken from the point of view of a defenseless little boy.

If you are new to the whole VR experience and looking for a game offering a pleasant surprise at the impresssive possibilities which lie ahead for VR, I highly recommend Intruders: Hide and Seek. Short, yet quite enjoyable for what is on tap, there is no denying this games exciting potential.

Intruders: Hide and Seek places players in the role of a little boy named Ben, who along with his family is heading to their vacation home. Upon arriving home you quicky discover that Ben’s parents have done quite well for themselves.

Ben’s family vacation home is more than splendid, and based on how the home is scaled to the player, you truly get the perspective from a child’s point of view. Everything around you is large and grand, placing you in a rather vulnerable state of presence. However, early there is a true sense of security as you traverse around this extravagant home, with all of its splendid décor, high ceilings, wooden panels, and wide – open spaces.

Interestingly, once you enter this lavish resident, there is no leaving as the duration of the game’s main course is intricately detailed within.

As a brief overview of understanding how the game works, players are encouraged to move around the home as other members of the family are organically living their lives. In this process players can better understand their surroundings, as well as gameplay mechanics.

Ben’s family is rather interesting. Supported by a mother and father, and a younger sister named Irene who is physically ailing from a diseased condition, this family dynamic becomes the centerpiece the story. Unfortunately, the voice acting does suffer from an imbalance in gesture, as both kids, Ben and Irene are not performed by children, but adults posing as kids.

Character designs maintain a flat, rather creepy composition throughout, and although most of your time will be spent using stealth while becoming increasingly familiar with the resident, these shortcomings are quite apparent.

The games narrative begins to take shape as Ben and Irene are restless through the night. Eventually, some uninvited guests raid on the families vacation and take mom and dad hostage. These new guests have locked the house down and now Ben and Irene have to fend for themselves.

Through this one night affair, Ben with the aid of his sister Irene must evade the games three imposing intruders. Not as easy as it initially appears, Ben must figure out how to outsmart his families captures. During this nights process of cloak and dagger Ben must brave himself through many close calls. The further Ben wanders through this intricately detailed resident in hope of liberating his family, the more our young protagonist uncovers the distasteful truth of his parents.

This gradual development of discovery which is laced with uncovering more truths about Ben’s parents, as well as his captures is where the games story truly shines. Early on it does feel unnerving to be captured, however after several failed attempts of reaching several objectives on your way to the games next revelation, the game does begin to lose a bit of its mystigue. Yet, the moving from room to room in stealth fashion never gets old.

Impressively, the residents remains the star of the show as Tessera has pieced together a thrilling gameplay canvas. After looking at your map and learning that Ben must stay hidden while covering seemingly great distances for his next objective kept me on my toes. The tension was great!

For most of the ride Ben can easily spot the games three intruders while in the dark, as they are on the constant lookout with flashlights. Experiencing all of this in VR which allows for the player to physically look around corners just before making the critical move of passing by or in the direction of an intruder, uniquely compliments VR.

The option to hide from pursuers or remove yourself from view by quickly taking cover under the the bed , within closets, cupboards, you name it, comes in handy quit often. Due to its simple gameplay implementation, Intruders: Hide and Seek is one of the most convenient VR games I have played, as it offers a comfortable VR interaction, requiring little to no unnecessary movements.

As I mentioned before, Intruders: Hide and Seek is a short yet engaging eight chapter affair. With a conclusion that seemed rushed with much room for improvement, I had a blast playing through the games entirety.

Certainly, on the more PG side of ratings, Intruders: Hide and Seek offers an accessible involvement, which many PSVR owners owe it to themselves to experience. My hope is that developer Tessera Studios can continue to develop more exciting VR experiences as we draw closer to the next-generation of consoles.