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Updated · Yahoo · Aug 14
Nightdive Brings 2023 System Shock Remake to VR, Targeting Under 2% of Steam Users
Updated
Updated · Yahoo · Aug 14

Nightdive Brings 2023 System Shock Remake to VR, Targeting Under 2% of Steam Users

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo · Aug 14

Summary

  • Flat2VR Studios is turning Nightdive’s 2023 System Shock remake into a full VR version, now live for wishlisting on Steam with no release date announced.
  • The game is positioned as a direct VR adaptation of the remake’s original Citadel Station story rather than a separate spinoff, and it will also support Meta Quest and PS VR2.
  • VR remains a narrow market: Steam’s hardware survey shows headset users still well below 2% of the platform’s audience, limiting the addressable base even before platform splits.
  • That challenge has hit similar projects before—Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow peaked at 233 concurrent Steam players, and publisher Vertigo Games shut one studio in June, citing a difficult VR market.

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