PlayStation 4PlayStation VRPC (Microsoft Windows)2016

Tethered

In a magical sky borne world, assume the role of a powerful Spirit Guardian charged with restoring life and balance. Command the Peeps, your loyal servants, to feed, fight, build, and sacrifice themselves for the greater good in a quest to release your entombed brethren.

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Steam User 9827STEAMNot recommended

Does not Work with Meta Quest 3. Looks Like Devs abandoned updates.

Mar 2, 2026·Verified

Steam User 1189STEAMRecommended

Slugma

Nov 8, 2025·16h·Verified

Steam User 6305STEAMNot recommended

Does not launch. Discussion of many people having this problem. The "solution" did't work for me.

Oct 20, 2024·Verified

Steam User 0867STEAMNot recommended

I hate games with broken achievements

Sep 29, 2024·53h·1·Verified

Steam User 0397STEAMNot recommended

game doesnt work
checked on the disscution
saw more ppl with the problem
the fix doesnt work for all
cant recommend

Mar 21, 2024·1·Verified

Steam User 6684STEAMRecommended

It's good and fun.

Jan 1, 2024·16h·Verified

Steam User 7394STEAMRecommended

This is the second best vr game I ever played

Nov 12, 2023·11h·Verified

Steam User 6850STEAMNot recommended

le jeu ne fonctionne pas

Aug 26, 2023·Verified

Steam User 4656STEAMNot recommended

Member VR? When you coudl push ANYTHING because VR headsets owners were desperate for that "Killer app"? Well, this is more of the same... ultra basic gameplay - would have been getting SLAMMED if not a VR title... only bought because people were absolutely desperate.

Played it a few hours and got bored to tears.

Jul 24, 2023·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 6413STEAMRecommended

Excellent game for VR beginners. Highly recommend room scale for this one. Cannot comment on motion sickness because I have good VR legs.

Jun 16, 2023·1h·Verified

Steam User 1139STEAMNot recommended

This was a great game when it was released, half a decade ago, when VR was new & exciting. But that time has long since passed, and the devs have abandoned this game. So unfortunately, not worth buying today...

Feb 19, 2023·16h·1·Verified

Steam User 5758STEAMRecommended

Pretty cute god sim like Black & White.

Nov 10, 2022·Verified

Steam User 8785STEAMRecommended

gorgeous in vr

Jul 13, 2022·4h·Verified

Steam User 4325STEAMNot recommended

It's just too shallow, and has too much busywork.

It's cute. The "floating island" look, and the peeps working for you, are both nice visually. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of gameplay. Mostly what you do is send peeps around collecting resources, and not much else. At night, hostile slugs show up which you have to kill, but otherwise it's almost entirely resource gathering.

It doesn't help that your peeps don't have a lot of independence. If a resource gets exhausted, they'll stop doing anything. If a peep doesn't get orders for long enough, they start getting upset, and eventually die. Often enough you'll send peeps off to gather something arbitrary just to give them something to do and avoid the "no orders" penalty.

There's some outright busywork in there, like the fact you have to manually collect Spirit points. The goal of each scenario is to reach a certain Spirit score. You get Spirit for doing things like defeating enemies, but you don't just actually get the points until you point and them and press left-trackpad long enough to hoover them up.

The controls aren't the absolute worst VR controls I've encountered, but they're not good. Too much reliance on mapping certain actions to certain buttons, instead of using gestures or clicking on dialog choices. Some of the UI choices violate common conventions, i.e. you're constantly pressing "down" on the trackpad to select things or confirm choices, instead of the far more common "trigger as mouse click" convention. In fact, the trigger button is never used.

Ultimately, the problem is that you're constantly doing near-mindless actions, like sending idle peeps off to mine something, and only very rarely making anything resembling a real decision.

May 19, 2022·1h·3·Verified

Steam User 5211STEAMRecommended

Fast moving, the better organised you are the better you will do. Lot's of fun.

May 9, 2022·21h

Steam User 8758STEAMNot recommended

A cute design that's slightly similar to several better games. Unfortunately this suffers from being painfully slow, dull, aimless, and comes with just enough of a lag that you won't notice at first, but the migrane will tell you later.

Mar 26, 2022·Verified

Steam User 7591STEAMRecommended

This game was solid and kept my attention and interest. The art style is cute and the puzzles of each level are occasionally challenging without being overly frustrating. While there were elements of the game that felt a little less polished than other strategy games that I put in my top tier, there aren't many strategy options for VR and I hope that more games that follow this type of approach become available now that VR is becoming so mainstream.

Feb 4, 2022·10h·Verified

Steam User 6314STEAMRecommended

Очень милая и приятная стратегия для VR, коих не так уж много. Пробовал Townsmen VR до обновления, эта игра сильно лучше показалась. После обновлений Townsmen еще не играл, так что, может быть он и выиграет, если они увеличили количество контента.

Управление классное, графика приятная, Пипы очень милые и забавные. Не доводите их до отчаяния! Они так грустно спрыгивают с края острова, что мне их аж жалко стало =(

С одной стороны, вроде и очень простенькая RTSка на добычу ресурсов и оборону, но все это в такой милой и красивой обертке, что буду играть дальше!

Dec 27, 2021·4h·Verified

Steam User 3378STEAMRecommended

i like it so cute and im happy play it again in pc

Dec 26, 2021·2h·2·Verified

Steam User 3720STEAMNot recommended

I'm a bit late to the party, having just purchased VR this year. I wish I could recommend this game. I read numerous reviews about it being similar to Black & White which was amazing.

Sadly, this game does not work on my system. I definitely meet the minimum requirements. Hell I even exceed the recommended requirements.

This game crashes the second I try to run it. I cannot even get it to work in nonvr mode. I tried to troubleshoot it myself. Updated all my drivers. Ran the prerequisites found in the games file folders. I even went so far as to try to contact the devs through their webpage for help in getting it to run. I think this dev team has been disbanded.

I gave them 2 days to message me back but did not hear a "peep" from them.

Don't buy this game if you have a newer system. Chances are it will not run at all. Scratch that, don't buy this game regardless. My whole 0.2 hours of playtime is just the game hanging at a black screen before closing or returning me back to steamvr home.

Well these devs wasted enough of my time with their nonfunctional game and lack of support. Time to refund and spend my money on a game that works.

System Specs:
11th Gen Intel i9 3.50GHz
32 GB RAM
Windows 10 x64
Nvidia 3080ti
Valve Index

Dec 8, 2021·3·Verified

Steam User 3401STEAMRecommended

Tethered is one of these games that hide their complexity. Tethered is a fully playable mature god simulation game with great graphics and well balanced game mechanics.

Don't watch a video about the game and think: "another simple game for children". It has a lot of elements which can be combined in different ways in order to achieve the goal. It features:
- day and night cycle: day for building, night for defending and gathering spirit
- 5 basic buildings with ~3 upgrades each => 15 buildings with different features
- 4 ressources
- 6 weather effects with different effects on peeps / enemies and buildings leading to > 10 effects
- >7 professions for peeps with different benefits

Combining all these elements during day and night while catching spirit and keeping all peeps busy (and preventing their suicide) is a pretty tough task. While the tutorial is very calm, level 1 can already be challenging. My first try has led to mass suicide because I did not watch my food storage. It was empty and so some were hungry and some went over the edge.

It does not have a story, but it does not need to. I am happy to have a VR game which is well developed works fine (on Quest 2/Steam/Airlink).

Minor points are:
- manual does not contain info on all the options available
- sometimes info panels are behind the player so you must turn to read
- opening build panel resets world view

Nov 5, 2021·10h·Verified

Steam User 9385STEAMRecommended

There aren't a whole lot of VR RTS games. Tethered manages to make the experience fun but not overwhelming, and the denizens of your little world are cute as heck.

Nov 2, 2021·1h·Verified

Steam User 4888STEAMRecommended

Someone on reddit told me it would be like the classic PC game Populous, and I agree. It scratched that itch. I have also heard its similar to Black and White.

At the time of this review I had 112 minutes in the game and like it so far.I got it on sale for $5.69

Oct 31, 2021·3h·Verified

Steam User 6424STEAMRecommended

If Black & White had a spiritual successor in VR.... Totally worth the price.

Oct 31, 2021·7h·Verified

Steam User 3157STEAMRecommended

Thumbs Up

Oct 30, 2021·8h·1·Verified

Steam User 5766STEAMRecommended

charming and polished.

Oct 20, 2021·10h·Verified

Steam User 5551STEAMNot recommended

It says Valve Index compatibility on the store page but really isn't.

The Valve Index Controllers don't show up in the game, instead it shows the Vive Wands.

To scroll through the world you need to use the grip button of the Vive Wands - or - use the grip/squeeze on the Index Controllers. However you have to squeeze REAL HARD to trigger the "grip" function. You have to squeeze them down to 100% force, full squeeze.
There's other controller mapping issues with the thumbstick.

The language translation into german is terrible. The tutorial is boring and difficult to control. The explained gameplay mechanics a joke.
Just nothing I would recommend to anyone.

Sep 26, 2021·3·Verified

Steam User 0407STEAMNot recommended

I played this in virtual reality. The presentation is very nice, but unfortunately the gameplay is overly simplistic combined with tedious micromanagement to accomplish those overly-simple tasks.

I hate it when a game's design is at that nexus point of being both fiddly and too simple at the same time. It's the same problem I have with Final Fantasy XII. But that's a whole 'nother review.

With Tethered, I'd had my fill of the game after completing the first non-tutorial level. It's not a game design that I enjoy. There are probably better God games in VR these days, with better interactions than using the motion controller as a glorified mouse pointer.

Sep 18, 2021·2h·2·Verified

Steam User 7473STEAMRecommended

A wonderful little VR RTS. An hidden gem for me. Works perfectly fine with the Index.

Jul 31, 2021·10h·1·Verified

Steam User 6023STEAMRecommended

ゲームシステムは面白いが、難易度が高い

ビープ（？）に指示を出して建物を建てたり素材・食料を集めたりするゲーム。
夜になると敵が来るので戦いになります。
仕事をさせすぎるとストレスが溜まって自殺するので虹を見せてあげましょう。

とにかくやることが多くて忙しいです。
命令を出した後、のんびり眺めるゲームだったらよかったのに
難易度と高さとやることの多さでゆっくりする余裕はありません。

Jul 25, 2021·2h·Verified

Steam User 4763STEAMRecommended

Tethered is a solid VR RTS survival game. You have to collect X amount of energy each level and basically terraform the mini worlds. The game does a great job of making you feel like a god, from the perspective to controlling weather, to commanding the peeps you really feel like a deity.

The graphics are top notch, the mini worlds are gorgeous and fun to look at and explore.

The gameplay at first appears simple, but then you start to realize there is actually a fair amount of depth and choices surrounding your limited resources.

Overall this is a VR Strategy god game done right.

Jul 18, 2021·4h·Verified

Steam User 4417STEAMRecommended

This is a real time strategy that is a perfect fit for VR. The level difficulty progression is good. It is a little more limited of an RTS which means it will probably be better for casual players. I felt like I was getting a little tired of the game maybe around level 5, but after a couple more levels I was deeply invested in finishing the game and I plan on continuing to play to get more achievements.

Jul 7, 2021·11h·Verified

Steam User 6741STEAMRecommended

The graphics was good. It is interesting to watch the little man walking around in god view. And you can zoom in and out and in different angle, very good. I just play the tutorial and I hope the game will be more interesting in the coming level.

Jul 5, 2021·1h·Verified

Steam User 9048STEAMRecommended

As of writing, I've yet to finish all the islands, nor have I tried out the non-VR version.

I bought this due to a recommendation online and compared to the other VR god games I've bought, this one stands out as unique and charming. At first the mechanics are simple enough but as the levels progress the difficulty ramps up and those same simple mechanics now need to be leveraged with more thoughtfulness.

I really hope the studio that made this will continue with their work whether with this game or another god game as it's a really fun experience that I think will set apart VR from non-VR in the future of gaming experiences.

Jul 3, 2021·5h·Verified

Steam User 8352STEAMRecommended

I don't play this sort of game much, but this is cute, and there is a bunch of content. Controls are very simple, like what I would expect from a mobile game, but not intuitive. I would never pay full price for this, but at a good sale price, sure.

Jul 3, 2021·1h·Verified

Steam User 6202STEAMRecommended

fun game but i wish the peeps didn't stop working and kinda found their own thing to do, like if they remembered 2-3 previous tasks they had done and went over to do those.
currently when you have a lot of peeps it gets hard to manage them all.
fun game, and for the price (bought at 85% off) it's worth it.
I hope that they make it a little easier to manage the peeps eventually, but otherwise the game is great.

Jul 2, 2021·2h·Verified

Steam User 1205STEAMRecommended

A beautiful, well-polished little strategy game. Get it if it's on sale!

Jun 29, 2021·1h·Verified

Steam User 4018STEAMNot recommended

Sadly it doesn't seem to work with the Reverb G2 and the Non-VR gameplay is very meh, leaving you stuck in pre-positioned clouds instead of being able to freely move with WASD like the displayed VR gameplay shown in one of the trailers.

Jun 28, 2021·1h·Verified

Steam User 9942STEAMRecommended

A hidden gem! A small town builder at its core but with cute animals as the workers. Would probably be mediocre without VR. Definitely a buy for VR users who wanna be an overlord to furries that club slugs to death.

Jun 24, 2021·1h·Verified

Steam User 4833STEAMRecommended

Good micromanagement game. I like how the levels are about 25-30 minutes each. Long enough to really get me involved, but short enough that I can actually take a break.

Mar 13, 2021·9h·Verified

Steam User 6353STEAMRecommended

Ein super cooles Echtzeitstrategiespiel wie gute alte Klassiker ala Black & White & Populous: The Beginning. Da das Spiel bereits 2017 erschienen ist, werden die Index Controller leider nicht nativ unterstützt. Es ist aber trotzdem ohne Probleme möglich das Spiel mit den Index Controllern zu spielen.

Sehr gut gemachtes Spiel mit guter Grafik, einfacher Steuerung und süßer Atmosphäre.

Feb 17, 2021·3h·Verified

Steam User 2051STEAMRecommended

Ein super süßes VR Gott Sim Spiel. Macht echt Spaß und bei dem Preis kann man nicht meckern.

Jan 20, 2021·3h·Verified

Steam User 8363STEAMNot recommended

ich finde das Spiel recht cool und würde es auch weiterhin spielen aber da die Valve Index Controller nicht erkannt/unterstützt werden ist das Spiel uninteressant

Jan 10, 2021·1·Verified

Steam User 9956STEAMRecommended

A well crafted game with lovable minions and beautiful little islands to defend.

It's heartbreaking to watch your little minions starve then become depressed and fling themselves off the island cliffs you worked so hard to create.

I really hope this company makes some more games, I think this might be their only title, but I will be buying anything they come out with in the future!

Dec 30, 2020·14h·2·Verified

Steam User 0922STEAMRecommended

I think this is one of the hidden gems of the available VR titels. Every island brings a different challenge because of the different order in which upgrades become available.
Graphics and sound are excelent.

Two cons: after a few islands it does get a bit repetative. And when the peeps start fighting, they don't resume there task afterwards.

All in all a good game for this price (€15).

Dec 14, 2020·8h·Verified

Steam User 4840STEAMRecommended

One of the best VR games I played. Simple but entertaining

Nov 17, 2020·9h·Verified

Steam User 8990STEAMRecommended

I've seen people compare it to black & white, that's pretty apt,

Solid game play, excellent VR execution, and most importantly - adorable peeps.

Very easy to get lost into, soundtrack is superb as well.

Would love to have the peep model available in a 3D print-able format!

Sep 6, 2020·6h·3·Verified

Steam User 6842STEAMRecommended

Opravdu boží zábava, a to doslova. Více z mých dojmů najdete kdyžtak tady: https://youtu.be/qegYhWp_90o

Sep 6, 2020·15h·Verified

Steam User 8747STEAMRecommended

Played in VR on Index.

This game is a very cool VR take on the old Settlers formula. You manually send workers to do your bidding, be that mining or collecting food or wood. You can construct building to specialize your workforce and/or give them specific buffs. At nightfall you'll get attacked by critters and you need to make sure you survive until the morning.
Additionally, you also control the weather which is used to regulate the mood of your citizens, re-grow crops and transforms specific parts of the map.

If that sounds like a lot of micromanagement that's because it is, This game is full of heart, is very cute and honestly just a great time in general. I highly recommend it. I guess the only thing I'll say is that for me personally I find it a bit difficult for some reason but I also struggle with most games of this type so YMMV.

The graphics are stylized yet gorgeous (for once the screenshots are actually somewhat accurate!), also I really like the music even though normally it's not my cup of tea.

There's a non-zero possibility I am going to keep playing once I hit send on this review :)

Aug 26, 2020·4h·Verified

Steam User 8038STEAMRecommended

I find the peeps in Tethered quite relatable. Like to keep preoccupied, want to stay happy, easily depressed and sometimes feel like walking off the edge of a cliff. Charming game, really.

Aug 25, 2020·2h·Verified

Steam User 0926STEAMRecommended

Fun

Aug 3, 2020·9h·Verified

Steam User 3302STEAMRecommended

Все круто, но это не стратегия, это чистая тактика. Тип так называемых "стрессовых" игр. Крутишься как кошка с котятами. Ни один из апгрейдов не дает тебе явного преимущества. Очень много опций, много запоминать, при этом буквально всем занимаешься вручную. Процессы не настроишь выше базового уровня. После пары десятков одинаковых действий чуть приедается.
Хотя нет, стратегия сама включается, когда абстрагируешься от всего этого и пытаешься побыстрее закончить уровень, что поощряется в таблице рейтинга.
Объективно - игра очень детальная, продуманная и удобная во взаимодействиях. Может и я чуть освоюсь и зайдет получше.

Jul 29, 2020·156h·Verified

Steam User 7085STEAMRecommended

Amazingly cute little god game. Fun, adorable, and in VR the motion control scheme is _really_ polished and immersive. (Only played an hour, but writing to recommend to anyone looking to pick up charming and engaging VR experience before the sale ends. Can't speak for how it plays in 2D, but I imagine still quite lovely.)

Jul 9, 2020·2h·Verified

Steam User 7119STEAMRecommended

I AM YOUR GOD! Literally. You are their God and protect and guide the little Peeps. It's really fun.

Jul 7, 2020·10h·Verified

Steam User 2060STEAMRecommended

Красивая стратегия с забавными поселенцами, очень понравилась!

Jun 11, 2020·2h·Verified

Steam User 8477STEAMRecommended

Piacevole divertente gestire le creaturine con la Vr ha tutto piu profondita
Consigliato

May 19, 2020·18h·Verified

Steam User 3417STEAMRecommended

Tethered von Secret Sorcery Limited ist ein vollwertiges Strategiespiel und war zum Release eines der PSVR-Startspiele und wurde bereits im Februar 2017 auf Steam veröffentlicht. Mittlerweile gibt es sogar eine Monitorvariante des Spiels. Aber damit werden wir uns hier sicherlich nicht beschäftigen.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2004091869
Tethered ist ein Echtzeitstrategiespiel, bei dem der Spieler sozusagen den göttlichen Herrscher der kleinen süßen Bewohner – die Peeps, der 13 Inselwelten verkörpert. Die niedlichen Untergebenen sind ausgesprochen witzig animiert und befolgen jeden unserer Befehle mit der größten Effizienz die es ihnen, je nach Skill ermöglicht. Obwohl Tethered, wie andere Strategiespiele auch auf dem Einsatz von Ressourcen und der Zuweisung von Aufgaben an die Bevölkerung basiert, erfordert die Menge der gleichzeitig zu erledigenden Dinge ein hohes Maß an Aufmerksamkeit und Geschick. Der zunächst langsame Spielfluss kann schnell in Hektik umschlagen.

Die wahren Feinde, abgesehen von den bösartigen und fiesen Regenwürmern, die nur nachts auftauchen, sind aber Hunger und vor allem Langeweile. Das kann für die armen Peeps tödlich sein. Es kommt nicht selten vor, das der Spieler Zeuge erschütternder Szenen von Massenselbstmord wird, weil die Peeps frustriert und hungrig sind. Die erwähnte Hektik entsteht unter anderem schnell dadurch, dass darauf zu achten ist, dass dem kleinen Wuselvolk z.B. immer genügend Pflanzen oder Obstbäume zur Verfügung stehen und die Peeps genug Beschäftigung haben.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2004092626
Trotz der vielen möglichen Aktionen mit denen der Spieler die Peeps beschäftigen kann, lernt man in Tethered schnell was und in welcher Reihenfolge es zu tun ist, um das Überleben des Volkes zu sichern, dazu gehört es natürlich auch Gebäude auf festgelegte Bauplätzen zu stellen und später auch upzugraden, um deren Effektivität zu steigern usw. Nachdem man das Prinzip verstanden hat wird das Spiel leider etwas wiederholend. Die dreizehn verfügbaren Levels dauern zwar wohl gut zehn Stunden und unterscheiden sich auch im Schwierigkeitslevel, aber es sind immer die selben Aufgaben zu erledigen. Ich will Tethered nicht als pures Gelegenheitsspiel bezeichnen, aber aufgrund seines doch einfachen Spielprinzips und der knuffeligen Figuren ist es doch eher besonders für jüngere Spieler und Genreeinsteiger geeignet, oder eben für die ganze Familie.

In der Spielwelt, die aus schwimmenden Inseln besteht, die schon an Skyworld erinnern, wird die Umgebung allerdings viel mehr mit einbezogen. Als Gott der Peeps kann der Spieler sogar die Elemente beeinflussen, um dem Volk entweder bei der Ernte oder auch dem Kampf gegen die nächtlichen Angreifer zu unterstützen.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2004091575
Die Steuerung funktioniert dabei sehr intuitiv, ist mit den Vive-Controllern oder gar dem normalen Gamepad aber am besten bedienbar, das könnte wohl an der Portierung liegen. Technisch gesehen ist das Spiel sonst ganz in Ordnung, die Auflösung könnte etwas höher sein das Spiel läuft aber sauber und ohne Ruckler. Tethered kann sitzend oder stehend, gespielt werden. Ich empfehle es im Sitzen zu spielen, da so ein Strategiespiel auch manchmal etwas Zeit in Anspruch nimmt und so manchem dann doch die Beine schwer werden könnten. Roomscale ist nicht wirklich erforderlich, denn Tethered bietet dem Spieler verschiedene Kameraperspektiven an, um das Geschehen aus anderen Blickwinkeln zu betrachten, die sozusagen per Fingerzeig ausgewählt werden können.

Tethered ist ein schönes Spiel, es ist technisch gut umgesetzt mit gut zehn Stunden Kampagnenspielzeit auch nicht zu kurz. Allerdings könnte es für Genrekenner etwas mehr strategischen Tiefe gebrauchen. Die Schwierigkeit besteht eher den Überblick zu behalten, während man in einem wilden Klickrausch versucht alle Peeps irgendwie bei Laune zu halten.
Also Daumen nach oben, schon weil die Peeps so süß sind das Spiel für alle Altersgruppen etwas bietet und es wenige Realtimestrategiespiele in VR gibt.

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Feb 22, 2020·1h·13·Verified

Steam User 9701STEAMRecommended

This is the best strategy game I have tried for VR so far.
It is well made and works great with Valve Index controllers.

Feb 16, 2020·1h·Verified

Steam User 3402STEAMRecommended

Good-looking casual RTS/God Game. It's not very deep, but still enjoyable, and it is one of the few VR strategies that were actually finished by the developers.

Pros:
+ Relaxing and addictive core gameplay loop. It is just so satisfying to watch Peeps working)
+ Flexible weather mechanics: you can use cloud "magic" on any Peep or enemy and certain environment objects for different effects
+ Great optimized visuals with smooth world scaling

Cons:
- While the game is easy to pick up, it is not very deep. There is barely any challenge in beating the game, every single mechanics can be mastered in first hour or two
- There is not enough variety between missions: only map layout and artifact unlock order is different, there is no story, special events or bosses

Jan 28, 2020·7h·Verified

Steam User 1870STEAMRecommended

i like it.

wish the creatures could be modded and maybe a workshop made.

Would be cool to see the community involved a bit and play as bears or dogs or something else too.

Jan 25, 2020·Verified

Steam User 1183STEAMRecommended

I love Tethered and want more like this. I love the ability to feel like a god while trying to keep my minions safe. There are only a couple VR games of this style and this is the most polished of them even though this came out in 2017. This game could go on for so much longer, if they provided DLC with more maps, more characters, and more building types, but it doesn't look like it has had any updates.

Nov 30, 2019·12h·Verified

Steam User 3118STEAMRecommended

This is a really polished and well designed game that doesn't feel like a mere Demo but a complete experience. Recommended at full price.

Oct 5, 2019·7h·Verified

Steam User 6889STEAMRecommended

Super odreagování :)

Aug 7, 2019·4h·Verified

Steam User 1234STEAMRecommended

While it not Black&White, unfortunately, it has its own style and charm :).

Works well with the index controllers, although the hand models seems to be reversed on the display, it does not seem to affect gameplay at all though :).

Aug 4, 2019·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 2841STEAMNot recommended

:(((((((((((((((((((((
the game just brutally scarred my psyche by killing 4 of 5 my peeps in the most twisted way possible.... I ran out of food, and there was no sun to cure them and so they all just went straight off a cliff! they screamed falling down and there was nothing I could do Q____Q
so sad and dark, why would you make something like this?...

Jul 31, 2019·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 0364STEAMNot recommended

I'm not usually a big fan of resource gathering RTS type games unless they're Rise of Nations. Even that I won't play anymore because it's like a timewarp that teleports you from 4PM to 4AM in matter of minutes. Still, I decided to give this a try mainly for the VR. It's not worth it at all. The VR aspect is kind of neat at first, but wears off really quick. After that, it's a really simple RTS, in a bad way. I found it very boring.

Jul 26, 2019·1h·3·Verified

Steam User 9606STEAMNot recommended

All the maps are fixed, and there's no plot. If trying to finish a level as efficiently as possible for maximum score is your thing, you might like this. Unfortunately, that's not why I play strategy games.

Jul 7, 2019·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 9096STEAMRecommended

Impressionant!

Jul 5, 2019·3h·Verified

Steam User 7469STEAMNot recommended

It's okay.... Gameplay is a bit on the slow side; and interacting with your peeps is clunky. I kind of wanted a game more in the vein of Black and White where you could pick people up and throw them, or actually "cast spells" with your hands. Everything in this game is done indirectly.

Jul 2, 2019·1h·3·Verified

Steam User 9867STEAMRecommended

Bought the game as a relaxing VR game.

I've spent about 8 minutes in it.

The girlfriend has been spending the rest of the time (about 8 hours so far I believe) and she absolutely loves it.

Ergo, I can only give it a thumbs up, since she only likes Mario Kart, Cities Skylines, The Sims, Overcooked and Beat Saber.
She is extremely picky in games, so this one must be good.

Jun 30, 2019·57h·Verified

Steam User 0432STEAMRecommended

Ein Spiel mit guter uberraschender Handlung und Punktekampfsystem auf Basis von Karten. Sehr positiv je nach Partymitgliedern gibt es verschiedene Moglichkeiten Quests zu losen. Nach und nach werden erst neue Gotter freigeschaltet mit den XP die je Partie generiert werden. Das macht die ersten Spiele zu den schwersten Spielen.

Jun 30, 2019·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 0974STEAMRecommended

The graphics were a joy - The gameplay ended up falling a bit flat near the end.

Jun 29, 2019·7h·Verified

Steam User 3119STEAMRecommended

Süßes Aufbau- … Götterspiel. Es gibt 13 Inseln in den Wolken, auf denen die Peeps leben. Damit die Insel gedeiht und blüht, müssen die Peeps und so manch anderes miteinander verbunden werden. Dazu klickt man auf den Peep oder halt was anderes und zieht dann über das gewünschte Objekt. Schon kommt es zur Interaktion. Mit diesem Prinzip beeinflusst man dann den Aufbau der Insel. Ziel ist es durch allerlei Taten und vor allem durch die Abwehr der gefräßigen Würmer genug spirituelle Energie zu erlangen, um die Insel von allem Bösen … ähh unerwünschtem … ähh, jetzt aber ... jeglicher Unfruchtbarkeit zu befreien und zur nächsten Insel zu gelangen.
Grafisch ist das Spiel wunderbar gestaltet und auch der Sound passt. So hat jedes Ereignis seinen eigenen Sound, der einen auf Dinge aufmerksam macht, die gerade außerhalb der Sicht passieren. Auch die Steuerung mit den Motioncontroller funktioniert reibungslos und trägt viel zum mittendrin Gefühl bei.
Alles in allem ein wunderbares Strategiespiel, dass für alle gut ist, die es gern niedlich haben. Für alle Super Harten, die was gegen niedliche Glupschaugen haben und eine Blutorgie suchen, ist es eher nix ;)

Feb 26, 2019·16h·2·Verified

Steam User 5444STEAMRecommended

Игра мультяшной графики, прикольная! не хвотает перевода, прям не хватает))

Dec 30, 2018·3h·Verified

Steam User 9466STEAMRecommended

A really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ well done, polished asf god game. I played it originally on PSVR and now decided to download it on steam. PC version is fun but I know what i'll be playing when i get my VIVE ;)

Dec 24, 2018·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 4527STEAMRecommended

Fun if you enjoy games like Sim City or Black and White. Great graphics and interface.

Nov 28, 2018·7h·Verified

Steam User 2208STEAMRecommended

Finally a great strategy VR game with more than 1 hour content! I played now about 3 hours and [spoiler]not even half way through the levels[/spoiler].
The controls are intuitive, which gives a good start into the game. After the tutorial you find out, it is not that normal kind of RTS game. So you do not simply build your base and somehow fight enemies - no! you actually fight agains time in each level. The primary goal is to reach a certain amount of spirit energy, which can be done by various strategies. So you have decide in each level again, which strategy fits you best depending on the environment. You can have 3 types of resources, which are wood, stone and metal. The 4th resource is food which is needed always, but you can focus on which other resources you want collection. They enable different buildings and advantages, but in either way, you probably will never have all of them at the same time.
At the start managing your Peeps is fine. The game has 2 phases, first the day phase is kind of a build phase. You have time to manage your Peeps and let them collect resources and build some stuff. But in the night phase, you are still able to do the same as in day phase, but you have also to defeat enemies before they kill your Peeps. This gives also spirit energy to support your main goal. But this fast remanaging will result in a non stable economy, so Peeps which were collecting wood may end up on the other side on the island. So sometimes due to battle the overview is lost, because you have to manage each Peep individually.
Another game component is the weather. Which spawn randomly and are represented as clouds. There are 4 different types and you can use them for different boost purposes, which sometimes needs some thinking how to use them optimally. Combination of this clouds is possible, which gives 2 more types and more usage possibilities.
At first this game seems easy, but it gets fast a little bit overwhelming because its deeper than on the first thought. To summarize, I like this game very much, due to its variety in each levels and different possibilites to achive the goal! Nicely done VR game!

Nov 27, 2018·8h·Verified

Steam User 9169STEAMNot recommended

The game is really pixelated on vive, at least with my setup. This is a real issue as it remove a lot from the immersion and doesn't allow me to easilly read tutorial texts.. For info: I do not have any issue like this one with other game. I had to refund this game as it was unplayable for me.

Nov 7, 2018·1·Verified

Steam User 8015STEAMNot recommended

Peeps require way too much attention and don't go back to their tasks that they had if anything interrupts them. 2D control could be much better, give ability to move around the actual map instead of just looking at it from set points.

Nov 3, 2018·1h·Verified

Steam User 6061STEAMNot recommended

The game is documented as supporting both 3d and 2d. I purchased it for the 2d which does not work right. I coudn't get a refund. Stuck with a broken game.

Sep 30, 2018·2·Verified

Steam User 9737STEAMNot recommended

かわいいミニオンを眺めるゲームだったらおすすめしてたかも…

夜間はモンスターとの消耗戦で次々に死にます。
RTS適性がある人向け。

Sep 1, 2018·2h·2·Verified

Steam User 9808STEAMNot recommended

Everybody kept saying that this game is a modernized Black & White but that is severely misleading. This is just a very lightweight rts-ish game with a horrible camera system.

Not worth the money at all if you ask me.

Jul 26, 2018·2h·4

Steam User 0589STEAMRecommended

Great VR game. Nice graphics and good gameplay. Recommended.

Jul 21, 2018·4h·Verified

Steam User 0737STEAMRecommended

This is another of those resource-allocation simulations, not unlike SimCity, set on cute floating islands. It's fun to play and it can be fast paced, but also somewhat mellow. The characters are cute, but there's nothing super-original about it. If you don't have enough food for your minions they jump off the floating islands.. that seems a bit extreme, but I guess it's better than dying of starvation? There are dozens of these types of games out there. If you're into this style of game, this one is well done and recommended.

Jun 30, 2018·1h·Verified

Steam User 7568STEAMRecommended

May 28, 2018·Verified

Steam User 3072STEAMRecommended

It is like Black and White / Universim / Dust but in VR.

10/10 yes

May 24, 2018·3h·2·Verified

Steam User 2648STEAMNot recommended

Un jeu qui se présente comme un God Game ou l'on joue un esprit divin gérant son peuple pour le faire progresser, mais qui au final est digne d'un jeu pour tablette.
Les controles non VR sont abominables, le jeu est à la fois d'une simplicité affligeante au niveau de ce qu'il permet de faire (6 batiments avec quelques upgrades seulements), et pourtant très difficile car récolter les ressources est très long parfois, la tombée de la nuit et l'arrivée des monstres est un couchemars car les prétendus "heros" passent plus de temps a voyager qu'à se battre, laissant les affrontements aux civils qui sont vite blessé voir même tuer.

Et tout cela pour quoi? Récupérer de petites perles d'énergie en quantité, une quantité précise selon le niveau, une fois la quantité obtenue, le niveau est fini, qu'importe que le village soit prospère ou en feu avec des morts partout. Comme un jeu tablette style clicker ou ce qui compte est la ressource à récolter et rien d'autre. Ca n'est pas un God Game, c'est davantage plus proche d'un Settlers ou l'on donne les directives globales et on laisse la population faire tout le travail sans réelle interaction, contrairement à un Black & White ou un Populous ou l'on avaient une vraie influence sur le jeu et le peuple au lieu de juste le laisser mener sa vie après lui avoir brièvement donner l'exemple.

May 12, 2018·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 3875STEAMRecommended

I am in love with this game! It is awesome!! <3 So hard to put down.

May 11, 2018·11h·Verified

Steam User 0631STEAMNot recommended

A lot of reviews compare this to Black and White. Don't be fooled: this is nowhere near the near-but-flawed master piece of BW.

Black and White you had a Hand Of God that you moved around the world, dung covered peasants would see it and worship it. You could lob many many spells from that hand using an innovative gesture system. And when you got bored you could grab one of those peasants and lob it at your creature for it to catch and then most likely bury the poor bugger under a mound of feces.

In this you have two ghosty hands that don't do anything of import, the touch controls are just badly implemented and really it feels like they were an after thought and the game was originally designed to be played with a gamepad.

One of the most glaring examples of this is gathering balls of spirit energy. This is a major objective of the game and is nothing but tedious. You'd think that having two hands you'd be able to point one hand at the energy and suck it in whilst looking elsewhere and using the other hand. But this is not the case, you have to LOOK at the spirit energy to suck it towards you: if you look away it stops.

Overall the game is painfully tedius due to the level of micromanagement required. The game is incredibly simple and there's not much strategy involved other than remembering to reassign some fuzzballs to collect food again after fighting, because someone thought it would be a great idea to make it so they forget their job assignment when you order them to attack a creature.

By the end of only the first proper island my arm was knackered and I was annoyed with having to constantly reassign fuzzballs to do work instead of moping about and getting depressed (literally, they throw themselves off a cliff if their needs aren't met), and so I refunded.

Would not recommend.

May 10, 2018·1h·4·Verified

Steam User 0785STEAMRecommended

sympatique petit jeu style god game , et la VR apporte beaucoupa voir ce petit monde s'activer devant nous

Mar 24, 2018·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 5997STEAMRecommended

This is a clean break from what you'd usually expect in a VR game (likely first person, likely a shooter)... Tethered brings us a unique third person RTS / tower defense type game with a lot more depth than I expected. Enough depth to even make the gameplay cross into hectic territory! From the charming cuteness to the fantastic style and the surprisingly dark humorous elements, this game instantly started growing on me the second I started its tutorial.

It does itself a favor well past the excellent first impressions by making itself challenging and highly replayable. I played the game using my Oculus Rift with the Touch controllers, but this is a definite "Yes" to anyone, whether you own VR or not, as the game also supports traditional desktop gameplay.

Mar 4, 2018·5h·1·Verified

Steam User 4497STEAMNot recommended

Generally a good idea of a game with nice graphics, sound and a simple setup of houses, creatures and updates
BUT
with a really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ control:
1) You can not select your creatures if they are hungry or have something else on their mind, which leads to a small window above them which does not disappear and prevents you from selecting them, if you are in the wrong angle (should be easily fixable, by making the box not blocking your 'selecting ray'.
2) Moreover movement across the island is also really slow, even if you use zoom out and rotation.
3) Why don't your creatures go back to work after being distracted by killing a worm and if your attention is fixed to fighting at another spot, this leads to the idle creatures killing themselves after a short time.

Feb 21, 2018·5h·Verified

Steam User 9596STEAMNot recommended

The description make it seem as if the Peeps were at least halfway autonomous. Sadly this is not really the case and the game rapidly devolve into micro management hell. Case in Point : heroes. I would expect heroes to at least roam the "country" looking for slugs and not get depressed but they just stand around, waiting for you to give them orders and to assign them *any* job and if you don't direct them toward slugs they won't budge unless it happens to come really nearby.

Playing this game feels like trying to manage apathic teenager with ADHD. I understand that for some it's what they expect, but definitely not for me. Sorry.

On the plus side it really is super cute and the controls are well tought out. Sound wise it's nice, but the recurring "tada tada tadaaaaaaa" whenever a weather phenomenon appears gets old very fast.

Jan 20, 2018·1h·5·Verified

Steam User 5177STEAMRecommended

Played using Vive/TPCast.

+ Cute
- Simple and not too deep

+ Keeps you busy
- Keeps you so busy you don't get to enjoy the scenery

+ VR feels natural, motion without sickness
- Stupid UI bugs (menu behind player)
- Fiddly controls

- No Language select (OS is in english, Steam is in english, Game is in ... German?)

Jan 15, 2018·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 4748STEAMRecommended

This is one of the best looking games in VR, I love the relaxing nature of your day time and the night time survival tense moments. I wish I could play more but my wife has hijacked both my Rift and this game. She loves it and hasn't stopped describing how cute everything is since picking it up.

Jan 7, 2018·4h·3·Verified

Steam User 4065STEAMRecommended

Nice strategy game with pleasant graphic

Dec 30, 2017·2h·Verified

Steam User 1119STEAMRecommended

Its all right. Its a little bit too easy at times, but it works for what it is. The levels are long enough and there's enough of this that this game takes up a fair chunk of your time. The systems aren't too complex and the tutorial introduces them all simply enough. It's an alright RTS with pretty good visuals.

Dec 18, 2017·10h·Verified

Steam User 3581STEAMRecommended

Genial so muß ein Vr Spiel zu steuern sein, passt alles (Oculus Rift)

Nov 24, 2017·24h·Verified

Steam User 3806STEAMNot recommended

鼠标总是飞出去。

Nov 12, 2017·1h·Verified

Steam User 2889STEAMRecommended

This game is so much fun! If Black and White and Gremlins had a love-child, and that child had a stuffed toy, this would be that. It's not super deep, but enjoyable to play. If you like your strategy with a side of cute, this one's for you.

Minor things that could be improved: the UI for some of the things is in-world, you have to point at them and hit a button, and the menu will pop up. For deeper strategy there needs to be an all-inclusive menu, ideally with warp-to capabilities. When things get hectic, it'd be nice to be able to see who is assigned to what.

Also, when pointing at a Peep (that's your villager creatures) you can see where they're going, but it'd be nice to be able to point to a resource instead and see who is collecting from it.

Nov 6, 2017·3h·1·Verified