The Creature Feature 2025 showcase, hosted by IGN, just wrapped—and if you’re a fan of virtual reality, you might want to buckle in. A collaboration between Doug North Cook and Ed Lago, the showcase spotlighted some of the most ambitious, absurd, and exciting projects coming to VR this year. From mythological mayhem and mixed-reality movement games to surreal co-op horror and space gardening sims, Creature Feature continues to carve out a space for creativity-first development in the VR scene.
Here’s a rundown of all the major reveals from today’s presentation:
🧙♂️ Adepts Arena – Master the Elements, Battle the Golem Army
Developed by Giant Stride Games, Adepts Arena brings players into a magical conflict against the sinister Golem Army. Combining fast-paced first-person spellcasting with earth-shaking powers, the game is designed for both flatscreen and VR play. You’ll hone your elemental abilities, meet ancient spirits, and participate in a sprawling narrative rooted in fantasy world-building.
- 🛠 Platforms: Steam, SteamVR, Meta Quest
- 🎬 Watch the Trailer
📦 Deadly Delivery – VR Co-op Horror With A Parcel Problem
Deadly Delivery by Flathead Studios puts up to four players in the muddy boots of delivery goblins forced to make runs into haunted mines. Avoid monsters, deliver packages, and try not to get eaten—or go broke paying off your student loans. It’s goofy, stressful, and gloriously strange—perfect for VR fans who love games like Phasmophobia but wish they had a bit more chaos.
- ⚠️ Online Co-op VR Horror
- 🛠 Platforms: SteamVR, Meta Quest
- 🎬 Watch the Trailer
⚔️ Crossings – A Wordless Norse Afterlife Adventure
From Neat Corporation (Budget Cuts) comes Crossings, a seamless, wordless VR co-op journey set in a Norse-inspired afterlife. You’ll block, dodge, strike, and blast your way through mythical monsters like Trolls and Draugr in procedurally generated worlds. The combat is stylish, the co-op is intuitive, and the emotional tone is already turning heads.
- 🛠 Platforms: Meta Quest, SteamVR
- 🎬 Watch the Trailer
🔥 Laser Dance – Turn Your Living Room Into A Laser Obstacle Course
Thomas Van Bouwel, creator of Cubism, revealed Laser Dance, a mixed-reality marvel that transforms any living space into an ever-shifting laser grid. Easy to pick up, hard to master, the game encourages movement and is shaping up to be one of 2025’s best party games for VR newcomers and veterans alike.
- 🛠 Early Access on Meta Quest later this year
- 🎬 Watch the Gameplay
- 🔗 Laser Dance Website
🐍 THRASHER – Now Coming to Steam (Flatscreen + VR)
Once exclusive to Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest, the award-winning THRASHER—created by Brian Gibson (Thumper) and Mike Mandel (Rock Band VR)—is now coming to Steam. A hypnotic, music-driven arcade game, players guide a space eel through pulsating alien environments using elegant motion and thrashing strikes.
- 🛠 Platforms: Steam (flat + VR), Meta Quest, Vision Pro
- 🎬 Creature Feature Trailer
- 🔗 Steam Page
- 🔗 THRASHER Website
🪔 The Light Brigade – Celebrating 2 Years With Mixed Reality
The atmospheric VR roguelike The Light Brigade is back with a new mixed reality accolades trailer. Developed by Funktronic Labs, the game blends physics-based gunplay and light-powered magic in haunting, roguelike missions to save humanity’s last hopes from the darkness.
- 🛠 Platforms: SteamVR, Meta Quest, PS VR2
- 🎬 Watch the New Trailer
🧩 Wordbound – Mix Words and Worlds
A standout moment from the show was Kettle Games’ debut title Wordbound, a mixed-reality puzzle game where the entire environment is made of words. Pop objects, rearrange letters, and discover a world made of language. It’s creative, mind-bending, and could become a sleeper hit.
🧃 Prison Boss Prohibition – Launching July 10
Trebuchet revealed the follow-up to Prison Boss VR—and this time you’re on the streets. Prison Boss Prohibition takes the black market hustle out of jail and into New Yolk City. Craft illegal goods, bribe cops, and climb the underground ladder solo or in co-op.
- 🛠 Platforms: SteamVR, Meta Quest (Preorders live)
- 🗓 Launch Date: July 10
- 🎬 Watch the Release Date Trailer
🌱 Starship Home – New Trailer + Vinyl Soundtrack
Winner of a D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality, Starship Home is a cozy MR experience that turns your living room into a plant-filled starship. With a dreamy soundtrack by vaporwave artist Equip, the game’s physical vinyl soundtrack was also announced during the showcase.
From rogue eels and haunted mines to cooperative Norse mythology and reality-warping puzzles, the Creature Feature 2025 showcase proves one thing: VR is far from niche—it’s becoming one of the most inventive corners of modern gaming.
As studios like Creature, Flathead, Neat Corp, and Funktronic Labs continue to push boundaries, VR fans have more reasons than ever to be excited. Whether you’re looking for adrenaline-pumping gameplay, thoughtful co-op journeys, or creative, couch-based experiences, this showcase had something for everyone.
Wishlist your favorites. Watch the trailers. The future of VR looks weirder—and more wonderful—than ever.