The Invisible Hours

Release Date: October 10, 2017

Adventure, detective, Meta Quest / Oculus, 19th century, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, VR, Game Pass, EA Play, singleplayer

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Original adventure game prepared by Tequila Works studio with VR goggles in mind. The Invisible Hours tells the story of several colourful characters invited to a mysterious estate who are trying to solve the mystery of the death of their host Nikola Tesla.

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[1:57] The Invisible Hours trailer #1

7.5

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 63% of Critics. There are 13 Critic Reviews.

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GamePitt: 8.5 / 10 by Rob Pitt

If you have a PSVR and are wondering what game to buy which won't make you queasy and doesn't involve platforming or shooting things then this is for you! The story is great, a well-known one but with twists and turns which you don't expect that will keep you entertained for hours. Tequila Works had me believing I was inside a murder mystery, fully immersed more than any game, TV show or movie ever has.

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ani-game.com: 8 / 10 by Joel Gralton

I had a great time playing through The Invisible Hours. It was an interesting way to tell a murder mystery story and was done in a way where you can experience the plot twists from many different perspectives. With the initial experience being fairly short it caters to those that are only able to experience VR in short bursts but can always jump back in to experience the story from another angle.

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PlayStation Universe: 7.5 / 10 by John-Paul Jones

A fascinating experiment that appropriates PSVR technology to create immersive theatre, The Invisible Hours is quite unlike anything else on Sony's Virtual Reality platform.

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The Invisible Hours is an adventure detective game in which we participate as a ghost. It was created by Tequila Works, the studio responsible for such productions as Rime, The Sexy Brutale and Deadlight.

Plot

A group of seven strangers from different social classes receive an enigmatic letter from the famous Nikola Tesla. It is an invitation to inventor's property and a promise of redemption. When the last guest arrives on the island where Nikola's residence is located, it turns out that the host is dead and it was by no means a death due to natural causes. Thus begins a series of speculations, accusations, attempts to catch the perpatrator and learn the secrets hidden by the guests.

Mechanics

In the game we play the role of an invisible observer. All events take place in real time, regardless of our presence. Fortunately, we are given the opportunity to freely manage time - speeding up, stopping and reversing events. This enables us to see the situation again or check what other guests were doing at the same time.

We can also interact with various objects and collect notes and guest memoirs scattered around the house.

The game spans across five acts. The story itself takes about an hour to complete, but if we want to get to know the whole thing and see events from different perspectives, we have to complete the game seven times. Many scenes are shared by several characters, so each subsequent playthough is much faster and we don't feel that it is prolonged by force.

The creators bet on creating colorful and complex heroes, towards which the player is supposed to have an ambivalent attitude. In the game we meet a sentenced murderer, an excellent French actress, son of a railroad tycoon, a blind buttler, a former assistant of Tesla and Tesla's biggest rival, Thomas Edison.

Technical aspects

Three-dimensional visuals of the game are prepared to work with VR sets, such as Oculus Rift or Playstation VR, but do not require them for operation.

Last updated on May 15, 2020