Espire blends the classic spy-thriller action of titles like Goldeneye 007 and Metal Gear Solid. Virtual reality has been militarized. Become the super-spy pilot of the Espire Model 1 Frame. Infiltrate an IFA facility under siege, identify threats, and eliminate them. You are the ultimate weapon.

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Reviews

“Espire 1: VR Operative is unquestionably the best expression of the stealth action genre we’ve seen in VR yet.”
4/5 – UploadVR

“Gameplay and level design is where Espire 1 truly shines with the breadth of options it provides the player.”
8/10 – Way Too Many Games

“Not only did the game get one of our awards for one of the best things we saw at [E3 Expo], but it also received an equally impressive award: It made me buy a VR headset.”
9.4/10 – WorthPlaying

About This Game

Espire blends the classic spy-thriller action of titles like Goldeneye 007 and Metal Gear Solid with the unparalleled immersion of modern VR technology.

The technology of virtual reality has been militarized. You are an Espire Operative, piloting the remote "Model 1 Frame” from your cutting-edge Control Theater

Infiltrate a secure IFA Facility, identify and track down the OPHIS threats, and eliminate them. Stealth is your weapon.

Key Features:

  • Definitive VR Stealth: Mechanics built from the ground up for VR. Use gadgets, weapons, and silence to survive.

  • Voice Control: Use the headset microphone to hold up guards.

  • Physical Immersion: No complex button combos. Crouch, lean, disarm soldiers, take cover, and reload your weapons using your physical body 1:1.

  • Smart AI: Enemies actively hunt you. They respond to sight, sound, and suspicion levels based on your physical stance and movement speed.

  • Rich Campaign: Experience a complete single-player story mode, or tackle over 75 objective-based challenge missions.

  • Global Leaderboards: Enter our weekly challenges and compete for the highest scores worldwide based on mission time, stealth, ammo conservation, and takedowns.

  • Full Freedom of Movement: The "Control Theater" comfort system is both a story element and comfort feature, allowing you to move anywhere—climbing and falling freely—without the motion sickness common in other VR titles. This optional feature can be disabled.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains some content that is not recommended for all audiences, including gun violence. There are some topics and scenarios in the story line that some players may have sensitivity to.

Namely, Hostage situations, where the player must attempt to rescue hostages from armed guards.
Espire is game where violence is not encouraged, and players have a non-lethal approach to every scenario.

However, there is gun violence throughout the title. Our gameplay and release trailers give an indication of the type of violence present throughout the title.

Players have the ability to disable blood effects in the 'display' options, found via the 'settings' menu.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit
    • Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 21 GB available space
    • VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-12400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or greater
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT equivalent or greater
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 21 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: SSD strongly recommended. Note to Streamers: High System requirement for our OPTIONAL "Spectator Cam" streaming feature. The game essentially is rendered twice. Once to the HMD, once to your external display.

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