ActionIs Those Who Crawl VR worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- VR horror fans who want confined crawling and pursuit
- Players who prefer evasion and environmental interaction over direct combat
- Adventure players interested in a cave setting with changing environments and climbing
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for direct combat, since the creatures cannot be fought directly
- Players who prefer open spaces or relaxed pacing, since the tunnels tighten and creatures pursue the player
- Players seeking a non-VR experience, since the game is a standalone VR port
Our take on Those Who Crawl VR
The focus on helpless evasion gives the game a clear horror identity, but it gives up direct combat. Bone knives provide tools for cutting and climbing, yet their limited durability prevents them from becoming a permanent answer to the creatures or blocked passages.
What is Those Who Crawl VR?
Crawl and climb through narrow cave tunnels in a standalone VR horror game.
VR controllers handle movement as the passages tighten and the environment changes from stone to flesh and bone, with blood-red water in flooded sections. Bone knives can cut away tissue blocking the route and be driven into walls as improvised handholds, but they break after several uses. Creatures move through the darkness, including monsters that are larger and faster than the player.
Direct combat is not available, so survival centers on crawling, running, navigating dangerous environments, and deciding when to use the knives for access or movement. Those Who Crawl VR is a standalone virtual reality port of Those Who Crawl, focused on confined exploration, environmental transformation, and pursuit.
How Those Who Crawl VR plays
- 01Breakable Bone Knives
- The knives remove flesh blocking the path and create temporary handholds when placed in cave walls, but they break after repeated use.
- 02Monster Evasion
- Larger, faster creatures inhabit the tunnels, making escape the main response to encounters.
- 03Changing Cave Environment
- The cave shifts from stone passages to flesh-and-bone spaces, with blood-red water in flooded tunnels.
- 04VR Controller Movement
- Crawling and climbing through the tunnels use VR controllers.
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Those Who Crawl VR: platforms & release
Is Those Who Crawl VR worth it?
It is worth it if: VR horror fans who want confined crawling and pursuit. Skip it if: players looking for direct combat, since the creatures cannot be fought directly.
Where can I download Those Who Crawl VR?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Those Who Crawl VR's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Those Who Crawl VR on?
Windows only.




