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Release date

April 16, 2026

Publisher

ARTE France

Update June 2026: Added Omni One for Quest support

The Amusement is a narrative virtual reality game in which the player takes on the role of Samantha Burkhart. Sent by her mother to inspect an abandoned amusement park inherited from her late father, the 19-year-old woman is overwhelmed by memories of her childhood. To come to terms with her past, Samantha explores the park and solves mysteries in this redirected-walking adventure. {"height":447,"type":"image","width":1902} {"height":200,"type":"image","width":1280}

Set in the 1920s, the story of The Amusement addresses the difficulties of the post-war period. You visit the family amusement park at your mother's request for one last time: a winding maze, the ruins of a waterride... and of course, a roller coaster! The park begins to reveal memories from your childhood—moments you'd almost forgotten, secrets your family never spoke about.

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The Amusement offers a fully immersive experience based on redirected walking techniques. A standard 2x2 meter playspace is all you need to walk around freely and explore the game's environments without controller-based movements. Players with smaller playspaces also have the option to explore the park with teleportation or Smooth Locomotion.

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Exciting puzzles, mysteries, and tasks are waiting to be solved — all by elevating the most engaging and fun interactions that VR has to offer.

Features

  • Setting inspired by 1920s amusement parks
  • Redirected-walking techniques
  • A complex story about family relationships
  • Engaging interactions and exciting puzzles

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Ratings & reviews

4.55

93 ratings

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damondium

April 17, 2026

5/5

Rare Work of Art - And Fun!

First and foremost, this is an art-first experience. Yes, it is fun, puzzles, and adventure. But it is not only one of the most beautiful games I've seen in VR (and I've seen a lot), it is one of the most artistic games I've seen in VR. Visiting this game is like visiting an art installation. It is really an unusual experience. If you enjoy art, games, puzzles, and/or adventure, just go buy this game. Another unusual aspect of the game is the re-directed walking that allows you to stay in a small area. Very few other games do this: Hotel Infinity, TraVRsal, Tea For God, Eye of the Temple, Sommad, and Exit Condition One. I have to say, The Amusement is one of the best of these. Hats off to the developers of this game.

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GizmoDemi

April 23, 2026

5/5

Just A Stunning & Heartwarming Story.

Could not wait to jump in, and wow already have that butterfly feeling, it’s so clever, works in 2 x 2 space and works just as well in VR I’m physically turning but using motion control. Another superb puzzle story adventure to add to my list. Just outstanding. Now completed the game, the story was so heartwarming & heartfelt, it will stay with me for a long time.i could have played for hours more as the game had me gripped from start to finish. A true puzzle masterpiece.

50 found this helpful

Mr.EDET

April 17, 2026

4/5

Stunning, but issue

Normally this would be an easy 5* review. The game itself is gorgeous. If you have the space, this is simply a must buy. BUT. There is no way to move the playarea. The only way I could get it kind of working was by drawing a 2x2 area, but it was still wonky. I can't believe such an important feature is missing (or really, really well hidden)

33 found this helpful

kevgret

April 21, 2026

5/5

Excellent Adventure Game!

This game is set in a very old amusement park that you are sent to investigate. I won't spoil any more but there is a very compelling story to keep you playing. The story is told through pop up style animation and the voice acting is well done too. The game is about 3 or so hours long and will keep you engaged the whole way. The coolest part of the game is the way it uses room scale to get you more immersed in the surroundings. I just wish it was a bit longer because I would have liked another 2 hours of story.

18 found this helpful

JenerationXnVR

April 18, 2026

4/5

It is worthy of the title !

I almost did not purchase this due to the free roam tea for God type locomotion as I always play my game sitting down in a chair and I move with a joystick. It took me a while to confirm, but you can absolutely play sitting with regular smooth locomotion and I did. I personally think this would have been better if the more standard approach was taken it could have had such a huge epic scale to explore and walk amongst but I was impressed with how much that was perceived considering you're always in a tiny little space in this game. It still gave me that story driven narrative puzzle adventure that I play VR for in the first place. There was some slight jankiness however it did not break immersion and for a first day release you really can't expect perfection and this was close. I was completely immersed in the story, was excited to solve the mystery, and it was one of those games that you buy, and you just keep playing till the end because you don't want to stop that's what I look for when purchasing games and this gave it to me. The mission on the ferris wheel.... To the devs... bravo! I am not afraid of heights in VR but somehow after completing that level I felt like I just got off a ride the tension and apprehension of climbing out completely immersed me as if it was really happening that is hard to do and it was worth the price of the game right there.

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