Hubris VR

Hubris VR is the common PC search name for Hubris, the first-person science-fiction action-adventure from Cyborn B.V. The current Steam storefront uses the shorter title, while the VR suffix remains useful for distinguishing it from non-VR games with similar names. It combines gun combat, resource gathering, crafting, climbing, jumping, swimming, light environmental puzzles, and a story campaign set in the Hubris universe.

A first-person journey through the Twin planet system

You play as a recruit training to become an agent of the Order of Objectivity, known as the OOO. Alongside pilot Lucia, your mission takes you into the planetoid belt of the Twin planet system to search for the missing agent Cyanha.

The campaign follows a straightforward adventure structure rather than an open-world or roguelike format. You move through hostile alien environments, investigate facilities and machinery, collect useful materials, solve simple access problems, and fight wildlife, droids, and humanoid enemies. The result is a focused story-driven VR campaign built around physical movement and direct interaction.

Traversal is one of Hubris's clearest identities. You can climb ledges, pull yourself across reachable surfaces, jump between platforms, run through outdoor areas, and swim through underwater sections using motion-controller movements. These systems are not separate minigames; they are part of the route-finding loop and regularly change how you approach an area.

Gunplay, crafting, and physical interaction

Combat uses tracked controllers and a small selection of futuristic weapons. The starting firearm can be improved through the game's crafting system, with upgrades that expand its combat role rather than simply replacing it with a large conventional arsenal.

Resource collection gives exploration a practical purpose. Scattered materials can be gathered and processed into weapon upgrades, healing items, food, and other useful equipment. The crafting process is tied to in-world devices and printers, so progression feels connected to the setting instead of being handled through a traditional flat menu.

The PC version also includes updated gun handling from later patches. Players can use a manual reload system, with an alternative reload option available through the gameplay settings. This adds a physical rhythm to firefights and makes ammunition management more noticeable than in the original automatic recharge approach.

Underwater areas introduce their own combat and movement demands. Swimming uses arm motions, while the underwater torpedogun provides a weapon designed for those encounters. Outside combat, the game uses environmental interactions, machinery, rope elements, and simple object-based puzzles to keep the campaign from becoming a sequence of shooting galleries.

Campaign progression and the Arena mode

Hubris is primarily a single-player campaign. Its progression is chapter-based, with new locations, enemies, traversal challenges, story scenes, and crafting opportunities gradually introduced as the mission develops.

The campaign supports multiple difficulty choices, allowing players to select a more forgiving story-focused experience or a more demanding combat rhythm. The harder settings increase pressure during encounters and make positioning, movement, and weapon handling more important.

A later free content update added Arena mode, a separate wave-based challenge outside the main story. Players face successive groups of Uron invaders in a closed combat environment with multiple routes for movement. Completing waves can provide temporary weapon powers and upgrades that would be too disruptive for the balanced campaign.

Arena mode gives Hubris a stronger repeat-play loop than the campaign alone. It is designed around surviving escalating encounters, experimenting with upgrades, and improving movement through a combat space rather than uncovering another story chapter.

What is included on PC

The current PC storefront presents Hubris as a paid, VR-only game developed and published by Cyborn B.V. It is not listed as a free-to-play title, and the standard store listing does not present a season-pass structure or a collection of paid campaign expansions.

The additional Arena content is part of the game's post-launch support rather than a separately required campaign purchase. PC players should therefore think of the package as a paid story adventure with a supplementary wave mode, not as a live-service shooter built around recurring multiplayer content.

Hubris has no online co-op, competitive multiplayer, or split-screen mode listed on its PC storefront. The intended experience is solo, with replay value coming from difficulty, achievements, exploration, weapon handling, and Arena score-survival practice.

Who should play Hubris VR?

Hubris is a good fit for players who want a science-fiction VR adventure with direct physical movement rather than a stationary shooting gallery. Its strongest appeal comes from combining climbing, swimming, jumping, crafting, and gun handling within one connected campaign.

It is especially suited to players who enjoy visiting hostile alien environments, inspecting machinery, collecting materials, and moving through spaces in a physically expressive way. The campaign also suits players who prefer a guided adventure with a clear narrative destination instead of procedural runs.

Players seeking deep role-playing systems, extensive weapon inventories, large branching choices, or a persistent multiplayer ecosystem should set their expectations accordingly. Hubris has light crafting and upgrade decisions, but it remains an action-adventure game first.

For a different kind of alien-world VR exploration focused more heavily on discovery and environmental puzzles, compare it with story-led dinosaur-world adventures like Robinson: The Journey VR. Hubris is more combat-oriented, while Robinson places greater weight on exploration and puzzle-solving.

PC VR controls, runtime, and localization

The Steam version requires a compatible PC VR headset and tracked motion controllers. It supports OpenXR, and later updates also gave Steam users the option to use SteamVR directly. That distinction matters because the selected runtime can affect how a headset and its controllers are detected.

Input options include physical weapon handling, controller-based climbing, arm-driven swimming, jumping, grabbing, and movement calibration. The game also provides settings for comfort and control preferences, including movement and turning options intended to make the experience more adaptable to different players.

Hubris supports Steam achievements and Family Sharing. The PC store identifies it as VR-only with tracked-controller support, so it is not designed for standard mouse-and-keyboard play or a conventional flat-screen monitor setup.

Interface and subtitle localization covers English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, and Simplified Chinese according to the current Steam support information. The storefront does not list localized full-audio tracks for those languages, so players should treat the language support primarily as interface and subtitle localization.

PC VR players who prefer more confined science-fiction tension can also look at first-person survival horror in Alien: Rogue Incursion VR. Both games use physical VR controls and hostile sci-fi environments, but Alien emphasizes threat management and horror while Hubris gives more room to traversal and outdoor exploration.

Hubris VR FAQ

Is Hubris VR the official name on Steam?

No. The current Steam listing is titled Hubris. “Hubris VR” remains a useful search phrase because the game is designed exclusively for virtual reality and is commonly identified that way in older catalog pages and player discussions.

Is Hubris a multiplayer game?

No. Hubris is a single-player VR action-adventure. It does not list online co-op, competitive multiplayer, or split-screen play on its PC storefront.

Does Hubris include an Arena mode?

Yes. The PC version includes a separate Arena mode based on waves of Uron invaders. It adds replay-focused combat, multiple difficulty tiers, movement routes, and temporary weapon upgrades outside the main campaign.

Does Hubris support SteamVR and OpenXR?

Yes. The PC version supports OpenXR, and the SteamVR build also provides an option to use SteamVR directly. Players should select the runtime that matches their headset software and controller setup.

Does Hubris have crafting and weapon upgrades?

Yes. You collect resources, use in-world printing and crafting systems, create consumables, and improve weapons. The upgrade system is focused and practical rather than a large role-playing inventory with dozens of interchangeable guns.

What kind of VR movement does Hubris use?

Movement includes running, jumping, climbing, swimming, grabbing, and controller-based interaction. The game is built around active room-scale-style participation, with comfort and turning settings available for players who need a less physically demanding setup.

What languages are supported on PC?

The current Steam information lists interface and subtitle support for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, and Simplified Chinese. Localized full audio is not listed for those languages.