VirtuaVerse

The player takes control of Nathan and has to collect items, talk to characters and solve puzzles in order to advance in the story. Later in the game, the player can toggle Nathan's A.V.R. headset, which allows him to see the augmented virtual reality, revealing different hotspots in the game's world. The A.V.R. headset is needed to solve certain kinds of puzzles.

VirtuaVerse is set at an indeterminate point in the future in a cyberpunk dystopia. Advanced technologies, such as cybernetic enhancements, hovercars, and sex robots are commonplace; however, society has also become hyper-commercialized, and consumer demand for these resource-intensive technological innovations has brought planet Earth to the brink of ecological collapse. Among hackers and those operating outside the law, older technologies like telephone modems and magnetic hard drives are prized because while the abandoned infrastructure to support this obsolete tech still exists, they are effectively "off the grid" and cannot be easily tracked, making them ideal tools for smuggling and piracy.

), a hybrid of augmented reality and virtual reality that allows users to perceive holographic projections that are used for a variety of purposes, including omnipresent advertisements and graffiti. R. R. environment – the titular "VirtuaVerse" – that is administered by Xenon, an artificial intelligence housed aboard the International Space Station.

VirtuaVerse was created by the Italo-German indie developer Theta Division. The team consists of heavy metal band Master Boot Record who was responsible for the story, sound, and music, Alessio Cosenza alias Elder0010 who was responsible for the programming, and Valenberg who did the visual art for the game. The game was then localized into several languages by the team Warlocs. Development of the game started in 2016, and after four years, it was released on May 12, 2020 for Windows, macOS, and Linux via the Steam and GOG storefronts.

VirtuaVerse was published by Finnish heavy metal record label Blood Music. Versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One were released on October 28, 2021.

VirtuaVerse received "generally favorable reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic, based on 15 reviews. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 45% of critics.

Claudio Magistrelli from the Italian online magazine The Games Machine gave the game a rating of 8.3 out of 10, and said: "VirtuaVerse is a lot of things. It is a tribute to old school point&click adventures and, at the same time, a modern take on the genre. It is also an act of love to cyberpunk and his themes. But more than anything else, VirtuaVerse is a great adventure set in a detailed world built on a great pixel graphic, fantastic music and a suggestive atmosphere."