Do you know any more examples of mechanics like body morphing from Fable (absent from the reboot) and demon points from Phantom Pain? They are such interesting ways to show consequences of player actions.

Immersive sims are notoriously hard to describe or define, but amusingly easy to demonstrate

It's hard to find footage on the internet so I recorded my own. Prey is still my favorite immersive sim.

Reminds me of the good old Gloo Cannon ball + Huntress Boltcaster ricochet trick :)

Johnny I thought you had the key what the heck

Epic Mickey having immersive sim design in places that no one would notice 🙃 - Give 1 mask; steal it back, give again; give 3rd mask; owner doesn't notice - Give 2 masks; steal them back, give again; numbers don't match, two sets too obvious; owner gets mad - Give 3 masks

"Well, I'll eat it," said Alice, "and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door: so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!" Alice is ONE OF US immersive sim sickos.

What is the biggest challenge in creating narrative for an immersive sim? I asked Wolfeye writer Lucas Loredo through my friend Andy. He not only answered, but also went on to talk about Prey, Weird West, Fallout and Wolfeye's next game "as much as legally possible". Link 👇

Caught up with all the new Gloomwood updates, such an exceptional game even in early access. It's going to be a monumental immersive sim when it reaches 1.0 with more areas, AI and QoL improvements.

Pathologic 3's time-travelling concept sounds pretty cool, I wish I had the time to play it soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQx...

The antagonist keeps shooting itself, but the antagonist is a bullet sponge.

Post-apocalyptic bounty hunter imsim FPS-RPG ExeKiller released its gameplay overview with developer commentary. youtu.be/dEeUzd4nAmQ?...

Project Shadowglass aims to be the first Thief-inspired imsim to feature raytraced audio reflections, along with dynamic shadows, physics-based interactions, and day/night cycle. It seems to be still at prototype stage, but a demo is promised to be coming this year. youtu.be/IZIc4IFNeGQ?...

Epic Mickey remake permanently dropped price to $39.99/39.99€/£34.99 today, likely due to poor sales. Who at THQ Nordic thought $60 was a good idea for Epic Mickey when all the SpongeBob and Destroy All Humans games are in the $30-40 range.

It honestly takes mental strength to keep posting about immersive sims with everything that's going on. It keeps me focused, and maybe it'll bring you some comfort too.

At least two imsims will be shown in the New Game Plus showcase (ExeKiller, Project Shadowglass), I’ll watch it so you don’t have to. It's hosted by a streaming/esports company co-owned by people like Jake Lucky anyway.

Somehow I ratio'd 007: First Light official account on the other site, 20k to 3k likes. Their posted PC specs are almost like AI-generated: >Intel i5 9500K doesn't exist >Requires 8GB VRAM but GTX 1660 only has 6GB >Recommends 12GB VRAM but RTX 3060Ti only has 8GB >32GB RAM and 12GB VRAM for 1080p

"Thief did it" carries the same canonical weight for imsim developers as "Lennon did it" does for musicians.

The new blood variant

Patiently waiting for Betrayal At Club Low to reach overwhelmingly positive... Cosmo D's next game Moves Of The Diamond Hand releases very very soon 😌

For a brief moment, I couldn't tell if this interview with Steve Powers was from 1998, or 2024...

Discovering new areas slowly and doing some bombings that don't involve invasion, terrorism, violation of UN Charter until I reach Hightown.

I didn’t know I needed 20+ hours of Majuular’s Ultima Retrospective videos in my life until I found and then watched every single one of them. Ultima VI and Underworld I+II videos are incredibly informative for any immersive sim fans out there. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/a-...

I must be stupid back in 2022. I thought I was supposed to find a key in later areas and then come back here and to the watchtower.

Now playing an immersive sim that 99% of the community have never heard of.

From now until January 5th any and all revenue made by the lowest discount ever on CORPUS EDAX will be donated to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund!

Annoyed one guy so much that he chose to leave Lady Boyle's party; Annoyed another guy so much that he told the guard to kick me out.

My eyes hallucinate, nose sneezes, mouth pukes, next thing you are gonna tell me my ears buzz (tinnitus)!

Brush Burial: Gutter World is late to the Steam Winter Sale because of the launch discount cooldown, but it's here and 20% off right now. Get it for $7.99 if you like tight space (sexy) combat and replayable assassination missions (to unlock outfits for imsim queer icon Fennel)!

ultima underworld is a ton of fun so far.. it has taken me too long to get this started and i feel so silly cuz i was mostly put off by the controls at first but after like 10 minutes of paying attention i have 0 issues with how it feels to play, i actually really like it

My wife yaps a lot about all the funny and cute things in the world, and I yap back with immersive sims (and funny cute things). It's a healthy relationship!

I met American McGee in Tokyo a few days ago, he’s super nice and chill and has a soothing voice. I drew this after I got home that day, love his madnificent wonderlandful games :)

Thief II designer, to Designer thief.

The fact that PC Gamer and Rick Lane ignore almost everything that's happening in the immersive sim scene is disingenuous and disturbing.

My top 5 most played games this year are on average 20 years old lol, also I got the imsim tag back after losing it last year (I blame Elden Ring) 😌

I have found a cute puzzle immersive sim, so have you! Fans of Tears of the Kingdom and Echoes of Wisdom would love this :)

Back to imsim posting on bluesky :)

Thief VR is pretty cool, though it has a totally different set of verbs and design principles compared to the OG Thiefs and other immersive sims. I don't think I'll continue playing after mission 2 but I recommend it if you're into this type of gameplay.

Immersive sims ✖ The Geoffies Awards 2025: - ONTOS, spiritual successor to SOMA, "immersive narrative with a tactile, systems-driven gameplay" - Divinity, "biggest most ambitious rpg yet" from Larian Studios - No Law, cyberpunk open-world FPS-RPG, "impactful gameplay" and "play your way"

I'm 125% more Sinnoware than before.

SS2: 25AR is priced at ¥159 in China, which is 47% higher than Valve's suggested price and even more expensive than the System Shock Remake?? This doesn’t make sense, could you please adjust it accordingly? Thank you! @pripyatbeast.bsky.social @larrynightdive.bsky.social @danielgrayshon.bsky.social

To add more fuel to the fire, I'll start labeling my favorite games as Nu-Dungeon Crawler, Trouble Shooter, Simulated Immersion Puzzler, and Post-Immersive Sim Revival.

I’ve started my Ctrl Alt Ego replay since yesterday. I still bloody love this game. This strict difficulty + no powers run is going to be awesome.

Fredo's Game-Os: I've been spending some time with CTRL ALT EGO lately, an indie immersive sim from 2022. This one is kind of a sleeper hit, made a lot of "hidden gem" lists and seems highly regarded by your "in the know" types. Spoiler alert: It is really good!

I saw transgender-related posts on Xiaohongshu from time to time, but yesterday, a trans woman in China got her gender changed from male to female on the ID card without any trouble compared to the soon-to-enter recession country on the other side of the globe. Weird times we're living in.

Riding the rails, or HEISTING the rails IF U WILL, in Rail Heist in #UFO50. This one is wild. Really cool but also kinda a mess, its turn based immsim stealth heist ambitions too much for the limited 6-button control scheme. Frustratingly trial and errory, but still... pretty dang cool.

"...there was a belief from a couple (of) possible partners that the series was 'too niche' at this stage... it became clear after a few meetings that publishers aren’t willing to take on the financial risk that comes with the Deus Ex franchise at the moment." insider-gaming.com/exclusive-ne...

Now is the time to play old games with outdated hardware because no one can afford new ones.

the price of Psycho Patrol R is only 0.5 Mario Karts. a great deal