A seated spy puzzle game from Schell Games: as an elite agent with telekinesis, you escape deadly traps across seven operations inspired by classic spy films.
I Expect You To Die is a puzzle adventure from Schell Games. It launched on Oculus Rift with Touch controllers on December 6, 2016, followed by PlayStation VR on December 13, 2016, SteamVR in April 2017 and Oculus Quest as a launch title on May 21, 2019. It is the first game in a series that now has two sequels.
How it plays
You are an elite secret agent of the Agency, working against the villainous organisation Zoraxis in a world inspired by classic spy films. Each operation drops you into a deadly situation, such as a car inside a plane's cargo hold, and you must work out how to survive and finish the mission with the objects around you. Agents have a telekinetic implant, so you can float items toward you without moving from your seat. Mistakes are often fatal, and the fun comes from trying again with what you learned.
The base game had four missions; later updates added First Class, Seat of Power and Death Engine, for seven operations in total. Playtime is roughly three to five hours.
Comfort
Meta rates the game as comfortable. It is designed to be played seated, with no artificial movement, which makes it a good first game for new VR players.
What to know before buying
- The game costs $24.99 on the Meta Horizon Store, Steam and the PlayStation Store. The Quest and Rift versions are cross-buy.
- On Quest it runs on Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro.
- The PlayStation version is for the original PS VR on PS4, and plays on PS5 through backward compatibility; there is no PS VR2 version.
- Sequels are I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar (2021) and I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine (2023).
- Single-player, uses controllers, and is rated PEGI 7. Text is available in eight languages on Quest.
