In Death: Siege of Heaven gets its own Quest release

In Death: Siege of Heaven is Superbright’s standalone, single-player wave-based archery game for Quest. It launches on November 11, 2026, for $11.99 on the Horizon Store, while the original mode remains available inside In Death: Unchained for existing owners.

The game places players at one fixed vantage point with a bow. Shoot a church bell to start each wave, then stop incoming enemies before too many reach the defense line. One headshot kills any enemy, but flyers and summoners increase the pressure; summoners can duplicate enemies that players miss. Long shots, shots threaded through gaps and rapid kills raise scores and build combos.

According to Road to VR, the release includes eight maps set in In Death’s atmospheric world, with Easy and Normal difficulty modes and global leaderboards. The mode is built for shorter sessions than In Death: Unchained’s full roguelike structure, replacing its creepy corridors, close-range encounters and teleport navigation with stationary archery.

Siege of Heaven began as free DLC for In Death: Unchained in December 2020. Superbright’s Quest release, In Death: Unchained, arrived in 2020 after the original In Death launched on Steam in October 2018 as a PC VR roguelite from Sólfar Studios. The Steam version still lists for $29.99, while In Death: Unchained remains listed at $29.99 and also runs on Quest 2 and Quest Pro.

What the standalone version changes

The separate app is not an unchanged copy of the DLC. Superbright upgraded its graphics pipeline with Mobile HDR rendering and 90 Hz support on Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro. It also adds a 3D lobby, a first-time shop tutorial, dynamic music that changes with the waves and fresh Season 1 leaderboards.

The standalone game is available on Quest Pro and Quest 3/3S, although the Meta Store listing names Quest 3 and Quest 3S. The original Siege of Heaven DLC stays accessible to people who already own In Death: Unchained. Existing owners can continue using that version without buying the $11.99 standalone release.

Superbright says 40 percent of In Death: Unchained players use Siege of Heaven. Players have used the mode to introduce friends and family to In Death’s archery without putting them against enemies at close range or requiring them to learn teleport movement. Its skill-based scoring system also gives the separate release a new leaderboard starting point for veteran and new players.

Why Superbright made it a separate app

UploadVR reported on November 4 that Superbright CEO Wojtek Podgorski explained the decision in a Discord post. He said almost nobody outside the existing community knew Siege of Heaven existed because In Death: Unchained’s store presence focused on its darker, more demanding flagship experience.

Podgorski said a standalone listing gives the mode its own store page, screenshots, review score, search result and wishlist placement. He described that visibility as a realistic way to reach more casual Quest players who might enjoy the archery but find Unchained’s close-range enemies and teleport controls intimidating.

Players had asked for paid DLC, but Podgorski said building that option from scratch would be “a huge undertaking” and that the smaller team did not have the manpower. He also described the separate release as a potential revenue source for further game development and a way to make upgrades considered too risky for Unchained. His message to existing owners was direct: “you don’t need to buy a thing.”

A wider VR pricing pressure

VR.org News reports that the paid app offers a separately listed version of a mode that had been free since December 2020. The outlet places that decision within broader pressure on smaller VR studios and describes the store listing as a way to improve discoverability.

Mighty Coconut said in September that it would lose ten more people, citing a thinning flow of new Walkabout Mini Golf players. Meta reduced Beat Saber to $19.99 in August while leaving its 270 paid add-ons at full price. CharacterBank launched Knights of Fiona as free-to-start with an $18.99 Story Pass, four years after releasing RUINSMAGUS for $34.99 upfront.

The $11.99 app therefore targets players who want a shorter archery format without buying or committing to the larger roguelike experience. Existing In Death: Unchained owners can keep using their free version and skip the standalone purchase if a separate leaderboard does not matter to them.