Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
The game casts players in the role of an astronaut stranded on a derelict spaceship, tasked with exploring the vessel, scavenging for resources, and ultimately escaping back to safety. The slow, deliberate movement and heavy, restrictive feeling of the spacesuit contribute to a profound sense of vulnerability and dread.
Each playthrough features a randomized layout of the ship's rooms, corridors, and hazards, ensuring players can never fully predict what lies ahead. This unpredictable environment keeps every run feeling fresh and challenging, as players must constantly adapt to the ever-changing conditions.
Carefully rationing the limited oxygen supply, ammunition, and other key items is crucial to survival. Players must strategically decide when to engage enemies, when to retreat, and how to conserve precious resources, adding tension and depth to the experience.
Combat encounters are tense and demanding, as ammunition remains scarce, forcing players to be selective and accurate with their shots. The ability to interact with the environment, such as throwing objects to distract enemies, adds an extra layer of depth to the combat. Exploration is equally perilous, as players never know what horrors may be lurking behind the next door.
As players accumulate data disks, they can unlock new equipment, weapons, and modifiers that carry over between runs, providing a sense of progression and incremental improvement. This system helps motivate players to continue tackling the challenging runs, even after death.