The Rig

The Rig is a single-player, first-person adventure game for VR, set in the 22nd century. You play as Willard Pike, a failing Mars-based travel agent sent by his desperate sister-in-law to find his estranged brother Dixon. Dixon was last known to be aboard the AMR Alexey Stakhanov, a remote mining rig attached to a massive asteroid at the edge of deep space. If Willard finds him and stops him from running, he must decide whether to bring back the man who ruined his family.

The investigation

You explore a dilapidated travel agency, an old starship and the asteroid mine known as The Rig, piecing together the events that led to the present-day. The story unfolds through conversations and environmental puzzles as Willard searches for a way to resolve his family's deep-space drama. Finding Dixon before someone worse does is the mission; what to do if he succeeds remains part of the family conflict.

The story uses noir-style detective storytelling, with a 1940s sensibility set more than a century in the future. It is a focused, story-led experience with a playtime around the length of a feature film, which you can play at your own pace.

Exploring and solving puzzles

You investigate a small space freighter and its surroundings, interact with objects, pull levers and panels, and command the spaceship. Puzzles call for creative solutions: some answers are in plain sight, while others require thinking differently or even turning off the gravity.

A VR adventure

Designed for VR, the game lets you handle objects and interact with your surroundings. You communicate with friendly and unfriendly characters through branching dialogue, with Willard's responses ranging from tough and impatient to easy-going. A diverse cast of professional voice actors performs the dialogue, and optional subtitles are available.