
This game is rated ESRB: Everyone.
Space Rift is a virtual reality action-adventure space simulator developed by Vibrant Core, released in 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PC. Designed from the ground up for VR, it places the player inside a cockpit to pilot spacecraft through interstellar environments. The game serves as the first installment in a larger narrative, centered on a conflict tied to human freedom on Mars. The cockpit-based perspective is central to the experience, emphasizing immersion in both exploration and combat as the story unfolds across the galaxy. Its combination of simulator mechanics, adventure structure, and purpose-built VR design sets it apart from titles adapted for the format after the fact.
After a devastating meteor shower passed through our solar system, Earth has turned into a desert wasteland. Humanity was forced to relocate to Mars, where they live under strict rulership by the organizations WEYSS and PANDORA. While the corporate giants enjoy life on their luxurious mothership, the large majority of survivors lead a miserable existence in slavery on the surface. Many are forced to mine ores and minerals from asteroids in space. You take on the role of Casey Black, who has been slugging along as a pilot for WEYSS, but ends up labeled a traitor by a computer error. His only chance at survival is joining the rebels on Anoxia Station, who are working on the S.E.E.D - a mysterious device which would lead to humanity's salvation. As a reluctant conspirer he gathers minerals for and takes up the fight against Pandora's drone army, to bring independence and freedom to all humans on Mars...