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The Utility Room
This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-16.
“I can't explain this game.Its fantastic and it gives me the feeling that i am small and stuff,i describe the feeling as AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I'm not usually one for horror, and frankly I'm still unsure if this counts seeing as it kinda avoids the usual spooky stuff, but this game shook me like no other has, and has become my go-to example for demonstrating the capabilities of VR”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Simple but the scale of this land is breathtaking”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
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The new update should work now. Apologies!!
The Utility Room was bricked for 12 hours because I'm an absolute tool and despite every effort to get things right I managed to push the wrong build breaking tons of stuff. The real update just got p
Update 1.8 - Level Changes, Bigger Binman + Steam Frame Ready
YO Spent the past month getting The Utility Room running on an android headset to prepare for the Steam Frame. I'll be honest - I don't know if it will work perfectly because I've not been sent one by
UPDATE 1.7 - THE REPRIMAND (NEW ENDING)
Play The Time Machine! It has a new trailer! Also check out Jacob Geller's new video featuring it! I am writing this deliriously tired . Putting that aside... THIS IS UPDATE 1.7 - REPRIMANDS AND ROLLE
Beta Branch - Update 1.7 Available + How about that Jacob Geller video?
Anyone catch the Jacob Geller video with The Time Machine in it? Pretty awesome huh? Here's a link if you want to see it. Anyways.... if you follow my YouTube channel you might have seen video called
A New Game and the Halloween Sale
NEW GAME THE TIME MACHINE IS RELEASING ON THE 4TH OF NOVEMBER YEAH BUDDY thanks for waiting
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-16.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | VR · Indie · Horror · Philosophical · Walking Simulator · Experimental · Surreal · Exploration · Psychological Horror · Psychological · Adventure · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Captions available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * , French * , Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese * * |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Official site | https://www.kinglumps.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 12 GB RAM GB RAM Graphics: RTX 2060 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 25 GB available space VR Support: OpenXR Additional Notes: WMR/VIVE may need to use the SteamVR Beta.