Elsewhere Electrical guarantees a curiously unsettling co-op puzzle thriller, and we went hands-on to be taught extra.
I am an advocate for letting different platforms be a part of VR gamers the place it is possible. Whether or not that is working with a flatscreen participant like in VR Giants, crossplay like Amongst Us 3D, or cell gadgets like Acron: Assault of the Squirrels, all of us win when there’s extra individuals concerned. By splitting co-op throughout VR and cell, I consider Elsewhere Electrical can discover a wider viewers.
I not too long ago joined Video games By Sew founder Evan Jones for a demo at Reboot Develop 2025, utilizing a room code to pair up as I performed on each cell and Quest 2. Beginning exterior from our absolutely outfitted camper van, an unassuming entrance to this constructing quickly reveals an eerie facility beneath, and my unease rapidly begins setting in.
As two staff of the titular firm, you will need to examine the deserted facility to get it again on-line, and clear communication together with your colleague is integral to succeeding. Some rooms enable you direct digital camera entry to see what your companion is as much as, although this is not out there each time you attain a brand new space.
The VR participant is onsite exploring every ground instantly, and your van supplies juice used for powering up machines or turning on the lights, letting you advance. Video games By Sew have opted for a unusually memorable strategy that sees you switch and acquire power by way of your glove’s finger. Powering up gadgets requires sticking stated finger right into a socket, going towards all the recommendation I obtained as a child.
Elsewhere Electrical is principally an escape room that turns into extra superior whereas progressing throughout flooring, beginning with extra simple puzzle fixing just like the VR participant offering door codes to the cell participant. That is not a easy sequence of numbers, although. You should bodily describe symbols that vary from typewriters to merchandising machines.
As soon as the cell participant inputs these symbols to unlock the door, it is time to advance. A few of these symbols proceed to reappear at later doorways, although I’ve but to decipher the importance of this, and Jones tells me there is a particular objective for this. The precise symbols displayed are randomized between runs, and it is efficiently contributing to the broader sense of thriller.
The opening phases ease you into this premise properly, and I’ve but to come across something particularly difficult to resolve. Video games By Sew have beforehand known as Elsewhere Electrical a “spooky roguelike” and this description made extra sense as I descended to the third ground. Out of the blue, I can see unknown creatures which might be simply mendacity there on the ground.
Jones does not clarify to me what these creatures are, solely that I ought to attempt to flip the lights on as rapidly as doable. Frankly, that is all the inducement I would like. After later discovering my arm inexplicably lined with mysterious goo, I shook that off and set to work powering up this room.
We did not have time to discover a lot additional, so there’s rather a lot I’ve but to see from Elsewhere Electrical, however I loved my demo. There’s an intriguing thriller on the core that is caught my consideration, I am having enjoyable working with another person, and I am advised that finishing a run will probably want 10 hours. I will be fascinated about discovering a co-op companion when it is able to launch.
Elsewhere Electrical reaches Quest and Steam this summer time, and the free cell app could be discovered on Android and iOS.
