PANOPTICON VR

A VR prison puzzle game set in a cartoon sci-fi universe

Pull, press, shoot, and smash to stop the escapes!

PANOPTICON is a VR game that pursues the joy of physical interaction.
Players use nearly every interaction VR has to offer (swinging, shooting, pressing, pushing...) to prevent prisoners from breaking out.

About the Game

PANOPTICON VR seats you at a single surveillance control station overseeing 24 cells. Each prisoner picks locks, climbs walls, or sometimes just smashes their way out.

Read the situation using the suppression equipment at your station and act before control collapses. Prisoners cycle through distinct behavioral states, and your tools work differently against each one. The right call at the right moment — that's what separates a quiet shift from total chaos.

Story Mode

Play as Enoch, a perpetually exhausted demon prison guard. Day after day he shows up to manage an alien clone prison — until one day he notices a prisoner acting stranger than usual.

The prisoner was glitching, as if hit by some kind of error.

Now in Development!

PANOPTICON VR is currently in active development.
We're working hard to achieve the visual style you see below. It's not too difficult inside Unreal Engine — but we quickly learned that optimizing for VR hardware is a whole different challenge.

So! Optimization and Story Mode development are currently underway.
Add to your wishlist so you don't miss updates before launch!