Exoshock Brings Visceral, Squad-Based VR Combat to GDC 2025
The firefight isn’t waiting for you. The moment the dropship doors slam open, its guns up-the corridors ahead are a killbox, the enemy’s already dug in, and your squad is the only thing standing between the daring mission’s success and the cold void of space. This is Exoshock, a tactical Sci-fi PvE co-op shooter where every battle is intense, every mission unpredictable, and every firefight a test of strategy, coordination, and decisiveness. Inspired by Helldivers 2, Warhammer 40k, Halo and FEAR, it merges tactical depth, relentless action, and high replayability into an ever-evolving battlefield.
At GDC 2025, VRAL Games and POLARITYONE are pulling the trigger on the first-ever live demo of Exoshock. Attendees will get a hands-on look at the game’s next-gen cooperative warfare, experiencing firsthand the tactical depth, relentless action, and unyielding intensity that makes this one of the most advanced VR shooters yet.
VR Warfare, Evolved.
Every mission in Exoshock is an unpredictable gauntlet of gunfire, steel, and blood; a dynamically generated battlefield where no two drops are the same, delivering endless challenges and countless hours of intense, cooperative gunfights.
One mission might have you securing a cargo hold while enemy reinforcements flood in from above, their suppressing fire forcing your squad to flank wide or dig in. Another might throw you into a labyrinth of twisting corridors, where the only way out is through a wave of hostiles that react to your every move with adaptive AI and ruthless squad tactics.
This isn’t just about shooting-it’s about surviving and overcoming the odds.
Tactile, Dynamic Combat: Every weapon feels powerful, with satisfying reloads, immersive recoil, and fluid interactions that make every firefight pulse with adrenaline.
Strategic Suppression & Maneuvering: Covering fire isn’t just noise-laying down a wall of lead forces enemies to react, reposition, and break formation, opening up tactical flanking routes.
Squad-Based Specialization: The battlefield demands cooperation. Pick a role, master its strengths, and execute.
Flanker: Strike fast, hit hard, and carve through enemy lines.
Suppressor: Lock down hostiles, control the battlefield, and hold the line.
Technician: Breach defenses, deploy autonomous support, and shift the tide.
Brutal, Cinematic Sci-Fi Warfare: Environments are hostile, oppressive, and alive. Firefights echo through steel corridors, warning klaxons blare, and reactor cores rumble beneath your feet as the ship itself threatens to come apart.
This is tactical, cooperative survival at its most brutal.
Step Into the Fire-Exoshock at GDC 2025
For the first time, players will gear up for co-op play in Exoshock, teaming up against AI squads that use reactive tactics to box them in, cut them off, and wipe them out.
The GDC demo offers:
Two-player co-op with AI teammates-a rare opportunity to experience visceral squad-based VR combat before anyone else.
A first look at Exoshock’s Unreal Engine 5 upgrade, delivering cinematic visual effects, dynamic lighting, and hyper-responsive immersive interactions.
A chance to fight through an evolving, procedural warzone, where each playthrough demands a new strategy, new loadouts, and new tactics just to make it out alive.
More Than a Demo-A War Room of VR Innovation
VRAL Games is bringing the best of next-gen VR to San Francisco, and they’re doing it the way it should be done-by putting developers front and center. Every game at the booth will be demoed by the devs themselves, giving attendees a rare chance to play, ask questions, and dive deep into the creative process behind each title. It’s all part of VRAL’s commitment to POWER TO THE DEVS™-supporting and empowering creators to lead the conversation.
Alongside Exoshock, the lineup includes:
VRIDER SBK (PSVR2 & Steam VR) - Get your hands on the newest version of the most intense superbike VR racing experience ever made.
SQUINGLE (Apple Vision Pro) - A trippy, mind-bending puzzle adventure, rebuilt for Apple’s most advanced hardware.
TOXIC THERAPY - A chaotic VR sandbox where destruction is encouraged. Smash, throw, and unleash mayhem across absurd scenarios-quit your job in spectacular fashion, dominate dodgeball, or cause a public freakout.
Come for the games. Stay for the devs. This is your chance to experience VR’s future straight from the creators building it.