POOLS VR Demo (Simplified Chinese, English, Korean, Malay, Thai, Japanese, Traditional Chinese)

Explore, admire and listen. That’s it.

Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive.

POOLS isn’t a traditional game. it’s slow, reflective, and intentionally uneventful, perhaps a bit like virtual museum.
So take your time. Breathe. POOLS unfolds slowly, rewarding patience and quiet attention.

No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen. Yet it can feel oppressive at times by invoking quiet fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and the strange beauty of liminal space architecture.

There's no typical story. But as you explore and advance further, you start to notice that the game's world changes around you, deeper you go… Rooms look and feel… different.

Base game features six chapters, each lasting 10-30 minutes. Free Demo version is available and contains the first chapter.

Inspired by the internet phenomena Liminal spaces, Found footage and The Backrooms, especially the Poolrooms concept. One of the original artists behind the Poolrooms concept is Jared Pike.

• Offline play enabled
• 1 player
• Accessibility features (12)
• PS5 Version
  PlayStation VR2 required
• VR play styles: sitting, standing, roomscale
• PlayStation VR2 headset vibration optional
• PS VR2 Sense controllers optional
• PS VR2 Sense controller vibration optional

Accessibility Features

• Audio

  • Volume Controls

    You can turn down and mute individual audio volumes.

• Controls

  • Controller Remapping (Basic)

    You can change the controls to an alternative preset layout, or some remapping support is provided.

  • Adjustable Stick Sensitivity (Basic)

    Some stick sensitivity options are provided.

  • Adjustable Stick Inversion (Basic)

    Some options to invert sticks are provided.

  • Playable without Button Holds

    You can play the game and navigate menus without holding down buttons.

  • Playable without Rapid Button Presses

    You can play the game and navigate menus without needing to press buttons rapidly or within a time limit.

  • Playable without Simultaneous Presses

    You can play the game and navigate menus without pressing or holding down multiple buttons at the same time.

  • Playable without Motion Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use motion controls.

  • Playable without Touch Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use touch-based controls.

  • Playable without Controller Vibration

    You can play the game without turning on controller vibration/haptic feedback.

  • Playable without Adaptive Trigger Effect

    You can play the game without the adaptive resistance in the triggers turned on.

• Gameplay

  • Game Pausing

    You can pause the game at any time during gameplay or cinematics (offline play only).

• Platform: PS5
• Release: 24/11/2025
• Publisher: Tensori Oy
• Genres: Adventure
• Voice: Afrikaans, Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French (Belgium), French (France), Galician, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Scots Gaelic, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh
• Screen Languages: Afrikaans, Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), Galician, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Scots Gaelic, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico), Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh