Gorilla Tag is a new VR multiplayer title available for free in Early Access on Steam and via SideQuest for Oculus Quest. And it does exactly what it says on the package – it’s a label, but everyone’s a gorilla.
The game has seen an increase in popularity over the past few weeks, with a Steam news update from the only developer of the game connecting the player base to more than 40,000 people. It’s free to play with two cards and two game modes – one is a basic marker with up to 3 players, and the other is an infection marker with four or more.
Visually, the game is a bit curly and polygonal, but that does not matter because it is all about the movement system. Moving in Gorilla Tag is very simple in concept, but has a high skill ceiling – as the description on Steam reads, “no buttons, no sticks, no teleportation.” It’s about channeling your inner monkey and using your arms to grab surfaces and propel you forward.
It has tips from the Echo VR propulsion system, but unlike Echo, you work with full gravity and very little sustainable grip. It’s about propelling yourself as soon as you touch a surface. If you try to hang on to a surface instead of pushing it forward, you fall to the ground. In concept, it’s almost identical to how real gorillas move around with their arms. In Gorilla Tag, all the gorillas are cut off from the middle, without bones.
By default, chat is enabled, so players will often chat or communicate with each other through the game to find the last unmarked gorillas. As a whole, the game is as simple as it gets, but it’s a solid foundation to build on. The developer states on the Steam page that they plan to add more content and expand the game, while also maintaining a free game model with potential for cosmetic DLC.
Gorilla Tag is available for free on Steam for PC VR and via SideQuest for sideloading on Oculus Quest, with support on various platforms.