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Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR

"Five years since its outbreak, the Simian Flu has wiped out half of humanity and left other primates...evolved. Now at the crossroads of two species’ destinies, you are an ape with advanced intelligence…

60 2 April 2018

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR is an adventure developed by FoxNext VR Studio, released 2 April 2018 on PlayStation VR, Oculus VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.

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What Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR is

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR is an adventure game developed by FoxNext VR Studio and released in 2018. It was published by Twentieth Century Fox. It is available on PlayStation VR, Oculus VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set between the movies Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, An ape, known only as Specimen 139, finds themselves captured by the military and en route to a remote scientific facility in Northern California. It is year 5 of Simian Flu epidemic — 3 billion humans are dead, and society is on the brink of collapse.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Planet of the Apes series

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR is the fourth of 4 entries we hold in the Planet of the Apes series. It arrived 7 months after Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 60 is 8 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Planet of the Apes at 85.

See all 4 Planet of the Apes games in release order →

How it was received

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR launched on 2 April 2018, within three weeks of God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018) and Sea of Thieves. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War, Far Cry 5, God of War (2018), Sea of Thieves.

Official trailer

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When did Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR come out?
Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR was released on 2 April 2018 for PlayStation VR, Oculus VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.

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