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The Occupant
AdventureSurvival

The Occupant

by Shokwave Interactive · Released December 26, 2025
★★★★★3.617 reviews
⚡ Quest 3S · Quest 3 · Quest Pro · Quest 2
ComfortComfortable for some
ModesMultiplayer, Single User
Play areaStanding, Room-scale
Size623 MB
In-app purchasesNone
LanguagesEnglish

About this game

The Occupant is a Backrooms inspired multiplayer puzzle-solving horror experience. Explore the Backrooms with up to eight players! You’ll find notes, paintings, and other remnants left behind by a previous wanderer while exploring the various levels.

What players say

3.6 from 17 ratings on the Meta Quest Store

Monster

Yo shockwave interactive y’all should definitely add a monster, cause almost all horror games i try to play are only gorilla tag movement, and I want a game that I have to sway my arms around just to run away from a monster, so please devs add a monster it will make the game 10x better.

Josaef.VFJun 20265 found this helpfulDeveloper replied

Great vibe

I walked alllll the way down the corridor just for there to be nothing, biggest f u ever, but the game is great although foesnt feel creepy

LickedSoapMay 20262 found this helpful
Critical review

Why did this even release?

I love backrooms games. When I saw this on tiktok, I had to try it. When I got the game and played it for a bit, I was majorly disappointed. I know that the game is in "Early Access" but come on, that alone isn't a excuse on why someone would wanna "release" their game when there's barely…

nat1xJan 20267 found this helpfulDeveloper replied
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Details

Developer
Release date
December 26, 2025
Genre
Adventure, Survival
Category
GAMES
Modes
Multiplayer, Single User
Play area
Standing, Room-scale
Comfort
Comfortable for some
Age rating
Everyone 10+
Headsets
Quest 3S, Quest 3, Quest Pro, Quest 2
Controllers
Touch Controllers
Hand tracking
–
Languages
English
Internet
Not required
Ratings
★ 3.6 (17 reviews)
Download size
623 MB
Version
0.3.06
In-app purchases
No
In-app ads
No
Content
Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language

Frequently asked questions

The Occupant is completely free on the Meta Horizon Store: download it to your headset and play, no purchase needed.

The Occupant officially supports: Quest 3S, Quest 3, Quest Pro, Quest 2. Headset support is set by the developer, as listed on the official store.

Yes: The Occupant supports multiplayer, single user, as listed on the official store.

The Occupant is rated Comfortable by the official store: minimal artificial movement, a great pick for VR newcomers.

The Occupant is rated Everyone 10+ on the official Meta store. Age ratings matter especially for online multiplayer titles, where voice chat is open.

The Occupant holds a 3.6 / 5 average from 17 player ratings on the official Meta store, still a small sample, so read it as an early signal.

The Occupant was released on December 26, 2025, published by Shokwave Interactive.