Project Hail Mary VR Game Trailer Shows Rocky Up Close
The game expands the Project Hail Mary franchise with an original narrative from Andy Weir, giving VR players a new story not told in the film.
Key Facts
- Maze Theory released a gameplay trailer for Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars at gamescom 2026.
- The game features an original story written by Andy Weir, covering an untold part of the Hail Mary mission.
- The demo at gamescom lasted under five minutes and included interactive physics and communication with the alien Rocky.
- Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is planned for release in late 2026 on Meta Quest, PICO, and Android XR platforms.
- Wishlisting for the game is available on the Meta store page.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.
Maze Theory released a gameplay trailer for its VR survival adventure game Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars at gamescom 2026. The game is based on Andy Weir's novel and the summer 2026 Amazon MGM Studios film starring Ryan Gosling, but features an original story written by Weir that covers an untold part of the Hail Mary mission. Players take on the role of protagonist Ryland Grace in the cockpit of the spacecraft, where they can interact with objects and operate controls with high physics accuracy. The trailer highlights the alien Rocky, who communicates through a musical language and broken machine translation, and reacts expressively to player actions. The demo lasted under five minutes and included comedic moments, but the full game reportedly includes tense survival elements beyond a simple space walk. The release date is undecided, but the game is planned for Meta Quest, PICO, and Android XR platforms, with a scheduled launch in late 2026. Wishlisting is available on the Meta store page.
- Maze Theory, the UK studio behind the game, is best known for its work in VR, and it presented the demo in the business area of gamescom 2026.
- Weir's original story is kept under wraps because it would spoil the film version, according to 4Gamer.net.
- Rocky is described as a spider-like alien made of rock whose endearing gestures contrast with his inorganic appearance, a gap that is a noted part of his appeal.
- Interaction with Rocky includes thumbs-down gestures, fist bumps, and expressions of joy that players experience through their whole body.
- The demo focused on picking up floating mugs and caps and operating switches, levers, and joysticks with hand tracking.
- Game Spark specifies the launch targets as Meta Quest 3 and Pico 4, beyond the broader Meta Quest, PICO, and Android XR platforms named elsewhere.
- The game is described as a VR survival adventure in which the player faces high-stakes missions and can deepen trust with Rocky to resolve a crisis threatening two species.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.