New Mixed Reality Game ‘Little Critters’ Launches for Meta Quest
A mixed reality action-strategy game called Little Critters launched today for Meta Quest 3 and 3S, challenging players to defend their homes from waves of virtual invaders.
Developed by Purple Yonder, the studio behind the popular VR city simulator Little Cities, the game utilizes innovative scene tracking to map the player’s real-world surroundings, turning any room into a dynamic game board. Players can deploy virtual traps on walls, ceilings, floors, and furniture to combat the critters, which crawl, swoop, and attack from all directions. The game supports both hand tracking – allowing players to physically interact with the creatures – and Touch Plus controllers.
“Innovative scene tracking maps the player’s surroundings, turning their actual room into a core component of the game,” Purple Yonder stated, adding that depth occlusion allows the critters to realistically interact with existing furniture. Little Critters is available now on the Horizon Store for $20, £15, or €18, and the studio plans to release regular updates with new content and language localizations. This launch expands the growing library of immersive experiences available on the Meta Quest platform, potentially attracting a wider audience to mixed reality gaming.
Purple Yonder previously released a version of Little Critters for Apple Vision Pro via Apple Arcade in late 2024. The studio’s earlier title, Little Cities, initially launched as a VR-only experience in 2022 and has received ongoing updates, including optimizations for the Quest 3 and hand tracking support.
The studio confirmed that ongoing support, including new content, is planned for Little Critters to maintain player engagement.
Purple Yonder, the studio behind VR city simulator Little Cities (2022), today released a mixed reality action-strategy game for Quest 3 and 3S that challenges you to fortify your real-world home against waves of dastardly little critters.
Called Little Critters, the game pits you against a legion of invaders, arming you with a host of virtual traps that you can attach to your walls, ceilings, floors and furniture.
The pint-sized army can crawl, swoop and attack from every direction, increasing in difficulty as you move through each wave. Level progression also means new critter types with unique attack patterns to defend against, but also new traps, upgrades and weapons to defend your home—all of which adapts to any size or shape of room.
“Innovative scene tracking maps the player’s surroundings, turning their actual room into a core component of the game,” the studio says, describing the tech behind Little Critters. “Depth occlusion allows critters to run under tables and behind furniture. With hand tracking, players can slap, squash, throw and poke the critters.”
In addition to hand-tracking, studio further notes that Touch Plus controllers are also supported.
You can find Little Critters today over on the Horizon Store, priced at $20/£15/€18. Purple Yonder notes that Little Critters will get regular updates, including new language localizations and additional content designed to keep the gameplay fresh and engaging.
Little Critters was created by the same team behind casual city simulator Little Cities, which started out in life as a VR-only experience, published by VR veteran studio nDreams. Since its launch in 2022, Purple Yonder has released a number of updates to Little Cities, including a Quest 3 update as well as a hand-tracking update.
Then, in late 2024, Purple Yonder brought a mixed reality version of Little Critters to Apple Vision Pro, accessible through Apple Arcade, the games subscription service.
