Stellaris is getting a VR roguelite that lets you explore the galaxy face-first

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Fantasies about being a space captain often seem to revolve around the idea of being sat in a nice comfy chair on the bridge of a starship that’s suspiciously like a living room. Developers Fast Travel Games aren’t the first to figure out that this eminently nerdy dream fits VR really well, but they’re the ones making it happen for the Stellaris universe, with new roguelite game Ghost Signal. Stick on your space helmet and watch the trailer below.

Fast Travel seem to be going for a No Man’s Sky vibe, if that was entirely set in space in VR with no planetside action. You’ll be able to zip about in your star-going TV licence enforcement van in search for the elusive ghost signal, chatting with aliens, dodging massive floating beasties, and fighting other ships. There’ll also be plenty of research to conduct and scanning of alien things, because it’s science fiction. They love scanning things in sci-fi. I note that the devs say there are both atomic missiles and dragon companions, so I'm just going to pretend it's Stargate.

Ghost Signal is definitely a Stellaris joint. You can tell because there’s aliens that look like snails, and some sort of tortoise-cabbage, who appear on your viewscreen at the special Stellaris angle that all extraterrestrials insist on standing at all the time. I’ve always dreamt of being a starship captain, so games such as Star Trek: Bridge Crew and this are right up my interstellar avenue. VR makes me a bit queasy though, but I can probably manage to explore at least a bit of the galaxy before clumsily reaching for a bag.

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