Crawlspace

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Crawl under a house in VR to fetch dolls that do not want to come back.

Platforms: PC, VR
Price: Free
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (92% of 133 reviews)
Length: under an hour
Players: 1
Controls: VR only; you crawl by pulling yourself along with your hands.
Made by: Kiririn
Released: 2021

What frightens In VR you physically crawl on your hands through a cramped, dark crawlspace beneath a house to fetch a girl's lost dolls, and the dolls do not want to be found: pale porcelain babies and a long-haired doll wait in the dirt and attack in different ways each night.
Content: jumpscares.

Crawlspace is a free VR horror game. You answer an ad for an odd job, fetching a man's daughter's missing dolls from the crawlspace under his house, and over five nights you crawl into the dark by hand to find out why nobody else would take it.

About Crawlspace

Crawlspace is a small free game made for VR by the developer Kiririn and released on Steam in 2021. It is built around one idea: you move by crawling, reaching out and pulling yourself forward with your own hands through a space too low to stand in.

You answered an ad for easy money: a man needs someone to retrieve his daughter's missing dolls. Each night you go down into the crawlspace beneath the house with a narrow light, find a doll and bring it back, then rest at your own home with the television on before the next night.

The fear comes from how close and trapped you feel. The beams press down on you, you can only see a small circle ahead, and each doll has its own way of coming at you, which you must learn to stay safe. The store warns that the game includes jump scares, and it uses them.

It is a short, free scare for VR owners, best for players who want a quick fright rather than a long story.

How to play Crawlspace

Install it free from Steam and start it with a PC VR headset.
Each night, enter the crawlspace under the house.
Crawl by reaching forward and pulling yourself along with your hands.
Find the night's missing doll and bring it back out.
Learn how each doll attacks and how to keep yourself safe.
Rest at home between nights and finish all five.

Screenshots

Crawlspace art: a long-haired doll in a blue dress slumps against a stained wall in a pool of light

Crawlspace screenshot: a naked porcelain baby doll stands in the dirt of the crawlspace

Crawlspace screenshot: the long-haired doll with a blank white face leans close

Crawlspace screenshot: your plain room at home with a desk and a television showing text

Tips

Play standing or kneeling with room to move your arms.
Watch the edges of your light; the dolls do not always come from straight ahead.
If a night goes badly, think about what that doll reacted to and try a different approach.