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The Utility Room

Lionel Marsden · 2023-02-06

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 06, 2023 (SteamVR), Aug 28, 2024 (PlayStation VR2)

This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.

86%
positive of 284 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

The Utility Room is not a traditional VR game. It is not inspired by anything. It is not set in a cyberpunk-Esque city 150 years in the future. There's no shooting or flashing lights or gumball machine gameplay. It is a place that no one has ever seen or visited and it is a place where you do not belong. Most entities that inhabit this world will pay little attention to you. Though It needs to be said that this world is a lot bigger than you are. It is dangerous, and nothing will account for your safety.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 284 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2025-10-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 8 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920232026Week of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$3.242023-02-062026-07-262023-02-06 — best price $11.692023-03-16 — best price $11.692023-04-24 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $11.192023-06-29 — best price $8.392023-08-10 — best price $9.792023-09-18 — best price $10.492023-10-26 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $10.492023-12-04 — best price $9.092023-12-22 — best price $10.492024-02-28 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-04-29 — best price $12.992024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-08-18 — best price $12.992024-09-20 — best price $12.992024-11-04 — best price $12.992024-12-06 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-02-25 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-04-21 — best price $12.992025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-11-03 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-01-11 — best price $12.992026-02-16 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-05-31 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-26 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
26.9%
earned "No Longer Fit For Work"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyCaptions availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)9330%23
Steam (Steam)580%21

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

VRIndieHorrorSurrealAdventureCinematicAtmosphericExplorationExperimentalSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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