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Panoptic

PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR • 2020

Should you play it?

Panoptic is a local multiplayer VR game that pits you against a friend, where you play as either the giant Overseer or tiny Challenger in a stealthy game of cat and mouse. Will the Challenger slip away undetected through the crowds, or will the Overseer track them down with their powerful laser eye?

What works

  • Innovative asymmetric vr vs pc gameplay
  • Strong local multiplayer and remote play together support
  • Beautiful and atmospheric art and level design
  • Engaging cat-and-mouse tension and strategy
  • Accessible controls with skill depth

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and maps leading to potential staleness
  • No online multiplayer matchmaking
  • Performance issues and occasional lag reported
  • Steep learning curve for overseer aiming
  • Lack of additional player abilities and game modes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

  • It Has My Face

  • Puppet Master: The Game

  • Onirism

  • Immortal Redneck

  • Quake II

More social

Games that feels like Panoptic but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • PIT OF GOBLIN

  • Deep Rock Galactic

  • Gunheart

  • Light Bearers

  • Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer

  • Gunfire Reborn

Less competitive

Games that feels like Panoptic but with less competition against others

  • ADACA

  • Possessor(s)

  • PAPERHEAD EP.0

  • 77p egg: Eggwife

  • Vertigo Remastered

  • Black Mesa

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Panoptic but with less of a community feel

  • DESYNC

  • Shady Knight

  • STRAFE: Gold Edition

  • Heavy Bullets

  • Voidborn

  • ULTRAKILL

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Panoptic: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Domination.

Last update: 04/08/2026