The Utility Room is a Action, Adventure game from Lionel Marsden with a 87% positive Steam review signal. Indie Lantern indexes it for players browsing by single-player.
Game snapshot
- Developer
- Lionel Marsden
- Release year
- 2023
- Playtime
- Varies by player
- Price
- $11.99
- Review signal
- 87% positive
Screenshots
System requirements
PC
- Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 12 GB RAM GB RAM
Graphics: RTX 2060
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 25 GB available space
VR Support: OpenXR
Additional Notes: WMR/VIVE may need to use the SteamVR Beta. - Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RTX 3060
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 25 GB available space
VR Support: OpenXR
Additional Notes: WMR/VIVE may need to use the SteamVR Beta.
From Steam reviews
Review notes
The Utility Room is worth a closer look if you want strong atmosphere, narrative adventure, liminal, and emotional story.
Best for players who want strong atmosphere, liminal, emotional story, and narrative adventure.
Check more carefully if you dislike technical roughness and unclear onboarding.
strong-atmosphere
ToneThe mood, place, and presentation carry a lot of the experience.
narrative-adventure
Play styleThe experience is more story-and-place driven than systems-heavy.
buggy
FrictionTechnical roughness or instability comes up often enough to check.
liminal
SettingThe mood sits in uncanny, empty, or dreamlike spaces.
emotional-story
ToneThe story is framed as affecting rather than just plot-heavy.
cosmic-horror
SettingThe darker pull is eldritch, strange, or cosmic rather than ordinary horror.
narrative-mystery
Play styleA useful part of the game is piecing together mystery and story threads.
low-end-pc-friendly
FitIt is often described as friendly to weaker machines.
Steam review snapshots
The Utility Room" is an experimental VR platformer that excels at scale and atmosphere, something only VR can do this well.Pros: – Compelling art design, huge scale looks incredible in VR – Bizarre otherworldly vibe unlike anything I've seen – Runs great…Pros: – Compelling art design, huge scale looks incredible in VR – Bizarre otherworldly vibe unlike anything I've seen – Runs great…Other than that, it's not even a walking simulator, for more than half of it, it's a platformer, one as basic as…Why it fits
Check it if you want action, adventure filtered by single-player.
Who might skip it
Research further on Steam if you need verified accessibility details, exact playtime, or current system requirements.