Evil Inside VR (PSVR2) Review

There’s a particular flavour of horror that only VR can deliver, that creeping, throat‑tightening dread where you’re not just playing a game, you’re standing in it, breathing its air, waiting for the walls to twitch. Evil Inside VR absolutely understands that. It’s a small, nasty little haunted house that wants nothing more than to sit two inches from your face and whisper, “Don’t turn around.” And on PSVR2, that whisper lands.

You’re dropped into a single suburban home, bland, beige, and instantly suspicious. It’s the kind of place where the hallway feels too long, the silence feels too thick, and every door looks like it’s hiding a mistake. The game loops you through the same corridor again and again, each pass warping the space just enough to make your stomach tighten.

It’s simple, but VR makes it vicious. The OLED blacks swallow you whole. The spatial audio breathes down your neck. The headset haptics rumble like something tapping the back of your skull.

This isn’t a sprawling horror epic. It’s a pressure cooker.

Interacting with the world in that slightly clumsy VR way, you pick up objects, rotate them, poke at puzzle pieces, answer phones you wish you hadn’t. The Ouija board sequence is the standout: you’re hunched over it, headset humming, the room behind you too quiet. It’s the kind of moment VR was built for.

The puzzles themselves? Light. Straightforward. More about mood than challenge. But honestly, that’s fine as the game isn’t trying to outsmart you.

Let’s be clear: Evil Inside VR is brief. You can finish it in a single evening, maybe even a long lunch break if you’re brave enough to play horror in daylight. But the length works. It doesn’t overstay, doesn’t dilute its tension, doesn’t pad itself with filler.

It’s a haunted house attraction, you go in, you get rattled, you come out blinking at the real world.

The game leans heavily on atmosphere and anticipation. Doors slam. Lights flicker. Figures appear where they shouldn’t. Some scares are predictable, but VR gives even the obvious ones a jolt of adrenaline. When something lunges at you in flatscreen, you flinch. When it lunges at you in VR, you physically recoil. It’s not subtle horror. It’s not psychological unraveling. It’s “Oh god, it’s behind me” horror and it works.

Pros

• Atmosphere that clamps onto your nerves thanks to PSVR2’s deep blacks and spatial audio

• Tight, claustrophobic haunted‑house loop that feels made for VR

• Haptics and proximity scares land harder because you’re physically in the space

• Tactile interactions (phones, objects, Ouija board) add tension even when simple

• Short and focused, no filler, no pacing bloat

• Great “first VR horror” length — intense but digestible

Cons

• Very short — easily finished in one sitting

• Simple puzzles that don’t add much beyond atmosphere

• Repetitive corridor structure can lose impact after a few loops

• Some scares feel telegraphed once you settle into the rhythm

• Occasional VR interaction quirks break immersion

Evil Inside VR isn’t trying to reinvent anything. It’s a tight, claustrophobic, looping nightmare that uses PSVR2’s strengths to squeeze you until you squeak. Short, spooky, and surprisingly intense, it’s the kind of VR horror you throw on when you want to feel uncomfortable in your own hallway afterwards.

XPN Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (SILVER)

Evil Inside VR is available now!