Anomaly, a new extraction shooter from the makers of Swarm, is now available in early access on Meta Quest.
Developed by Greensky Games, creators of Swarm and Swarm 2, Anomaly is an extraction shooter set in the year 2050. Players will attempt to navigate a desolate city split across three distinct levels, fighting rival squads and monsters, all seeking to claim and extract with a rare Artifact.
Players can choose to play solo, or link up with friends in a two- or three-person squad. The usual extraction shooter rules apply: eliminate rivals, fight through AI bots, collect as much gear as possible, and get out alive. Die, and you lose everything.
In a prepared statement, Peter Le Bek, Founder of Greensky Games, says Anomaly takes inspiration from Escape from Tarkov and Hunt: Showdown.
"The magic of extraction shooters isn’t in counting bullets or tracking stamina. Anomaly takes what Tarkov and Hunt did for the genre and pushes it into VR territory, where every firefight feels real not because of complex systems, but because you’re physically there, heart racing, with everything on the line."
Anomaly is available now in early access for $9 on the Meta Quest platform.
Update Notice
This article by James Tocchio was initially published on November 21, 2024. It was updated by Henry Stockdale on December 18, 2024, when Anomaly officially launched.
