UNDERDOGS (2024)\u00a0landed on PSVR 2 back in March 2025, making the popular physics-based mech brawler available across all major VR headsets. While the game is slated to get full multiplayer support on Quest and SteamVR, PSVR 2 owners won\u2019t be so lucky.<\/p>\n
The News<\/p>\n
Developer One Hamsa released the news via\u00a0an Instagram reel<\/a>\u00a0this week that Underdogs won\u2019t be getting multiplayer content on PSVR 2.<\/p>\n \u201cPorting to PlayStation is a ton of work. It took months to port Underdogs,\u201d\u00a0said Game Director Dave Levy. \u201cWe are a really small team. We have a pretty small budget to work with and we really need to make every work hour count, so we were hoping to reach a lot of new players with this port, but that didn\u2019t happen. It really bums me to say it, but the truth is that without more of you we simply can\u2019t afford to add whole new parts of the game like multiplayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n While full multiplayer support is still in the works for Quest and PC VR versions, both platforms recently received an update last month that brought a multiplayer mini-game, called \u2018BALLTAG\u2019, which the studio maintains is \u201cthe first stop on the way to multiplayer.\u201d<\/p>\n The single player roguelike is highly rated across\u00a0PC VR and Quest, garnering both an \u2018Overwhelmingly Positive\u2019 overall user score\u00a0on Steam<\/a>\u00a0and a [4.8\/5] user score\u00a0on Quest<\/a>.<\/p>\n Underdogs\u00a0was also awarded our\u00a0Excellence in Locomotion\u00a0and\u00a0Excellence in Indie Development in\u00a0in 2024\u2019s\u00a0Road to VR\u00a0Game of the Year Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n My Take<\/p>\n Here I go again, rehashing the same points I made in my recent piece on why Capcom isn\u2019t bringing a VR adaptation of\u00a0Resident Evil Requiem\u00a0to PSVR 2<\/a>. Every time I hear a veteran developer essentially say \u201cPSVR 2 isn\u2019t worth it,\u201d it bears mentioning: Sony basically gave up on PSVR 2 right after its 2023 launch.<\/p>\n And honestly, I\u2019m surprised developer interest in PSVR 2 hadn\u2019t waned earlier. Not only has Sony not invested in its second-gen VR platform to nearly the same degree it did with the original 2016 PSVR for PS4, it has also entirely cut PSVR 2 loose from the PS5 console ecosystem with the addition of an optional wired adapter<\/a>\u00a0that allows users to play SteamVR games via a VR-capable computer. It\u2019s contrary to the entire ethos of the closed console ecosystem.<\/p>\n If you own a PSVR 2, you might still be getting new games in the coming month\/years\u2014some developers have large enough teams and enough console know-how to make porting relatively straight forward. Still, I\u2019d expect to hear a lot more developer stories like One Hamsa\u2019s, as the player pool will only continue shrinking without strong support from Sony.<\/p>\n