VR veteran studio Fast Travel Games today announced that its Superhot-inspired VR shooter Action Hero is set to arrive on Quest next month.

Action Hero sets the stage by integrating the same time-stopping movement mechanic seen in Superhot and Superhot VR; time only moves when you do, letting you tactically plan out flourishing gun kata worthy of John Wick himself.

Coming December 12th to Quest 2 headsets and above, Action Hero instead puts players into the role of the protagonist of five different ‘movies’ which span multiple genres.

“Every film consists of four acts, each featuring five scenes. Players progress through scenes by defeating enemies, and dodging obstacles in cinematic slow-motion, with time speeding up when players move faster. Quick reflexes and skillful planning are essential; take a hit and you’ll go back to the beginning of the given act,” the studio says.

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Fast Travel Games has revealed a few genres so far, including a heist movie, an Indiana Jones-style adventure, something with cyborgs, and a ninja flick, the latter of which was featured in the game’s latest trailer, seen above.

Besides blasting various baddies in slow-mo, Action Hero is set to include boss encounters and different weapons for each movie, which the studio says will include five additional ‘Director’s Cuts’, letting you dive into a modified version of each level for “new, more challenging and wacky scenarios.”

Action Hero is coming exclusively to Quest 2 and above on December 12th, priced at $20. In the meantime, you can wishlist the game on the Horizon Store here.

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Scott Hayden
Well before the first modern XR products hit the market, Scott recognized the potential of the technology and set out to understand and document its growth. He has been professionally reporting on the space for nearly a decade as Editor at Road to VR, authoring more than 4,000 articles on the topic. Scott brings that seasoned insight to his reporting from major industry events across the globe.
  • dextrovix

    Interesting. SUPERHOT was great fun, this looks more of the same type of thing although ninjas are at the bottom of my list for styles, but the other genres sound intriguing enough that I'd certainly consider buying it once the reviews are in.

  • Awesome! The only problem with Superhot VR was there wasn't enough of it!

  • ApocalypseShadow

    I'm in to give another developer some of my money.

    It's not like the super hot team cares to make more content or port mind control delete to VR. They even bent the knee and took content away because somebody was offended on certain things in the VR game. So, we have to look elsewhere for this type of gameplay. Just bought vendetta and will get action hero too.