Life on Mars (if You’re Lucky): GRIM Brings Red Planet Survival to VR with Early Access Alpha January 16
Survive, scavenge, and shape the future of VR’s first multiplayer survival sandbox
STOCKHOLM and PORT CHARLOTTE, FL, JANUARY 14, 2025 — Following their earlier collaborative efforts with VR’s top-selling extraction shooter, Ghosts of Tabor, Beyond Frames Entertainment and Combat Waffle Studios have just announced that they will unleash the early access alpha of their next title onto unsuspecting astronauts this week. The first playable version of GRIM will be available on SteamVR and Meta Quest starting Thursday, January 16. GRIM challenges players to navigate the harsh realities of survival on the Red Planet, where every decision could be their last.
Developed by one-man studio Spoonfed Interactive with ongoing support from Combat Waffle, GRIM trades the tactical combat of Tabor for the raw, unfiltered challenges of survival in a brutal post-apocalyptic world. With a focus on realism and deeply detailed systems, every choice — whether it’s crafting a tool or scavenging for food — could mean the difference between life and death. GRIM is survival stripped to its core, where resilience is as important as strategy.
Welcome to Mars. It’s Not What You Expected.
Players awaken on a dying Mars stripped of resources and surrounded by the remnants of failed colonization efforts. As supplies dwindle and dangers rise, survival becomes a constant battle. Players must scavenge, craft, and fight to endure in a landscape riddled with hazards and other desperate survivors.
Key features include:
- A Hostile Martian World: Limited oxygen, extreme weather, and abandoned outposts that hide as much danger as opportunity are just the start
- Dynamic Survival Mechanics: Monitor hunger, hydration, and more while adapting to Mars’ unforgiving landscape
- Player-Driven Conflict: Encounter other survivors with their own agendas; will you work together, or will alliances dissolve the moment resources are scarce?
- Persistent Planet: Build shelters, forge alliances, or wage war in a shared world where every choice leaves its mark (until the next wipe)
“The only thing harder than surviving on the hostile surface of Mars is making a game of this scale almost entirely on your own,” said Scott Albright, CEO of Combat Waffle Studios, “Spoon has been working with us on Tabor, and every time he’s shown me what he’s working on with GRIM, my jaw has hit the floor. We’ve partnered with Spoonfed Interactive and Beyond Frames Entertainment to make sure he could count on our development resources for support, and to get GRIM in front of as many hardcore survival gamers as possible. There’s an appetite out there for deeply realistic RUST-inspired survival in VR, and Spoon has absolutely nailed it.”
Beyond Frames Entertainment is serving as publisher on GRIM, with Combat Waffle Studios providing ongoing developer resource support and guidance to Spoonfed Interactive. Beyond Frames also serves as publisher on Combat Waffle Studios’ first title, Ghosts of Tabor, which was recently revealed to have surpassed $20 million in revenue in less than 18 months.
Community-Driven Development from Day One
GRIM’s Early Access Alpha is more than just a launch—it’s the beginning of a collaborative development journey. Following a similar approach to launch as Ghosts of Tabor, which thrived through player feedback, GRIM will evolve based directly on the feedback of its player community. Early adopters are encouraged to share their experiences to help shape the game’s mechanics, features, and overall direction.
Players can purchase GRIM in Early Access Alpha starting January 16 on SteamVR and Meta Quest for $19.99. To learn more about GRIM, visit playgrimvr.com or connect with the community on Discord.
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PRESS KIT
Press kit for GRIM can be found here: https://bit.ly/42dc73r
Press Contact: Jim Squires, press@beyondframes.com
Beyond Frames Publishing: Maeva Sponbergs, Head of Publishing, hello@beyondframes.com
ABOUT BEYOND FRAMES
Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Beyond Frames is an XR-focused publisher with its development studios Cortopia, Moon Mode and partner studio Odd Raven. Offering creative and technical consulting, funding, marketing and publishing services, Beyond Frames partners with studios creating amazing XR products such as Ghosts of Tabor (Combat Waffle Studios), Outta Hand (Capricia Productions), ARK and ADE (Castello Inc.), Silhouette (Team Panoptes) and Mixture (Played With Fire), Beyond Frames Entertainment AB (publ) is listed on the Swedish Spotlight Stock Market, ISIN: SE0011614965.
ABOUT COMBAT WAFFLE STUDIOS
Combat Waffle Studios founded in 2022 and is a United States military veteran-owned games studio debuting with the hit VR extraction shooter, Ghosts of Tabor. Headquartered in sunny Florida, the team brings their expertise from various corners of the world with a mission to craft virtual reality games players have been demanding. CWS has a growing portfolio of novel and in-depth VR experiences in development for both on Meta Quest platforms and SteamVR. Upcoming releases include titles Grim and Silent North. Read more about Combat Waffle Studios here: https://combatwaffle.com/
