Seattle, WA.  September 14th, 2025

Independent game studio MXTREALITY is excited to announce the launch of Europa Prime VR, an immersive sci-fi VR adventure arriving on Meta Quest on October 14th, 2025.

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Inspired by the NASA Clipper mission, and launching on the mission's 1-year anniversary, Europa Prime VR blends exploration, physics-driven mini-games, and interactive puzzles with a cinematic sci-fi mystery set aboard a futuristic space station on Jupiter’s moon Europa. Players team up with a quirky AI companion bot, (and local alien life!) to fix the effects of a catastrophic EMP event and discover mysteries in the deep.

 

“We wanted to capture the thrill of space exploration while keeping it playful, scientific, accessible, and inclusive,” said Teon Edwards, Director of EdGE at TERC, and Principle Investigator of the NSF project that designed the game. “One moment you’re unraveling the mystery of Europa Prime's power problem, the next you’re using light to communicate with an alien species. That balance of discovery and learning is the heart of Europa Prime VR.” said Jeff Rayner, CEO of MXTREALITY.

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Key Features

• 🚀 Explore Europa: See Europa from space, visit the space station base, and dive into the depths of the moon's subsurface ocean.

• 🤖 Companion Bot: Partner with C-Bot as they guide, challenge, and sometimes trip you up.

• 🧩 Interactive Puzzles: Solve laser, frequency, and power-based, and many other challenges.

• 🌌 Uncover the Unknown: Experience a lore-rich sci-fi story, from mysteriously cut-off communications to light signals beneath the ice.

• ✨ Accessible by Design: Crafted to be welcoming for new and experienced VR players alike, including neurodivergent players and others with sensory or attention differences.

Europa Prime VR isn’t just about surviving in space - it’s about playing, experimenting, and discovering in ways only possible in VR.

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Availability

Europa Prime VR will be available on Meta Quest App Store, on October 14th, 2025, yet available to pre-order from today.

• Official Website: www.EuropaPrime.org

• Trailer: [YouTube link]

• Press Kit: [Google Drive link]

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For More Information

• For details on the game and related experiences, please visit www.europaprime.org.

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About MXTreality

• MXTreality is a leading virtual and augmented reality development studio based in Seattle, WA, specializing in immersive experiences for education, training, and entertainment. With a focus on creating inclusive and accessible technology, MXTreality is dedicated to leveraging virtual reality to broaden participation in STEM fields and empower diverse learners. Visit www.mxtreality.com 

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About EdGE at Terc

• TERC is a non-profit science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education research and development company in Cambridge, MA. TERC has a passion for social justice and strives to create level playing fields for all learners. EdGE (the Educational Gaming Environments group) at TERC designs and studies STEM-learning games and technology tools for differentiated and adaptive learning. We believe STEM moves the world forward. And we exist to move STEM learning forward. .  Visit www.terc.edu.

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About NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission

• NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is designed to investigate Jupiter’s moon Europa, a world with a vast ocean beneath its icy surface. The spacecraft will perform dozens of flybys of Europa to gather data on its ice shell, ocean, and geology, seeking to understand its potential to harbor life. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/europa.

 

About the NSF Grant

• Europa Prime VR was developed as part of an NSF-funded project (#2005447) seeking to broaden participation in informal science learning. The project co-designed, researched, and developed the game, with a special focus on designing with and for autistic and other neurodivergent learners and investigating the affordances for learning offered via virtual reality.