'Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic' Finally Comes to PC VR Headsets
Steel Wool Studios has released SteamVR support for 'Secret of the Mimic,' bringing the horror to PC VR with full motion controls, though room-scale is off the table and performance tweaks may be needed.
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The wait is over for PC VR horror fans. Steel Wool Studios has finally unleashed SteamVR support for Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic, the 2025 entry that traps you inside the eerie Murray’s Costume Manor. Now anyone with a PC-tethered headset can face the game’s robotic terrors from a properly immersive perspective—provided you’re willing to tinker a bit.
The road to VR has been a winding one. After initially planning a simultaneous PSVR 2 launch last June, the studio backtracked, pushing Sony’s headset version to April 28th while PC players waited. That PC VR mode is live today on Steam. It’s a full-fledged implementation with motion controls, meaning you’ll physically crank valves, flip switches, and recoil from jump scares with your own hands. But there are a few asterisks.
First, room-scale gameplay is not supported. You’ll need to stay inside your guardian boundary and rely on in-game locomotion to move around, which might feel like a step back for veterans accustomed to walking freely in physical space. Steel Wool hasn’t explained the decision, but it likely simplifies interaction design for the series’ tight, claustrophobic settings.
Performance is another area where a little manual tuning can go a long way. The developer suggests that for the smoothest experience, you should adjust your refresh rate outside the game first. If you’re on a native SteamVR headset, head into SteamVR settings and tweak the Hz value. Quest users who connect via Link Cable or Air Link should open the Meta Horizon Link desktop app’s Graphics Preferences instead. Steel Wool specifically calls out that if your system can’t hit 120/144 Hz, turning off SteamVR’s motion smoothing can prevent odd frame pacing. As a last resort, deleting the entire config folder (C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\FNAF_SOTM\Saved\Config) might clear up persistent stuttering—a classic brute‑force fix.
A handful of known behaviors remain, but none are showstoppers. The game is fully playable from start to finish, and early impressions from the PSVR 2 version suggest that the VR mode transforms Secret of the Mimic into a uniquely nerve‑fraying affair. The added dimensionality makes the mansion’s animatronic hauntings feel far more immediate.
For the broader VR landscape, this is a solid win. High‑profile franchises like Five Nights at Freddy’s continuing to embrace PC VR signals that developers see a future in tethered experiences—even as standalone headsets gain ground. It’s also a reminder that portable headsets like Quest, when linked to a PC, can deliver the kind of horror you simply can’t get on a television screen. If you already own the flat version, the VR update is free, so there’s no barrier to stepping inside Murray’s Costume Manor tonight—just maybe keep the lights on.