Budget Cuts

Not to be confused with the practice of cutting budgets.
Budget Cuts
Developer(s)Neat Corporation
Publisher(s)Neat Corporation
EngineUnity[3]
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation 4 (PlayStation VR), Oculus Quest 2
ReleaseWindows
June 14, 2018[1]
PlayStation 4
May 15, 2020[2]
Genre(s)Stealth, action
Mode(s)Single-player

Budget Cuts is an independent virtual reality stealth game developed and published by Swedish studio Neat Corporation.[4] The player is tasked with escaping an office building using a portal device while evading detection from robotic managers.[5] Neat Corporation made a demo in 2016 for a showcase with Valve Software[5][6] with an initial release date the same year,[7] and eventually released on Steam in 2018.[8]

The sequel, Budget Cuts: Mission Insolvency, released in 2019.[9]

  1. ^ Hamilton, Ian (June 13, 2018). "Budget Cuts Gets New June 14 Release Date". UploadVR. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Graham, Peter. "Budget Cuts Is Coming To PlayStation VR In May". VR Focus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Hayden, Scott (January 13, 2016). "'Budget Cuts' Uses Portals to Solve Room-Scale Locomotion Problem". Road to VR. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Budget Cuts: Un bon jeu d'infiltration en VR, pas dénué de défauts" [Budget Cuts: A good stealth game in VR, not without flaws]. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). July 11, 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b Donlan, Christian (April 21, 2016). "Budget Cuts is the future of VR right freakin' now". Eurogamer. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  6. ^ Takahashi, Dean (January 30, 2016). "Budget Cuts aims to take the puzzles and humor of Portal into VR (hands-on)". VentureBeat. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  7. ^ Cox, Matt (May 31, 2018). "Ace VR stealth 'em up Budget Cuts budged back again". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  8. ^ Cox, Matt (June 15, 2018). "VR robo-stealth 'em up Budget Cuts sneaks out at last". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  9. ^ McCaffrey, Ryan (December 6, 2019). "Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency Preview: I, For One, Do NOT Welcome Our Robot Overlords". IGN. Retrieved April 27, 2023.