The IKAREE demo comes out on 16 November
The free IKAREE demo for Meta Quest 3 and 3S comes out on 16 November 2026 on the Meta Horizon Store: the story mission Signature, the dry dock, five decks.
The date is set: the free IKAREE demo comes out on Monday 16 November 2026 on the Meta Horizon Store, as its own app for Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S.
What you play
- Signature, a story mission of about an hour at the gas giant Thessaly by the real red dwarf Gliese 682. Wake the dead IKAREE, face a Vrask captain who is sure she attacked his people, and prove it wasn't her. Eight endings. The whole set-up, endings unspoiled.
- The dry dock first: set up your space, learn to talk to your crew and try every order before the mission starts.
- Three ways to play: seated, in a 2 × 2 m command area around your chair, or walking the command block with the turbolift right behind you. No teleporting anywhere.
- Five open decks: the bridge, your quarters, the briefing room, engineering and the shuttle bay. The others stay sealed for repairs.
What you need
A Meta Quest 3 or 3S, a microphone (the headset's own works) and an internet connection for speech recognition. No PC. More on the free demo page.
Where to find it
The demo is its own app on the Meta Horizon Store. As soon as its store page is live, this site links to it. Until then, Notify me at launch at the bottom of any page gets you one e-mail when the demo is out.