Song in the Smoke

First-person VR survival with hands-on crafting and animal tracking

17-BIT · Released Dec 16, 2021

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 54
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update on Steam: 4 years ago; Dec 22, 2021
Minimum PC: GTX 1060; 8 GB RAM · 12 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Song in the Smoke?

A single-player, first-person VR survival adventure set across forests, ancient valleys, and frozen glaciers. You gather food and materials, make equipment, build fires, and hunt or evade predators as a mysterious song guides your journey.

For you if...

+you like methodical exploration and preparing before facing tougher wildlife

Not for you if...

−you prefer relaxed exploration without hunger, cold, or predator threats
−you want multiplayer survival with other players

What players say

83% of 54 reviews are positive

Players praise the depth of crafting, the hunting, and useful equipment upgrades. Complaints include repetitive progression between areas and uneven difficulty. Recent reviews also criticize dated VR interactions, particularly summoning weapons with buttons rather than physically grabbing them.

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Song in the Smoke system requirements

Minimum: GTX 1060, 8 GB RAM, 12 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

Processor: Intel i5-4590/AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060/AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 12 GB available space

Does Song in the Smoke have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Song in the Smoke run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

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PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 27
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, VR
Languages: Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America.

Does Song in the Smoke use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam