Xploit Tower Defense: Price, Demo and Modes on Meta Quest 3

Xploit Tower Defense is a new mixed reality game that turns your living room into the battlefield. Bug-like viruses pour out of your walls, and you build turrets with your bare hands to stop them. Publisher AAA Game Studios says it launched on Quest 3 on 10 November for $9.99, with a free demo too. I haven’t played it, so here’s what it is, what it costs, and a couple of store-listing quirks worth checking before you buy.

Xploit Tower Defense – Reveal Announcement Trailer, from the game’s official YouTube channel.

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What is Xploit Tower Defense?

It’s a tower defence game, but not on a flat map. According to the launch press release, viruses are raiding reality and going after memory cores that keep everything from collapsing. Your job is to protect those cores.

The twist is that the fight happens in your actual room. The Meta Store listing says the game scans your space, so your sofa becomes cover and your hallway becomes a chokepoint. Enemies called Crawlers climb your furniture and cross your floor. Because every room is different, the developer says no two invasions play the same way.

It’s developed by Lenya Digital and published by AAA Game Studios, a Madrid team of 25 people. Their most recent game is Golf 5. The press release calls it one of the most downloaded golf games on Quest.

How does it play?

Going by the press release and the official game page, here’s the basic loop:

Use hand tracking to build defensive turrets and place them in the enemies’ paths.
Swat flying enemies called Malworms out of the air with your hands.
Grab power-ups, including a cannon you hold in your hand and fire at the swarm.
Deal with attacks from every direction, on the ground and in the air.

The store page also says you can play with your hands or with controllers. That’s a useful option if hand tracking struggles in your lighting.

AAA Game Studios’ CEO, Antonio Marín, says that “it only takes a few minutes until omni-directional attacks, each demanding a different strategy, fight for your attention.” In other words, it’s meant to be frantic rather than a slow, thinky strategy game.

Xploit Tower Defense modes

There are two modes at launch, both listed in the press release:

Countdown Mode: survive a five-minute barrage.
Infinite Mode: hold out against endless waves for as long as you can.

There are nine enemy types in total, and global leaderboards for the players who last longest. The developer describes the sessions as short and intense, built for replaying. So it sounds like a game you dip into for ten minutes, not one you sink an evening into.

Price, demo and headsets

The press release gives a price of $9.99 and says the game supports English. COGconnected reported the same price and launch day. There’s also a separate free demo on the Meta Store, which covers the start of the invasion.

The press release only mentions Quest 3. That makes sense for a mixed reality game, because the Quest 3 has colour passthrough and a depth sensor for room scanning. The Quest 3S also has colour passthrough, but it isn’t named in the announcement.

Store listing quirks to check first

This is the bit I’d pay attention to. At the time of writing on 11 November, the store page still showed “Fall 2026” rather than a buy button and a price. That may just be a delay in the listing updating.

Meanwhile, VRDB’s store tracker shows some odd details. It lists Quest 2, 3S, 3 and Pro as supported, marks mixed reality support as “No”, and says an internet connection is required. Those don’t match the press release, which talks about Quest 3 and mixed reality throughout.

None of this means anything is wrong with the game. Store data is often messy around launch. Still, I’d try the free demo first, and check the headset list on the store page before you pay. If it doesn’t suit your room, Meta’s refund policy generally covers games played for under two hours within 14 days.

How much room do you need?

The developer says any space works, from a bedroom to a whole living room. Since enemies come at you from all sides, a bit of clear floor will help. You’ll be turning and reaching a lot, so move anything you could knock over.

My guide to space for VR cricket is written for cricket, but the room tips apply here too. In particular, the advice about clearing a safe area and setting your boundary carefully works for any active game.

Other mixed reality strategy games on Quest

Xploit isn’t the only mixed reality strategy game to land on Quest this week. The Great Flood VR is a free-to-play strategy game that puts a floating battlefield in your room, and it launched on 9 November. The two are quite different, though. The Great Flood is a PvP game for up to four players, while Xploit is a solo game about defending your space.

If you’d rather get properly moving, my VR sports and fitness hub covers more active games. For Quest news in general, head over to the Meta Quest hub.

What we still don’t know

Whether Xploit Tower Defense officially supports Quest 3S.
Whether an internet connection is really needed, or only for leaderboards.
The UK price, which wasn’t shown at the time of writing.
Whether more modes or enemy types are planned after launch.

Xploit Tower Defense FAQ

How much is Xploit Tower Defense?

The press release lists it at $9.99. Check the Meta Store for the UK price.

Is there a free demo?

Yes. There’s a separate free demo on the Meta Store.

Do I need controllers?

No. The game is built around hand tracking, although the store says controllers work too.

Is it a mixed reality game?

Yes. It scans your room and places the action in your real space.