Now you can join the cosmic mayhem in Cosmonious High, a new VR game launching today for Meta Quest 2 and SteamVR.

It’s the latest VR adventure from Owlchemy Labs, makers of the hilarious VR games Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator. Austin, Texas-based Owlchemy Labs (owned by Google) has been working on the title for a few years in hopes of re-entertaining fans with its quirky characters and vibrant, silly world.

I played a demo last week and entered the body of a cartoonish alien experiencing high school for the first time. It’s a rich place that Owlchemy Labs has been working on for almost three years. The tutorial was pretty easy and I was in high school in no time.

In Cosmonious High, you play as an alien Prismi who crashes on her first day at an alien high school. This cozy spot is full of hilarious characters but riddled with mysterious glitches. Players will unlock powers, take classes, make friends, and restore Cosmonious High to its former glory.

With virtual reality gestures created to make interactions feel more natural, the game lets you greet your alien best friend by waving your real hand. Characters have unique personalities and will react to the world around them, whether it’s throwing a ball or starting a conversation. Characters and environment come together to create Cosmonious High Owlchemy’s largest sandbox world to date, where players can intuitively interact with almost anything.

Cosmonious High also offers a wide range of accessibility features, including an aware color palette, one-handed playback, dynamic subtitles, and more. Owlchemy Labs applies its motto “VR for everyone” as a key development principle for each of its games, allowing more people to enjoy the full Cosmonious High experience.

“With Owlchemy’s signature VR gestures, character interactions, and responsive environments, Cosmonious High pushes the boundaries of what you’ve come to expect from VR gaming. We invest heavily in making the world feel intuitive, responsive, and most importantly satisfying. We’ve also made accessibility a central pillar of our studio development pipeline, ensuring anyone can experience Cosmonious High. We can’t wait for everyone to jump in and see the chaos they can create,” Devin Reimer, CEO of Owlchemy Labs, said in a statement.

The game has VR interaction with dynamic characters that respond to natural gestures. You can high five, fist bump, and chat with them. The entire school is one big interactive playground for your powers. And it has a lot of exploration, with places like a Great Hall where you can hang out.

I did a couple of experiments in the Chemosophy lab. You can also get creative at Visualetics. You can talk to the aliens and discover that they are like normal children with their own problems and needs. Your powers can relate to water, wind, fire, and more. You have the power of telekinesis and can read minds. It has maybe five hours of content. In total, there are 80,000 lines of dialogue or twice as many as in Job Simulator. That should give VR fans plenty to interact with.