- Meatman, one of Scary Baboon’s most fearsome monsters, becomes the centrepiece of a major new co-op boss battle
- The Bosses Update introduces new combat mechanics, weapons and rewards, while giving the game’s recently introduced pets a new role in battle
- Scary Baboon has reached millions of players and continues to expand through regular major updates shaped by its rapidly growing community
Press Release, 10th August, 2026 –Scary Baboon is putting teamwork at the centre of its latest major update, as the millions-strong VR game continues to evolve into an increasingly deep shared world.
The new Bosses Update introduces Scary Baboon’s biggest new cooperative challenge, bringing groups of players together to take on Meatman, one of the game’s most established monsters and the grotesque result of one of its failed laboratory experiments.
For a game built around social interaction, the significance of the update goes beyond adding another enemy.
Scary Baboon has grown by giving players a place to run, scream and create unpredictable moments with other people. The Bosses Update adds a new kind of social experience to that formula: a challenge that actively requires players to coordinate, prepare and fight together against a common threat.
Players can attempt to take on Meatman alone, but the encounter has been designed around groups. Success increasingly comes from players combining their efforts, helping one another and working together to bring the boss down.
The result is another reason for Scary Baboon’s community to assemble inside the game, alongside the spontaneous social encounters that have already become central to its popularity.
The Bosses Update also brings together several systems ENVER has introduced through recent updates. Weapons and combat introduced through Fight Back now play a role in larger cooperative encounters, while pets, introduced in July, can now improve a player’s critical-hit chances during boss battles. Defeating Meatman can in turn reward players with new eggs and increasingly powerful pets.
New weapons, explosives, shields and a dedicated boss tech tree have also been added, giving players more ways to prepare for and approach the encounter.
The update comes during one of the most active periods in Scary Baboon’s history.
In recent months, ENVER has released Dreamcore, Fight Back, Toxic, the Pet Update and now Bosses, progressively expanding the game with new environments, mechanics, characters and social systems.
That pace represents a major vote of confidence in a title that has already reached millions of players.
Rather than treating Scary Baboon as a finished game supported by occasional content drops, ENVER is continuing to broaden what players can actually do together inside it. The studio has increasingly used feedback, requests and behaviour from its Discord community, creators and wider player base to inform where the game goes next.
“When you look at these updates individually, it’s easy to think they’re random,” said Will Creighton, Game Director at ENVER. “The reality is that they’re all building the Scary Baboon universe, and each one is connected to the last. These are functions, maps, quests and characters the community keeps asking for. Our job is to build the best, most social version of Scary Baboon we can.”
Scary Baboon has reached millions of players, holds a 4.7-star rating across more than 73,000 ratings on Meta Quest and has built a Discord community of more than 220,000 members.
The Bosses Update is available now in Scary Baboon on Meta Quest.
About Scary Baboon
Scary Baboon is a fast-paced multiplayer VR horror game where players become failed experiments trapped inside a dark, ever-changing laboratory. Every player is a different baboon, trying to run, hide, explore, and survive against monsters, including Meatmen, mutations, and other failed subjects roaming the halls. Built around jump scares, social chaos, player reactions, customisation, and shared moments, Scary Baboon turns each run into a new story of panic, discovery, and escape. Available on Meta Quest, the game has grown into one of ENVER’s most visible VR titles, powered by community demand, creator-led discovery, a Discord community of more than 220,000 members, and regular live updates that expand its world, items, cosmetics, monsters, and survival systems. https://www.scarybaboon.com/
About ENVER
ENVER is a media-first gaming company behind some of the most culturally visible titles in VR. Its breakout hits include MotoX, Meta Quest’s leading VR racing game, and Scary Baboon, a social horror phenomenon with millions of downloads and one of the largest VR-native communities in the world. ENVER is currently developing FIFA Heroes, while continuing to build games as internet playgrounds designed to fuel creators, clips, and culture far beyond the headset. https://www.enver.com/
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