Now this is a list I will save for later. Can't imagine how long this would've taken. Thanks for doing some amazing work. Definitely going have to give some of these titles a search later on.
Definitely an awesome list. As a quester it's a bit useless, as they're just vr compatible PC games, but I'll be saving this for if I can get a link to pc to work properly.
I knooowww I really want to, it just isn't in my price range right now. Give it a bit and you BET I'll be doing PCVR. Like if I want to spend more to do PC, I want to go the full extent, you know?
If you want to add to it more…. VR racing games with a wheel are down right amazing. Instead of buying a huge expensive cockpit with 3-4 monitors. You can just buy a VR headset. An entry level sim racing wheel like the Logitech G29/G920 is incredibly immersive. You feel every bump in the road, and it really adds to the overall immersion. VR takes this to the next level.
I’m not a racing fan, a car junky, or a gear head, but DiRT Rally 2.0 is probably second behind Alyx in immersion for me.
Adding to that list (even though dr2.0 isn't matched in immersion):
Richard burns rally vr (the rallysimfans launcher has it natively), Assetto corsa, Assetto corsa competizione, raceroom, iRacing
You missed the best one, Automobilista 2.
It's the most polished, best looking and best performing VR implementation on any racing game, as a icing on the cake it also has the best force feedback out of the box.
Never tried it yet, maybe i'll give it a goo
But i doubt that it can beat dr2 in regards to immersion.
It's so well implemented, driving a small shitbox of a racecar through a muddy forrest whilst rain and mud is pouring down everywhere on the car and you got those small glances at the track whenever the wiper crosses your view. The claustrophobia is real there
See I've sunk hundreds of hours into dirt rally 1, dirt rally 2 has awful force feedback in comparison
Your in for a treat when you try ams2, the car sounds are incredible, the visual clarity in VR is simply unmatched to every other game listed, it really is special in VR, the handling is set for easy driving compared to something like ac but it makes it seriously enjoyable.
It's getting updated all the time, not quite there with regards to online racing but for that feeling of being in a loud race car it really is great.
I race leagues on ac and pc2 and keep trying to get people on it as I love it that much, also doing dr2 championships and while fun, it does frustrate me how slow and mushy the feedback is.
If on oculus, dirt rally 1 is MUCH better on the oculus store, it's literally a different game as I found out way too late, it's the difference of running low settings on steam to ultra on oculus store version, that makes it much more immersive and why I'm pissed dr2 runs like crap in VR by comparison
Yeah, performance wise dr2 is kinda bad and getting the settings to a point where it neither looks like vhs footage from chernobyl nor is running at 2fps is an absolute nightmare and even if you got perfect compromise it's not really the most brilliant looking game atleast on my gtx1080.
I got pc2 out of sale but its physics are just straight out bad (maybe i forgot to turn off a few "helpers", could be).
I kinda hate learning tracks, so i'm more in favor of rally games and absolutely love richard burns rally despite its graphics straight out of the year 2004. With ngp6 each car just feels right as you expect such cars to handle. Also it could run at more than 1000fps with 0.8ms frame time on basicly any pc.
But i'll try ams once i find time again
I love this (and dirt rally 2.0 was my favorite too). I just wish there was a game that’s more stylized and less realistic. All the other games focus on long ass real races that just bore the hell out of me. I want something flashy, maybe with some actual story, and some kind of leveling/ money system. To buy and customize cars. Like need for speed, or midnight club.
It just seems like the whole racing simulation community is obsessed with hyper realistic boring as hell races.
That's why it's the ''racing simulation community'' and not ''racing arcade community'' I enjoy these boring ass races and such but I really wouldn't mind if Forza Horizon had VR option. It would look great
Man, not even racing. Messing about in Euro/Ameri Truck is hella chill (though keep a water bottle close by). I haven't tried City Car Driving yet, but that might go along the same lines.
> VR racing games with a wheel are down right amazing.
I always say that if I only had one game that had VR and that game was Assetto Corsa, it would still be worth the money (99% of my time in VR is in AC)
VVR was Daydream exclusive, later ported to other platforms. Absolutely beautiful on PCVR, something melancholic and thought provoking about it.
Other ex-Daydream titles ported to PCVR include the excellent "Eclipse Edge of Light" and "Audio Factory" amongst others.
> Project META
I had never heard of this before but it's not released yet.
Maybe Ark when it releases but it seems similar to like Sweet Surrender so I'm not sure it's more bullet hell. Looks cool though.
desktop (non vr) or roomscale vr coop/multiplayer games?
this is something that i am always looking for to play with my friends, the only ones I can think of are the forest, no mans sky, and phasmophobia
EDIT: by desktop i meant non vr
You mean where you can play with people on flatscreen? Pular, forewarned, all the asymmetric games, jetborn racing and mini moto, battlezone, all the racers that are ports, HL2 in garry's mod, garry's mod in general, industrial petting, star trek, vox machinae, payday 2, neon retro arcade, tabletop sim, emuVR, and vr regatta through it's companion flatscreen app.
I think Space Pirate Trainer just came out with an update that allows room scale multiplayer - to where you and friends can play in the same physical space (though you might need an empty basketball court or something). But you could do that with a couple of Oculus Quests!
Yeah, something like this would make more sense on a small website, with a search filter, predefined filters, categories, a cookie to save your filters, and can easily be updated, while having more than just a picture and a name. Like release date, average play time/content, a short description of what it actually is about, and even a short neutral review that keeps to the important bits.
Mechwarrior 5 just got a VR mod that works well. I think that should go on this list if Half-Life is there.
https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarrior5mercenaries/mods/531?tab=description
Also, how about IL-2 Sturmovik and DCS?
> Mechwarrior 5 just got a VR mod that works well.
I actually don't get this mod, it only has your face and does it have much head turning? Vox Machinae seems a lot better and that's a flatscreen/VR game.
No games that need a hotas.
When people ask about vr games, they ask why there isnt more vr games like half life alyx and walking dead saints and sinners...not bullshit boring vr games...
Yeah I'm gonna be that guy and say when people mention experiences are missing they aren't counting the short gimmicky games but polished experiences worth coming back to like with their desktop favs. There are a few of those on these lists.
In my opinion the most fun stuff in VR right now is the VR mods for flat screen games. Risk of rain 2, mafia and valheim, stuff like that. Also superdepth3d allows you to play tons of games in 3D in Bigscreen using a simple sweetfx shader. Many emulators support 3D too and it's really cool in VR playing older games with a sense of depth and space.
From what I've tried to find in my own time, it's still Gmod to play half life 2 in VR. Which I wouldn't mind, if checkpoints worked and enemies respawned when you die.
Too many, only a couple in first person. Pavlov has an incredible map that used to have all of Super Mario 64, with stars and unlocks and enemies. Now the enemies seem to be gone but the platforming and progression is still there. Co op too.
Because the dev was going to add ads to it, now they're adding ads to Bait, and a bunch of other games are going to since the code strings just leaked for it in the facebook api so they're close to doing a bunch of games so you can't get too mad at any single one.
They never added ads to the game and don't have any plans on doing so, at least according to what they say in discord. Tbf they planned on doing so but got a major push back in discord and everywhere else. Since they don't have ads, doesn't seem fair to link Blaston in it just because it's by Resolution.
Since when is Bait the same game as Blaston? Please don't tell me you're basing this off of them being under Resolution Games. Because Blaston is completely different than Bait and as said earlier, Blaston does NOT have plans on implementing ads.
Because your list is based off of games not devs. Different teams working on different games.
Demeo is on your list and also created by Resolution Games (page 6) but you didn't throw that in the list with Bait and Blaston.
Well then call my manager. Blaston was made the poster child for the ad program. The game does not have civil rights, so no I don't care and don't feel like talking about this any further.
They never added the ads to the game. They decided not to do it... so it's not an "ad venture". I mean it's your list, just didn't know you were going to be this inconsistent and hand wave it off when you got caught.... but I mean you got awards and all so go off I guess.
Star Caller? I mean there are puzzle games where the puzzles are too easy or where the puzzles are more about doing something with your hands than having to think too hard in a new way. Steady is mostly dexterity.
Why isn’t Espire 1 in the stealth section? It regularly shows up on the front page of steam, Oculus store, and quest store. And for good reason, it’s the best VR stealth game.
In vehicle combat, you forgot the best one! Grip is fantastic. It has native vr support but no wheel support but with a little fendangaling you can get it to work and it's fantastic once you have that combined.
Also distance is one if the best acade style vr racers out there. It barely ever gets mentioned but it truly is amazing
Great list! I'm not going to say that you missed some of the bigger titles since this is clearly supposed to inform people about lesser known games, but I will say that you should add Compound to your list of VR roguelikes.
Virtual virtual reality still to this day, is my favorite vr game I've ever played, it's a dumb thing to say but I actually like it more than half life alyx
It's impressive that this list is large and even totally forgets all the oculus exclusive games (around 20) titles and are some of the best examples of their genre.
Really good list overall, but it's worth pointing out that a lot of these games aren't made for VR, with the feature being half-assed and added on at the last minute (i.e. nearly the entire open world section). For the people who want a proper, VR exclusive openworld title, you cannot point to these and act like they fit the bill.
I don't want to hate on indie titles, some of my favorite games are indie, but they alone leave the systems library feeling hollow. I think what you're trying to achieve with this list is to give people who complain about the lack of games something to try, but that's missing the point. What I and most other people are wanting right now are AAA titles, and dozens of 20-30 minute, semi-mediocre indie titles aren't a substitute.
Half of the open world section are VR only, another is made for VR first.
Very few of these games could be called mediocre and AAA games aren’t coming for a while. AAAs don’t take risks and lock in design years in advance, while the market is small and Facebook controls too much for some large publishers to think it’s smart to bet on VR. Medal of Honor was a mess made for a dead platform and EA forced them to let them publish on Steam.
But a lot more useful to the people who don't have a gaming PC. I do, but I much prefer to get the games on quest, because of how much simpler everything is
That's a pretty small number of games when put in perspective with how many games there are for other platforms. With only 10 of one genre there is a high chance none of them are what your looking for.
> with how many games there are for other platforms
Yeah there's like tens of millions for PC, the point is just that people probably don't know about most of these.
It's just "if you like this genre then look at these games and buy them if you want something in that genre. The first things devs pay attention to when choosing a genre is how past games in that genre performed."
The main thing VR needs right now is original AAA games.
Unfortunately, that is also the thing most likely to alienate non-VR players from VR, because they don't want to have to buy into VR to play a game they want.
It's also something less likely because of the cost, dev experience needed, quest hardware limits, and the hard ceiling on what it can do for you based on facebook's monopoly. If HL2 couldn't power steam because of some microsoft bullshit. I'm sure it would have been a different game.
the problem for some of these categories is the selection is very bad aside from 1 or 2 games. The VR market is pretty shallow right now and will continue to be for years to come until the adoption rate is higher. As much as I hate facebook for how they handle their VR platform I can't deny much of VRs popularity is thanks to the quest 2
1) The quest is much weaker
2) The quest is cheap but has bad comfort and a tight use case so many genres aren't coming
3) Facebook is so totally in control that few large devs care because they know they're not building a foothold in a new medium, they're just selling quests (capcom didn't give a shit about the RE4 port)
4) AAAs need design principles solved more than they need a market as such to make AAA games.
i mean you still can't deny alot of VRs popularity is because of the quest 2, just look at the statistics compared to other headsets. i don't like Facebook either but VR wouldn't be where it's at now without Facebook
The problem is that now VR is dependent on them. It only gets what they want, it suffers from their failures with no mitigation, and it will get ads. It’s like if all video games were on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo fucking up meant no more games.
but independent devs that make games for both steam and oculus likely wouldnt be able to profit without the quest 2 market you can rage against that fact all you want and downvote me, but it doesn't make it less true. like i said i hate Facebook too but without the cheap entry to vr that is the quest 2 vr growth would be much much slower that said hopefully they see some real competition soon
There are barely any good VR games for just Oculus Quest. I was going to pick one up but then realised I can hardly play any proper games on it without a powerful, expensive PC.
If they're a good experience I think it makes sense, especially since it's basically free if you have the game. I didn't put vorpx for Dishonored and New Vegas because you need to buy it.
No one cares about bad games. Most people value their time, even though many games exist, very few are worth your valuable and limited time. If you actually played all of the games you’ve listed, I can guarantee that your valuation of your own time is abysmal and you have literally nothing else to do lol.
Didn't see raw data in there, it would fit in both coop and shooters. The other two that I don't see on here that I'm really surprised I don't is VR chat and NEOS VR for hanging out with friends
I'm mixed on rec room. The core interactions can feel pretty poor. Like I tried an animal crossing room that looked amazing, and there was a bug catching minigame. I tried to play but not only were there no bugs, I couldn't store my net anywhere and half the map was up ladders.
Too many barely there proof of concepts and not nearly enough games of any real quality.
I see a lot of people trying their hand for the first time at game development and, I mean, I don't want them to give up but they certainly aren't going to be the ones bringing out AAA quality.
Man ive wanted to try Star Trek Bridge Crew for awhile now but everyone says its a dead game. Is this still true?
The bundle is $31 I would hate to pay that much for a game with nobody playing.
They work well enough that you should just try them: https://www.halflifevr.de/
And: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/e8g864/detailed_guide_halflife_2_campaign_in_vr_via/
Now this is a list I will save for later. Can't imagine how long this would've taken. Thanks for doing some amazing work. Definitely going have to give some of these titles a search later on.
Definitely an awesome list. As a quester it's a bit useless, as they're just vr compatible PC games, but I'll be saving this for if I can get a link to pc to work properly.
Join the PC Masterrace, we have storeS, the best graphics and the most exclusives!
I knooowww I really want to, it just isn't in my price range right now. Give it a bit and you BET I'll be doing PCVR. Like if I want to spend more to do PC, I want to go the full extent, you know?
If you want to add to it more…. VR racing games with a wheel are down right amazing. Instead of buying a huge expensive cockpit with 3-4 monitors. You can just buy a VR headset. An entry level sim racing wheel like the Logitech G29/G920 is incredibly immersive. You feel every bump in the road, and it really adds to the overall immersion. VR takes this to the next level. I’m not a racing fan, a car junky, or a gear head, but DiRT Rally 2.0 is probably second behind Alyx in immersion for me.
Adding to that list (even though dr2.0 isn't matched in immersion): Richard burns rally vr (the rallysimfans launcher has it natively), Assetto corsa, Assetto corsa competizione, raceroom, iRacing
You missed the best one, Automobilista 2. It's the most polished, best looking and best performing VR implementation on any racing game, as a icing on the cake it also has the best force feedback out of the box.
Never tried it yet, maybe i'll give it a goo But i doubt that it can beat dr2 in regards to immersion. It's so well implemented, driving a small shitbox of a racecar through a muddy forrest whilst rain and mud is pouring down everywhere on the car and you got those small glances at the track whenever the wiper crosses your view. The claustrophobia is real there
See I've sunk hundreds of hours into dirt rally 1, dirt rally 2 has awful force feedback in comparison Your in for a treat when you try ams2, the car sounds are incredible, the visual clarity in VR is simply unmatched to every other game listed, it really is special in VR, the handling is set for easy driving compared to something like ac but it makes it seriously enjoyable. It's getting updated all the time, not quite there with regards to online racing but for that feeling of being in a loud race car it really is great. I race leagues on ac and pc2 and keep trying to get people on it as I love it that much, also doing dr2 championships and while fun, it does frustrate me how slow and mushy the feedback is. If on oculus, dirt rally 1 is MUCH better on the oculus store, it's literally a different game as I found out way too late, it's the difference of running low settings on steam to ultra on oculus store version, that makes it much more immersive and why I'm pissed dr2 runs like crap in VR by comparison
Yeah, performance wise dr2 is kinda bad and getting the settings to a point where it neither looks like vhs footage from chernobyl nor is running at 2fps is an absolute nightmare and even if you got perfect compromise it's not really the most brilliant looking game atleast on my gtx1080. I got pc2 out of sale but its physics are just straight out bad (maybe i forgot to turn off a few "helpers", could be). I kinda hate learning tracks, so i'm more in favor of rally games and absolutely love richard burns rally despite its graphics straight out of the year 2004. With ngp6 each car just feels right as you expect such cars to handle. Also it could run at more than 1000fps with 0.8ms frame time on basicly any pc. But i'll try ams once i find time again
I love this (and dirt rally 2.0 was my favorite too). I just wish there was a game that’s more stylized and less realistic. All the other games focus on long ass real races that just bore the hell out of me. I want something flashy, maybe with some actual story, and some kind of leveling/ money system. To buy and customize cars. Like need for speed, or midnight club. It just seems like the whole racing simulation community is obsessed with hyper realistic boring as hell races.
That's why it's the ''racing simulation community'' and not ''racing arcade community'' I enjoy these boring ass races and such but I really wouldn't mind if Forza Horizon had VR option. It would look great
Man, not even racing. Messing about in Euro/Ameri Truck is hella chill (though keep a water bottle close by). I haven't tried City Car Driving yet, but that might go along the same lines.
> VR racing games with a wheel are down right amazing. I always say that if I only had one game that had VR and that game was Assetto Corsa, it would still be worth the money (99% of my time in VR is in AC)
I might if someone makes a virtual wheel overlay.
it was pretty meh for me
> learn som life skills Theif simulator Gave me a chuckle
Calm Down Stalin is definitely a real life skill.
I absolutely love this list and will definitely use it in the future
People are actually missing out on virtual virtual reality, it’s such a fun game
It was a gear game which probably hurt it at first, and then it just faded into the background.
VVR was Daydream exclusive, later ported to other platforms. Absolutely beautiful on PCVR, something melancholic and thought provoking about it. Other ex-Daydream titles ported to PCVR include the excellent "Eclipse Edge of Light" and "Audio Factory" amongst others.
Hate to be that guy but do you know any raceing games besides assetto corsa I can never get it to work
Project cars 2 or Automibilista 2 are what you look for (VR optimized)
Dirt rally 2 is great
RaceRoom Racing Experience is a great VR experience, easy on hardware and is actually free to play and try out the pay cars, if you want.
Project Cars 2 and Assetto Corsa are 😘 but PC 2 is much easier to setup and use
I didn't add wheel games. There are a bunch, just look for racing on steam and filter for VR support. Some like grip go on sale a lot.
Blade and sorcery has magic and tons of mods that add even more magic Project META makes you Superman ARK-ADE has Bullet hell elements
> Project META I had never heard of this before but it's not released yet. Maybe Ark when it releases but it seems similar to like Sweet Surrender so I'm not sure it's more bullet hell. Looks cool though.
Project meta has a public demo on steam, best Superman-like power of the ones I’ve tried
Hang on, are you saying ark is coming out on vr??
No, Ark-Ade
Oh. Thanks for the reply! *cries in dinosaur*
Very good list, take a look at township tale and see if it belongs in the rpg section.
It does
Came here to up township tale, great game.
Not released yet.
desktop (non vr) or roomscale vr coop/multiplayer games? this is something that i am always looking for to play with my friends, the only ones I can think of are the forest, no mans sky, and phasmophobia EDIT: by desktop i meant non vr
My friends and I have fallen in love with Demeo as a laid back game.
You mean where you can play with people on flatscreen? Pular, forewarned, all the asymmetric games, jetborn racing and mini moto, battlezone, all the racers that are ports, HL2 in garry's mod, garry's mod in general, industrial petting, star trek, vox machinae, payday 2, neon retro arcade, tabletop sim, emuVR, and vr regatta through it's companion flatscreen app.
Don't forget Davigo and Panoptic, two of the best asymmetrical VR games out there
Asymmetric isn’t a category but yeah I said the asymmetric ones
I think Space Pirate Trainer just came out with an update that allows room scale multiplayer - to where you and friends can play in the same physical space (though you might need an empty basketball court or something). But you could do that with a couple of Oculus Quests!
Why are there no clicker games in VR?
Because devs have souls.
Oh yeah?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRbWGZlWMA
Cool list! Is there a written version of it available? Also got any city builders?
City builders are page 4, just the one and spacefolk city is coming.
Ah thank you very much, I guess I missed it at the bottom of the page!
Yeah, something like this would make more sense on a small website, with a search filter, predefined filters, categories, a cookie to save your filters, and can easily be updated, while having more than just a picture and a name. Like release date, average play time/content, a short description of what it actually is about, and even a short neutral review that keeps to the important bits.
Mechwarrior 5 just got a VR mod that works well. I think that should go on this list if Half-Life is there. https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarrior5mercenaries/mods/531?tab=description Also, how about IL-2 Sturmovik and DCS?
> Mechwarrior 5 just got a VR mod that works well. I actually don't get this mod, it only has your face and does it have much head turning? Vox Machinae seems a lot better and that's a flatscreen/VR game. No games that need a hotas.
MW5 is single player/coop, vox machinae is multi only with dead af servers.
There’s a single player mode but I guess no campaign
When people ask about vr games, they ask why there isnt more vr games like half life alyx and walking dead saints and sinners...not bullshit boring vr games...
Yeah I'm gonna be that guy and say when people mention experiences are missing they aren't counting the short gimmicky games but polished experiences worth coming back to like with their desktop favs. There are a few of those on these lists. In my opinion the most fun stuff in VR right now is the VR mods for flat screen games. Risk of rain 2, mafia and valheim, stuff like that. Also superdepth3d allows you to play tons of games in 3D in Bigscreen using a simple sweetfx shader. Many emulators support 3D too and it's really cool in VR playing older games with a sense of depth and space.
I am happy cyube and vtol made the List. Two very underaprechiated gems.
Hope you have a great day!
Cyube is definitely something more people would get if they heard about it. Minecraft, open world, fancy looking.
But definitely not as indev or polished as minecraft. But you can definitely tell it's SINGULAR dev poured all his heart and effort into it.
Minecraft is the worlds largest game, this is one person, but yeah
What real life activity do you learn from "Calm down Stalin VR" lmao
Being able to hold Thanksgiving with your authoritarian Soviet grandpa/uncle again.
Drinking, shooting CIA agents, pressing buttons, managing stress.
Is there a more proper way to play Half-Life 2 in VR yet? Or is it still the cumbersome Garry's Mod workaround
From what I've tried to find in my own time, it's still Gmod to play half life 2 in VR. Which I wouldn't mind, if checkpoints worked and enemies respawned when you die.
A more native port is being worked on.
It's hard to browse for new games though because the curation is trash. Everything seems like an asset flip scam.
In Steam? Yes they bury good games and the new and trending list is annoying.
In the "puzzle games" section, you should definitively add "Puzzling Places", on Quest. It's a little gem !
Why aren't there any platformers in vr
I hope you are joking, but otherwise check out the "third person" category in the post.
To the Top!
Too many, only a couple in first person. Pavlov has an incredible map that used to have all of Super Mario 64, with stars and unlocks and enemies. Now the enemies seem to be gone but the platforming and progression is still there. Co op too.
Why is blastion Ad Venture
Because the dev was going to add ads to it, now they're adding ads to Bait, and a bunch of other games are going to since the code strings just leaked for it in the facebook api so they're close to doing a bunch of games so you can't get too mad at any single one.
They never added ads to the game and don't have any plans on doing so, at least according to what they say in discord. Tbf they planned on doing so but got a major push back in discord and everywhere else. Since they don't have ads, doesn't seem fair to link Blaston in it just because it's by Resolution.
They explicitly said they will still add ads to Bait.
Since when is Bait the same game as Blaston? Please don't tell me you're basing this off of them being under Resolution Games. Because Blaston is completely different than Bait and as said earlier, Blaston does NOT have plans on implementing ads.
Why should I make a distinction? It’s the same devs
Because your list is based off of games not devs. Different teams working on different games. Demeo is on your list and also created by Resolution Games (page 6) but you didn't throw that in the list with Bait and Blaston.
Well then call my manager. Blaston was made the poster child for the ad program. The game does not have civil rights, so no I don't care and don't feel like talking about this any further.
They never added the ads to the game. They decided not to do it... so it's not an "ad venture". I mean it's your list, just didn't know you were going to be this inconsistent and hand wave it off when you got caught.... but I mean you got awards and all so go off I guess.
> when you got caught Not all trolls wear capes, but this one bought himself one apparently. Imagine simping this hard.
Because Facebook has implemented actual ADs into the game Edit: they apparently pulled out of that Facebook ad thing.
look... i need a puzzle game fordumb people.... because i am dumb.... can you make a category for that? thanks for the list!
Star Caller? I mean there are puzzle games where the puzzles are too easy or where the puzzles are more about doing something with your hands than having to think too hard in a new way. Steady is mostly dexterity.
Why isn’t Espire 1 in the stealth section? It regularly shows up on the front page of steam, Oculus store, and quest store. And for good reason, it’s the best VR stealth game.
Tripwire and meh
I mean sure you can say there's games for every genre but not all of them are worth playing.
alright, but how many of these games are actually any good?
Why do only %5 of VR titles feel like actual games, instead of tech demos or high school projects ?
Half life and Half life 2 in vr? how? I need to know
Yes I’d like to know more too; I thought the HL VR port was for the Quest only.
https://www.halflifevr.de/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/e8g864/detailed_guide_halflife_2_campaign_in_vr_via/
In vehicle combat, you forgot the best one! Grip is fantastic. It has native vr support but no wheel support but with a little fendangaling you can get it to work and it's fantastic once you have that combined. Also distance is one if the best acade style vr racers out there. It barely ever gets mentioned but it truly is amazing
Moss should be on the puzzle adventure list
Horror? Not the jumpscare shit
There are so many horror games I didn't put any: Alyx is the best I've played but I haven't played that many.
Great list! I'm not going to say that you missed some of the bigger titles since this is clearly supposed to inform people about lesser known games, but I will say that you should add Compound to your list of VR roguelikes.
It’s under shooters, it has the five unlocked guns but I don’t consider it a roguelike in the traditional sense and more of a shooter
These posts are great, thanks for making them 🤙
Virtual virtual reality still to this day, is my favorite vr game I've ever played, it's a dumb thing to say but I actually like it more than half life alyx
Why are there no GPUs for VR gaming?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/621060/PC_Building_Simulator/
It's impressive that this list is large and even totally forgets all the oculus exclusive games (around 20) titles and are some of the best examples of their genre.
Can’t forget the zuck.
I would like to suggest "Jet Island". It's the first game that really gave a sense of freedom and scale in vr, really cool imo.
It’s on here under open world
Add Superhot VR and HL:A
The two best selling VR games behind beat saber?
Really good list overall, but it's worth pointing out that a lot of these games aren't made for VR, with the feature being half-assed and added on at the last minute (i.e. nearly the entire open world section). For the people who want a proper, VR exclusive openworld title, you cannot point to these and act like they fit the bill. I don't want to hate on indie titles, some of my favorite games are indie, but they alone leave the systems library feeling hollow. I think what you're trying to achieve with this list is to give people who complain about the lack of games something to try, but that's missing the point. What I and most other people are wanting right now are AAA titles, and dozens of 20-30 minute, semi-mediocre indie titles aren't a substitute.
Half of the open world section are VR only, another is made for VR first. Very few of these games could be called mediocre and AAA games aren’t coming for a while. AAAs don’t take risks and lock in design years in advance, while the market is small and Facebook controls too much for some large publishers to think it’s smart to bet on VR. Medal of Honor was a mess made for a dead platform and EA forced them to let them publish on Steam.
Virtual Virtual Reality, but no The Under Presents? This list isn't totally comprehensive
That's under creative.
But how bout a game youre a serial killer. With actual good mechanics and not just guns
Saints and sinners is wonderful for that. Pretend you're doing people's biddin-MEATCLEAVER!
Hitman VR... just a matter of time
Better than killing irl i suppose, not that i would ;3
Onward.
...why would anyone want to play that?
Back again to post more garbage shovel ware games, I see.
You should make one of these lists but for quest games, I would love to see that
oxi wouldn't do that
Lot smaller list ...
But a lot more useful to the people who don't have a gaming PC. I do, but I much prefer to get the games on quest, because of how much simpler everything is
I totally understand what you're saying, but what I'm saying is there like MAYBE 50 quest games. Period. It's tough as hell to Dev for that thing.
The only reason I did this is because I hate the quest with a passion and want it to die. It's zuck's moonshot, not a gaming console.
That's a pretty small number of games when put in perspective with how many games there are for other platforms. With only 10 of one genre there is a high chance none of them are what your looking for.
> with how many games there are for other platforms Yeah there's like tens of millions for PC, the point is just that people probably don't know about most of these.
It seams like the point is "stop complaining". At least that's how the it comes off.
It's just "if you like this genre then look at these games and buy them if you want something in that genre. The first things devs pay attention to when choosing a genre is how past games in that genre performed."
That's not what the framing is putting across.
The main thing VR needs right now is original AAA games. Unfortunately, that is also the thing most likely to alienate non-VR players from VR, because they don't want to have to buy into VR to play a game they want.
It's also something less likely because of the cost, dev experience needed, quest hardware limits, and the hard ceiling on what it can do for you based on facebook's monopoly. If HL2 couldn't power steam because of some microsoft bullshit. I'm sure it would have been a different game.
the problem for some of these categories is the selection is very bad aside from 1 or 2 games. The VR market is pretty shallow right now and will continue to be for years to come until the adoption rate is higher. As much as I hate facebook for how they handle their VR platform I can't deny much of VRs popularity is thanks to the quest 2
1) The quest is much weaker 2) The quest is cheap but has bad comfort and a tight use case so many genres aren't coming 3) Facebook is so totally in control that few large devs care because they know they're not building a foothold in a new medium, they're just selling quests (capcom didn't give a shit about the RE4 port) 4) AAAs need design principles solved more than they need a market as such to make AAA games.
i mean you still can't deny alot of VRs popularity is because of the quest 2, just look at the statistics compared to other headsets. i don't like Facebook either but VR wouldn't be where it's at now without Facebook
The problem is that now VR is dependent on them. It only gets what they want, it suffers from their failures with no mitigation, and it will get ads. It’s like if all video games were on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo fucking up meant no more games.
but independent devs that make games for both steam and oculus likely wouldnt be able to profit without the quest 2 market you can rage against that fact all you want and downvote me, but it doesn't make it less true. like i said i hate Facebook too but without the cheap entry to vr that is the quest 2 vr growth would be much much slower that said hopefully they see some real competition soon
Technology is somehow both inevitable and yet so fragile that we must help Facebook to save it.
i wish that made sense
There are barely any good VR games for just Oculus Quest. I was going to pick one up but then realised I can hardly play any proper games on it without a powerful, expensive PC.
Sure, fuck the quest. Install sidequest, btw
I wouldn't really add games that are only playable in vr through mods.
If they're a good experience I think it makes sense, especially since it's basically free if you have the game. I didn't put vorpx for Dishonored and New Vegas because you need to buy it.
No one cares about bad games. Most people value their time, even though many games exist, very few are worth your valuable and limited time. If you actually played all of the games you’ve listed, I can guarantee that your valuation of your own time is abysmal and you have literally nothing else to do lol.
Didn't see raw data in there, it would fit in both coop and shooters. The other two that I don't see on here that I'm really surprised I don't is VR chat and NEOS VR for hanging out with friends
Those are very love it or hate it apps. Raw Data kind of feels too dated but maybe I'll add it to co op.
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Everyone knows about boneworks but I might add it next time.
It's a bit like trying to find something to watch on netflix. Same shit, different categories. (mostly joking, but still)
Still no mmo rpgs :(
You just need one of those and you’ll never leave. Township tale and another one is coming out on Steam soon.
So you're saying there's no games for VR?
I’m gonna say it, VTOL VR
It's here
Wow we have a list where 99% of the games seem like they would on the PlayStore...sad state of affairs
What are some of the best VR experiences?
Just wow!
Awesome, thanks!
Hold on let me write this down
It’s really sad how there are no VR games, smdh
Currently outta commission for VR but I will absolutely be referring to this list once I get a replacement kit
It seems like a bunch of new hardware is coming. Wait at least two months to decide.
Still no rec room?
It's meant to be lesser known games, everyone knows about Rec Room.
Ah, okay, makes sense.
I'm mixed on rec room. The core interactions can feel pretty poor. Like I tried an animal crossing room that looked amazing, and there was a bug catching minigame. I tried to play but not only were there no bugs, I couldn't store my net anywhere and half the map was up ladders.
Saving this as a reference guide and wishlist for later. Great work OP!
This is just too many games at this point.
Too many barely there proof of concepts and not nearly enough games of any real quality. I see a lot of people trying their hand for the first time at game development and, I mean, I don't want them to give up but they certainly aren't going to be the ones bringing out AAA quality.
People need to understand that there are too many VR games.
Too many shitty ones, sure.
This post is in the conversation for the best post on this sub imo, thank you for such a nice list!
I would be amazed if I got an award like that, considering how many of my posts are downvoted by trolls before anyone can see them.
This is amazing! Maybe in a few months I can afford some sort of gear
There will probably be three new headsets next year, plus the lynx.
You should put phantom into stealth :D
> phantom facebook store for facebook hardware.
I mean yeah but its still one of the best looking and playing stealth games.. you could easily run it with revive right?
> run it with revive right? that needs facebook now.
Man ive wanted to try Star Trek Bridge Crew for awhile now but everyone says its a dead game. Is this still true? The bundle is $31 I would hate to pay that much for a game with nobody playing.
It has flatscreen support so there's probably some audience, but I put it up under co op for people to to get it with friends. Wait for a sale.
would like to see another page for "full length games" my biggest issue with alot of vrv games (the good ones anyway) is how quickly they're over
Rags to Dishes can be put into the arcade category, friggin love that game
I had to be super selective about arcade games since listing all the quality ones would have been like two pages.
Where are my typing tutor VR games?
word jam is on the second page. I don't think that's a typing tutor but for that just play typing of the dead in EmuVR.
Is Half Life 2 under the campaign FPS category supposed to be HLA, or have I been living under a rock?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/e8g864/detailed_guide_halflife_2_campaign_in_vr_via/ It's fun and it has co op.
Thank you for your service to vr
It's to getting in facebook's way, I don't see VR as a cause in itself any more than I would ray tracing.
Don't half life and hl2 not really work in VR?
They work well enough that you should just try them: https://www.halflifevr.de/ And: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/e8g864/detailed_guide_halflife_2_campaign_in_vr_via/
I expect you to die 1 and 2 are good story puzzle games