The best VR games provide a range of experiences that showcase what virtual reality can do. As headsets have become easier to wear and developers have increased reaction times and measures against nausea, the immersive experience of VR gaming has never been better.
Beat Saber is an immensely popular virtual reality rhythm game which challenges players to slice blocks using virtual sabers in time with music. Additionally, there is an assortment of downloadable packages featuring songs by Green Day, Linkin Park and Billie Eilish that players can purchase separately.
1. No Limits 2
No Limits 2 will make your stomach shudder with excitement if you’re searching for a game to give your heart a true test. Created by the creators of Genital Jousting and Broforce, No Limits 2 features an authentic roller coaster simulator experience and benefits from having a fixed camera point to decrease motion sickness – something many VR games struggle to accomplish.
Beat Saber, which resembles Guitar Hero with lightsabers, makes use of fixed camera points by taking advantage of pulsing music and breathtaking particle effects to add to its charm. Fans of first-person shooters should try Vampire The Masquerade Justice; an excellent example of how VR can enrich videogame experiences but occasionally marred by repetitive gameplay.
2. In Death
In Death’s latest installment takes New York detective Eve Dallas into a near future setting where mood-altering drugs are legal and virtual reality games are popular pastimes. Players follow her investigation of a suicide due to effects from such an experience.
Superhot catapulted to indie fame on the back of its unique concept: time only moves when you move. Applying this to VR gives a sensation similar to teleportation, providing one of the most comfortable locomotion options outside room-scale movement.
Beat Saber offers top-tier rhythm gameplay combined with some of the brightest lighting we’ve seen in VR gaming. Its vibrant electronic soundtrack should be appreciated with headphones; and shooting mechanics remain rock solid despite no reticle or forgiving enemy hitboxes.
3. Assetto Corsa
If you love real-world driving and feedback, Kunos Simulazioni has you covered with its next-gen racer developed at their facilities with official cooperation of car manufacturers.
Handling-wise, this game stands out as an absolute winner with lifelike physics that really capture the experience of driving. Capturing even small slides requires skillful maneuvers as you attempt to keep the car under control.
Although this game doesn’t quite live up to some of its competitors, Career mode remains relatively simplistic while Special Events lack much in the way of excitement or engagement. While there’s much to appreciate here, more variety would likely enhance it further – something worth being grateful for as it remains under active development!
4. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is an engaging party game for any number of players that makes for an exciting, non-competitive challenge that allows everyone to work together without directly competing against one another. Based on Spaceteam, one player works to disarm an explosive suitcase bomb while receiving instructions from others through audible instructions.
Other VR games to check out include Superhot, an action-packed shooter which takes full advantage of VR’s smooth tracking technology; Beat Saber, an addictive rhythm game where you must cut glowing cubes to the beat of its electronic soundtrack; and Arizona Sunshine 2 an open world zombie survival sim with stunning graphics and engaging gunplay that can be enjoyed by gamers of any experience level. Each one offers plenty of entertainment – ideal for sharing with friends.
5. Walkabout Mini Golf
Walkabout Mini Golf was one of the first titles to make full use of Oculus (now Meta?) Quest 2 capabilities, providing an engaging slice of whimsical escapism. Boasting perfectly realistic ball and green physics as well as an amazingly immersive environment that makes you feel as though you’re actually on real golf courses, Walkabout Mini Golf remains one of the greatest golf simulation games around – hard to be topped.
If you upgrade from the original Quest to the Quest 2, your game progress – including saved golf balls, putters and courses – will seamlessly transfer over. Plus, multiplayer lobbies support up to eight other players across platforms!
Meow Wolf Denver invites guests to experience its latest expansion: an 18 hole course inspired by Jim Henson’s timeless 1986 fantasy classic LABYRINTH! Featuring both easy and hard mode holes as well as characters such as Ludo and Hoggle from LABYRINTH as well as an expanded “fox hunt” scavenger expedition, this adventure promises plenty of entertainment!
6. Wands Alliances
Wands Alliances is the spiritual successor to Meta Quest’s original one-versus-one magic dueling game, offering team-based 3v3 matches and additional spells to unlock. Teleportation movement remains, but now you must consider more than simply where and which spells to cast; player positioning becomes crucial as enemies come from all directions.
Play is similar to Counter-Strike and Valorant, with one team acting as attackers while the other acts as defenders. At the start of every match, players select either damage dealer, healer, support class or both and can then choose four spells for their character to use during that round.
Visuals in this game are stunning, featuring Victorian steampunk style which looks beautiful up close. Arenas include walls, wooden pallets and crates that offer protection from attacks; you can duck behind these structures when being attacked to shield yourself.
7. Vampire The Masquerade Justice
Vampire The Masquerade Justice is a stealth-action RPG set in the World of Darkness universe. Players assume control of a powerful vampire and strike from shadow, drinking blood from mortal and immortal prey alike.
This game boasts an engaging main narrative and side missions, along with upgradable abilities that players must balance between blood-drinking needs and maintaining their Humanity score (which measures how well a vampire remains connected to humanity), otherwise they risk descending into The Beast mode – an extreme state of anger and hunger that will force them out of human society altogether.
This game’s immersive world comes to life through captivating character models and environmental design, playable both seated and room-scale VR – although playing room scale requires some shimmying up drainpipes and handover-hand traversal of higher spaces.