Summary

VRis a great, if still a somewhat niche, developing technology.

The cost of the required hardware does make it a bit off-putting to many, though.

But once you’ve played at room-scale, you won’t want to go back.

split image showing life is strange, penko part, firewatch, and new pokemon snap

The Oculus Quest makes VR more accessible than ever before - and what’s better than free games?

You take a step in real-life, you move the same distance in-game.

Plenty of games make use of this, but actually experiencing it in VR is a whole other thing.

From left to right: a white and red spaceship dangerously close to a space station, a fleet of ships flying together in a red galaxy, and two ships firing lasers at one another above a blue-green planet.

That is what Sommad aims to achieve.

It’s disorientating by all means, but it is incredibly tantalising.

Resident Evil is full of side-characters we’d love to see more of.

Civ 7 leader with VR headset-1

Your body is tangibly in the game, and moving can store your life.

6Blade And Sorcery

Some of the mostpopular games in VR are combat games.

What makes this so fun at room-scale is the physics of it all.

Oculus Quest’s Best Free Games

Umurangi Generation VR is the best way to play the game.

These games include photography in their gameplay, many with unique implementations.

you might do so many inventive things with the freedom of a whole room to move in.

sommad impossible spaces a brick room with vines on the walls and a device in the player’s hand.

It needs you to be physically present in its world, and that meansthere’s no teleporting around.

Just your own trusty hands and feet to carry you through its labyrinths and many puzzles.

The game demands full awareness at all times.

Resident Evil 4: Remake VR - Reloading the TMP by hand whilst an El Gigante closes in.

Pulling levers needs you to actually use your whip to reach them.

Dodging pillars needs you to physically duck or move to the side.

Keeping balanced means you have to watch the floor beneath you and move your feet to match.

Split image of Sheva Alomar, Sherry Birkin and Raymond Vester from Resident Evil.

3No Man’s Sky

No Man’s Sky is a game like few others.

It has accumulated copious updates over the years, VR being one of the most impressive.

Get ready to construct some solid spacecraft, because you’re going into orbit.

Swinging a sword in Blade and Sorcery

If you want to outrun the horrors, you’re gonna have to do it yourself.

That said, Shattered Lights is more of a story experience, making up drink up its unsettling atmosphere.

No matter what size you have to play in, the game will see to it it fits.

umurangi generation cars and people

You must explore, and not two stories will ever be the same.

The PSVR has become home to so many great virtual reality titles - some of which are entirely free.

eye of the temple a level being pulled with a whip.

no mans sky light no fire easter egg with planet ritehfle delta in the background showing as discovered by hello games' upcoming title

Credit: Hello Games and horticulturalSociety via Reddit

shattered lights depicting a room with recording equipment.

tea for god with sun in the background and the player with a gun.

Triple-A Games

No Man’s Sky