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Top 7 Racing Games For Free On The Oculus Quest 2 and 3

So you own an Oculus Quest 2 or Oculus Quest 3 and want to play a fun VR racing game… but you don’t have a bunch of cash to spare to buy one.

Well don’t worry because there are plenty of free VR racing games that you can enjoy that are available on the Oculus App Store! There are more available on SideQuest, but we won’t include them here as they have a tendency to not be as fleshed out as those in the store.

Anyway if you want Oculus Quest 2 racing games for free you’ve come to the right place. Here are the best free VR racing games you can find on the Quest.

So you own an Oculus Quest 2 or Oculus Quest 3 and want to play a fun VR racing game… but you don’t have a bunch of cash to spare to buy one.

Anyway if you want Oculus Quest 2 racing games for free you’ve come to the right place. Here are the best free VR racing games you can find on the Quest.

V-Speedway - A Solid VR Racing Game That Puts You In The Driver’s Seat

The *V-Speedway* Logo - This free Virtual Reality racing game absolutely nails the feeling of VR racing

If there is one free VR racing game that I’ll recommend to you more than any other it’s V-Speedway. It’s a simple game and doesn’t have a ton of replayability or features, though who can complain because it costs nothing, but this free VR driving game does nail the feeling of driving in Virtual Reality.

Instead of using a joystick to steer your car, you use your VR hands to grip the steering wheel and turn it to steer, like you’re actually driving a car! You can also optionally use the shifter on your car manually as well. All of your mirrors actually work, and you get to race AI drivers on a variety of maps.

Though these maps are pretty straightforward, just different lengths of track with varying turns, and while the AI has multiple difficulty modes there isn’t anything like powerups or abilities to really excite the back and forth of racing. Just good solid driving will get you the win in V-Speeway, and it is a very hard game on higher difficulty levels.

If you want a free VR driving game that makes you feel completely like you’re in the cockpit of your race car then look no further than V-Speedway. It is a fantastic VR racing game and like every other one on this list, it is free!

Racemaker VR - A Free VR Driving Game Where You Make The Track

The *Racemaker VR* Logo - Now you can build your own race tracks and drive on them in Virtual Reality

Racemaker VR doesn’t just have you drive, it also lets you build your own racetrack to zoom through. In this VR racing game for the Oculus Quest 2 and 3 your imagination and creativity are as much a part of every race as your ability to drive is.

While building your race track is a ton of fun, so is the driving, in this game you aren’t just limited to how well you can drive, but also to how you employ the numerous abilities and powerups that you can find along the track as you go. Though the powerups are few and can get old quickly as they are repeated very often.

While it is lacking in some comfort options for those who get motion sickness easily, Racemaker VR has a fantastic track builder and a fun and easy to grasp racing style. Oh, and like every other game on this list, it is completely free!

Slowp - A Fun And Unique Free VR Snowboarding Game

The *Slowp* Logo - A very unique VR snowboarding game

Slowp is a free Virtual Reality racing game that doesn’t have you racing cars, or bikes, or any sort of motor vehicle. Actually, in this game, you'll be racing with a snowboard.

As a free VR snowboarding game, Slowp is sort of simplistic at the moment and does feel sort of like an indie project, but it does stand out significantly from its flatscreen counterparts through the unique way that you control your snowboard. Instead of using a joystick or buttons to control the front and tail of the board you control them with your hands via your touch controllers.

So if you want to point the front of the snowboard to the left you move your front hand to the left, and to really shred you can move your back hand to the right at the same time to turn the whole board at once. You can do tricks after jumping off of a ramp by moving your hands as well, and the entire VR racing experience of Slowp is really transformed by its innovative use of VR hand controls.

So if you want a snowboarding VR game that really puts the “Virtual Reality” in Virtual Reality snowboarding, give Slowp a try. Competing to bet your best time, and the times of other players is very addictive.

Downhill Bike - A Free VR Biking Game

The *Downhill Bike* Logo - A free VR dirt bike game

If you want a free VR biking game or a free VR mountain biking game then Downhill Bike is it.

In this VR racing game, you’re a person on a bike, and you’ve got to carefully control your handlebars to pedal to the finish line through a variety of courses as quickly as possible. The controls for the handlebars can be a bit challenging without physical handlebars to grab onto, and this method of controlling a bike in Virtual Reality can be a bit hard and frustrating to grasp.

The physics feels a little floaty, and while the controls are easy to get the hang of using, they are very difficult to master. This is actually a good thing, because there’s not a huge variety between the tracks, and the gameplay boils down to just trying to get to the end as quickly as possible without many interesting obstacles in the way.

While it has got some problems, Downhill Bike is currently the only free VR dirt bike game out there, and it does do most of what it sets out to do pretty competently. It is still free after all, so why not give it a try?

Touring Karts - VR Kart Racing For Free

The *Touring Karts* Logo - It’s like free VR Mario Kart and is all around a great VR free racing game

If you want a free sort of but not quite Mario Kart VR type of experience for your free VR racing game, then give Touring Karts a look.

This free VR driving game has been around for a while and is far more polished than most others on this list, with the debatable exception of V-Speedway. It features different customizable Karts to try and experiment with, but the most interesting thing about this game is the tracks. Each track is varied and contains a ton of items and powerups to use. Each map also has environmental obstacles and helpers like ramps that give you a significant speed boost to launch you into the air.

Touring Karts also features a number of fantastic comfort options. The one area it falters is that controlling the steering wheel can sometimes feel awkward, and you must always have at least one hand on the wheel at all times. So when you physically move both hands away from the wheel it can end up with you awkwardly veering off of the track.

I highly recommend you try Touring Karts because not only is it pretty polished (despite a few bugs here and there) it also has multiplayer! Of all these free Virtual Reality driving games, this is the only one with true multiplayer where you can race directly against your opponents and hinder them with items and abilities. Oh, and as always Touring Karts is completely free!

Oh, there is also a paid “Pro” version of the game, but you don’t have to pay to get a ton of Touring Karts content.

TrailBouncer - Basketball And VR Racing In One

The *TrailBouncer* Logo - It’s like a VR basketball game mixed with a VR racing game

TrailBouncer is a very unique free VR racing game for the Oculus Quest 2 and 3 in that you’re not really racing anything that you could race in real life.

Instead of driving a car or a bike or anything like that you race in TrailBouncer by using a ball. This is an extremely cool idea that only really works in Virtual Reality because this VR racing game has you speeding up, jumping, and steering by using your physical hands with your tracked controllers to bounce, hit, and rotate a ball of energy in front of you.

TrailBouncer takes some learning to wrap your head around, but the unique concept works so well for Virtual Reality that I really suggest you give it a try to see for yourself just to find out what can be accomplished with a Virtual Reality game that couldn’t possibly be done on a flat screen. It’s sort of like dribbling a basketball… but the dribbling controls your movement and you move really fast.

Oh, and it looks really good, especially for a free Meta Quest game, so if you want to experience a hint of what might be the future of VR racing games give TrailBouncer a try.

Dart Racer Demo - Futuristic VR Racing For Free

The *Dart Racer* Logo - A futuristic free VR racing game

Okay, so this final free VR racing game is actually a demo for a racing game that, at the time of writing, is still in development. Still, don’t let that turn you off from giving this VR free driving experience a try.

In Dart Racer, you’re racing a futuristic floating contraption, a lot like the podracers from Star Wars. Many of the levels even take place within rocky canyons, just like in Star Wars, and the game gives you some options to customize your racing vehicle.

Of course, content is still limited as the game is an early access demo, but Dart Racer is very solid, and avoids the pitfalls of awkward controls that a lot of other Virtual Reality racing games, free or paid, fall into. So if you want a futuristic racing experience, for free, try out the Dart Racer VR demo.

That’s all for this list of fantastic free Virtual Reality racing and driving games. From cars to bikes to snowboards, there are a lot of options for racing in Virtual Reality even if you don’t want to spend a dime. No matter what caught your eye on this list, enjoy your free VR racing games.

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5 Best Free VR Shooting Games For Oculus Quest 2 and 3

So you’re a big fan of virtual reality shooting games, and you’ve got a nice Oculus Quest 2 or 3 to enjoy playing them on. The problem is you don’t have or don’t want to spend a lot of money to enjoy a fun VR shooter.

Well, don’t worry because there are some fantastic free VR shooting games for you to try on your Oculus Quest 2 or 3. Here are the best ones I’ve found.

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Aim XR - Free Virtual Reality Shooting Games

Aim XR is a fast paced free VR multiplayer shooter with lobbies of 5 versus 5 players (generally).

Aim XR plays sort of like Pavlov VR or even Contractors, but it’s completely free! All of the weapons are based on real ones, and it’s in a modern setting, the usual army dudes versus army dudes. There is a huge array of weapons to choose from and several game modes, like Deathmatch, my favorite, which has you spawning, fighting the enemy team, dying, and then spawning again to do it all over again with a random weapon each time.

While Aim XR doesn’t have the smoothest weapon controls or the tightest movement system, it is a really solid free multiplayer shooter for virtual reality. If you want a free Counter-Strike VR sort of experience but don’t want to pay any money for it then give Aim XR a try.

Despite having a little jankiness it’s definitely a fun free VR shooting game.

POPULATION: ONE - A Battle Royale Free VR Shooting Game

POPULATION: ONE is the original Virtual Reality battle royale game, and now it is also completely free!

It plays sort of like a free Fortnite VR, where you can team up with up to two other people to take on each match and be the last team standing. As with any battle royale game you spawn in and jump onto the map, except in POPULATION: ONE you jump out of or land in a landing pod instead of a plane or battle bus.

Anyway, once you land you’ve got to scavenge the map to find weapons, equipment, and healing items. There is a zone around the map as well, like in any battle royale, and it closes in and restricts where you can go. You’ll take constant damage if you’re outside of the zone.

This zone keeps closing until the whole map is covered by it, and so you’ll have to fight other teams and take them out to be the last team standing. There’s even building, kind of like in Fortnite, but building takes a lot longer in POPULATION: ONE. So luckily a lot of the fighting isn’t just a contest of who can build a big tower the fastest.

Overall this has got to be the most polished of all the free virtual reality shooting games out there, and if you really want a free VR battle royale to play there is no alternative to POPULATION: ONE, which isn’t a bad thing because it is a fantastic VR game.

Hyper Dash - Free VR Shooting Games

The Hyper Dash Logo

If you want a free VR shooter that is more focused on movement and gives you a lot of options to quickly zip around the map while blasting at other players, give Hyper Dash a look.

While the movement system takes a little learning and getting used to, Hyper Dash has a great tutorial that will teach you how to use it, and each map has a ton of rails to grind on, platforms to hop around on, and new weapons and powerups to use.

Hyper Dash is a ton of fun if you want a free VR shooting game that is fast and gives you a lot of options to quickly travel around the arena. The main game mode is a sort of capture the flag where you need to fight with the other team over a ball and bring that ball to your team’s goal.

It’s a ton of fun to zoom around the map in this free VR shooting game, and most importantly it’s absolutely free to play. If you want a VR shooter that lets you fly around and go really fast while shooting then give Hyper Dash a try.

X8 - Free Virtual Reality Shooting Games

X8 is a free VR Hero Shooter that focuses on a Valorant “Demolition” gamemode where one team attacks and tries to plant a siphon at one of two sites on the map, while the other team tries to prevent the other team from planting it or defuse it when it is planted.

X8 is different from other free VR shooting games because, unlike other free Virtual Reality shooting games, it has heroes for you to choose between during each match. Each hero has a different selection of powers to use during the match that can drastically affect how the game progresses, though each hero shares a pool of weapons and armor that can be purchased at the start of each round.

So X8 plays like Valorant. The only downside in this comparison is that a lot of the characters don’t feel as unique as those in Valorant, but there are still plenty of interesting options to choose from.

Still, X8 is a solid free VR shooter, and for the low low price of no dollars, it’s worth a look.

SHOOTOUT - Free Virtual Reality Shooting Games

SHOOTOUT is yet another free multiplayer VR shooter, and unfortunately the last one on this list of the best free virtual reality shooting games.

Still, I’m ending this list with a real bang here, because SHOOTOUT is very unique. Not in how it moves, or how the shooting feels, but in the weapons that you use in the game.

You see in SHOOTOUT, instead of just using the same weapons over and over like in any other virtual reality shooter, you build your weapons out of parts. For instance, you take an assault rifle part and attach it to your arm. Boom it’s an assault rifle. However, next you find a fire weapon part, so you attach that to your arm behind the barrel of the assault rifle. Now your assault rifle arm shoots flaming bullets.

That’s just the start of the many different weapon types and combinations available in SHOOTOUT. Every firefight with another player is extremely unique because both of you could have any in a huge series of weapon combinations, so the game constantly feels very fresh.

You can move pretty fast, and there are some movement related weapons like the hook, which is basically a grappling hook you can use to climb or swing around the map.

So if you want to mix and match and see what sort of amazing weapon you can create, try SHOOTOUT, it is a very enjoyable free VR shooter.

Anyway, that’s it for this list of the best free VR shooting games on the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3. No matter which you pick, enjoy yourself out there in virtual reality.

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The 5 Best VR Card Games That You Can Enjoy On Meta Quest and PCVR

I never thought of Virtual Reality as a good way to play card games until I actually tried a few. As with so many genres in VR, I was very happy to be proven wrong by some of the fantastic VR card games that are available.

So much so that I’ve even decided to compile this list of the best VR card games around for you to try. Some are free, some are paid, but all are great examples of how card games, Virtual Reality 3D immersion, and good hand controls can make you feel like you really are playing cards with other people at a table.

I found competitive VR trading card games, and more classic games like VR poker, and they’re all in this list. Here are the best card games that you can play in Virtual Reality.

Cards and Tankards

Cards and Tankards is the purest example of a VR card game out there. I had an absolute blast playing it and met some very friendly opponents along the way. Card and Tankards has cards to collect, decks to build, and most importantly both AI and human opponents to play against with those decks entirely in Virtual Reality.

Cards and Tankards is its own card game too, with its own cards, mechanics, and most significantly VR hand interactions that you use to play and use those cards in the game. It’s very reminiscent of Hearthstone, but not closely enough to be considered a direct copy. Cards and Tankards has its own strategies, balance between cards, and gameplay mechanics that make it significantly different from any other card game.

However you’ll find some similarities between this VR game and flatscreen card games like Hearthstone. For instance, a “Deathrattle” type ability that plays when a card is destroyed on the board that functions the same as it does in Hearthstone but under a different name. Still, if you want a Hearthstone VR game then Cards and Tankards will deliver on that and also have some fresh new twists to the formula.

This VR Card Game is also pretty fun to interact with and look at. Each unit you play will have a 3D representation on the board, and they all have animations that will play out when they perform the actions you command them to do. I enjoyed the immersion of not only seeing and talking to my opponent but also seeing and physically interacting with creatures and cards on the game board.

Cards and Tankards has everything you would expect from a competitive trading card game but in VR. There is a competitive ladder and progression in the form of currency and card packs to purchase. Oh, and it’s entirely free to play. You can optionally buy additional cards and cosmetics, but you will also receive a lot of currency to get more cards and options just by playing the game.

There are multiple factions in Cards and Tankards with unique mechanics and some core cards that are shared between all factions. You’ll have to beat the AI with each faction’s starter deck to gain access to it, making it so you won’t be clueless when playing against a human opponent with that new deck. I played most of my early games with the first deck you acquire after the tutorial and I won quite a bit even with that.

Flipping the hourglass to finish a turn in *Cards and Tankards*

I did find that the VR interactions themselves aren’t the most well crafted, with some occasional bugginess and issues with grabbing items, and they’re not strictly necessary to make this game work. You flip an hourglass to end your turn, and I often get frustrated just trying to grab the thing.

The hand control interactions with the tabletop you play the game on are great though. For instance, some cards are activated by hitting their 3D model on the board on the head with your hand. This is basically the same as clicking on that card would be, but adds some fun to the VR world that you’re playing the game in and it was a little touch that I found was very entertaining and added some Virtual Reality flare to the experience. You can even walk around the table to get a different view or check out your opponent’s side of the board.

So Cards and Tankards combines Virtual Reality with the experience of playing a collectible card game. All of the opponents I played against were very nice, and talking to them through the open mic in the game felt a lot like playing a card game in person. So if you want a unique VR card game definitely give Cards and Tankards a try.

It’s also free on Meta Quest and PCVR via Steam, so you’ve got nothing to lose.

Demeo

Demeo might be what you might consider less of a “Card Game”, but I had a ton of fun with it and really enjoyed the turn based strategy and variety of cards that each of the game’s classes has access to.

Well, before I get ahead of myself let me tell you more about what Demeo is. It’s a dungeon crawler combined with a card game. There are a number of classes to pick in the game that define the character that you play, which is represented in the dungeon you’re crawling by their piece on the board.

Each class in Demeo has a different selection of stats like maximum health, melee damage, and unique mechanics that each class has access to, such as the armor that the guardian class has, sort of like an extra health pool.

Of course, each class in the game has a different selection of cards to pick from, and there are even extra cards that you can find in chests spread throughout the map. Another favorite class of mine was the sorcerer, who has really powerful spell cards like Zap which stuns an enemy for a turn and can be reused every turn, or fireball that does a ton of damage in an area.

Once you and your characters arrive in a dungeon it’s a long series of turn based combat challenges to get through the three levels of each dungeon and come out on the other side victorious and covered in gold and glory.

If you really enjoy the Dungeons & Dragons vibe and look and want a VR tabletop card game to play, then Demeo definitely delivers. I found that the turn based combat was fun both solo while controlling an entire party and in multiplayer with each player controlling their individual party member. I did find the constant barrage of combat encounters to be a little fatiguing over time, and my one complaint about this game is that the periods of rest between fights were few and far between.

The strategizing and decision making you do during each combat encounter felt a lot like playing Baldurs Gate 3, except Demeo is much heavier on the combat side of things. Each level of each dungeon is covered in a variety of different enemies, and you not only need to learn the strengths of the cards that your character’s class has access to but also what abilities each enemy uses.

The VR controls are also superb and gave me that tactile feeling of controlling my character like I actually would during a tabletop gaming session. I liked just looking at the dungeon board itself, and each is very well made and looks fantastic in Virtual Reality.

For a game that combines dungeon crawling, excellent multiplayer coop, an immersive VR tabletop, and a class based card system that encourages tactical thinking, I recommend Demeo.

There is also a player versus player version of Demeo called Demeo Battles for those who want a more competitive than cooperative experience.

PokerVR And Vegas Infinite

No list of the best VR Card Games is complete without representation of the oldest sorts of card games to exist, gambling card games. I’m not the biggest gambler myself, though I’ve played poker on quite a few occasions in real life.

Whether you’re already someone who enjoys playing Poker for fun or somebody who just wants a card game to play in Virtual Reality, PokerVR and Vegas Infinite (previously known as Pokerstars VR) are both great VR Poker games. I found both of them to be very similar to the experience of sitting at a real life poker table with strangers and with the added benefit of not losing any real money if I didn’t do well.

If you’re a fan of Texas Hold’em Poker then these two PokerVR games are just what you’re looking for. There are a variety of game modes in either and some small differences that I won’t go into great detail about here. Suffice it to say both of them offered me a fun poker experience, and I really couldn’t pick one to recommend over the other. So I’ll recommend them both.

There is currently a lot of debate about which of these two games is the better one. They are both slightly different, and your preference will likely come down to what you naturally prefer. There are different environments to play Poker in both, and different characters to represent you in the game. If you’re interested in trying your hand at some card game gambling in Virtual Reality then give both of these games a try and see which one you prefer.

Both PokerVR and Vegas Infinite are 100% free!

Tabletop Simulator

In case you didn’t know, Tabletop Simulator can be played entirely in Virtual Reality. Though it is PCVR only and will require a way to play VR on a computer, sorry Quest standalone fans. You’ll have to set up Steam Link or Airlink to try Tabletop Simulator.

If you’re not certain what Tabletop Simulator is then it does exactly what it says, simulates a wide variety of tabletop game experiences on a flat screen, or in full immersive Virtual Reality.

Tabletop Simulator is used to digitally play everything from Chess to day long board games, and that includes all sorts of Card games. There are no specific rules to the game. Just a physics engine, and a vast array of customizable pieces for the board. That means you can play with any sort of cards you like, all in Virtual Reality.

You can play all sorts of classics like blackjack or poker in Virtual Reality using this game or even invent a card game of your own to try out. I haven’t found any experience that’s quite so diverse as Tabletop Simulator because the only restriction is your creativity and imagination. Of course, you don’t have to invent your own card game to enjoy it either.

So if you’re looking for more VR Card Games than you might know what to do with check out Tabletop Simulator’s Steam Community page for what sorts of games are available.

Of course, you’ll also have to find others interested in playing your chosen card game, though luckily there are plenty of Discord servers out there with interested players.

The one thing I didn’t like about Tabletop Simulator was that a lot of its diverse options take a lot of additional organization and effort to play both to get into a game and once you’re already at the table. Still, for twenty dollars there are a lot of different card games you can enjoy in VR here.

Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl

I’m really torn by Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl. On one hand, it’s a card based real time strategy game that should be tickling every VR satisfaction bone in my body. On the other hand, I also realize that it has some serious issues that make it a very hard game to recommend, and to be honest I just don’t play it much anymore.

Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl is sort of like a VR Clash Royale. You have one side of your map and your opponent has another. Each of you play cards from your hand to summon units and cast spells on the field in order to invade and destroy the other player’s towers and castle on their side of the map.

All of this is on a fully 3D table and with fully 3D units that you can watch fight each other completely in Virtual Reality. This game should be great to me on so many levels.

Crafting cards in *Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl*

So when I first picked up VR I loved this game as one of the best VR RTS games out there. I played a lot of it but was very disappointed to find that coming back to the game none of my progress was saved. This was a huge bummer because I’d spent a lot of time crafting cards with resources that I won from the many games I had played.

So starting from nothing was a huge bummer for me. What was more of a bummer is that it’s nearly impossible to find a game against another player. I waited for about five minutes before giving up, because I’d never want to have to wait any longer than that to find a match.

So I thought that I could possibly recommend this game as a Singleplayer experience against the AI but well… the AI didn’t take how horrible the starting deck is into consideration. It had better units and stomped me every time despite my experience with the game.

The field of battle in *Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl*

So I still consider Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl to be a great VR card game, but if there were any better options I’d rather be putting them on this list of the best VR card games.

At the moment there really aren’t, and so despite having the bones of a great game, it’s clear that Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl is dead. I’m leaving this game on this list in the hope that a VR developer might see this someday and decide to create a better version of this concept, and as a monument to fun times I once had in this VR game.

I don’t currently recommend that you buy this game for the price of 9.99$ even if it’s on sale. I’d only recommend you take a peek if it was totally free. Still, it would be much more fun if anyone still played it.

That’s it for the best VR Card Games. I hope you’ve found something here that you like. I’m still having a lot of fun in many of these games, Cards and Tankards most of all. Enjoy!

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The 3 Best VR Social Games And Social VR Games On the Oculus Quest and PCVR

One of the greatest things about VR headsets and Virtual Reality, in general, is how they can so completely immerse you into a space in a way that a similar experience on a flat computer screen just can’t.

So if you’re interested in meeting up with or making friends online then you’ll want to check out some of the Best VR Social Games out there. It's a good thing you found your way here because this article has the Best Social VR Games there are.

All of your distractions are removed and the real world just melts away. This is what makes VR Social Games and Social VR Experiences so fantastic. The same goes for all sorts of Multiplayer VR Games, though the games listed here are more focused on meeting people.

Long gone are the days of AOL chatrooms being the norm, and text based communication is commonplace and easy to access on cell phones. Facetime and other video chatting applications give you some semblance of being in the same place as another person, but only show you as much as the limited view of a phone camera can.

One of the many things that makes VR worth it is the ability to seem so much more like you’re actually in the same place as another person who is actually really far away. Their avatar and your avatar can make you both feel like you’re in the same room chatting, complete with your head and hand movements.

Now you can gesture, nod, and talk freely in a virtual space using virtual reality. VR social spaces are the best thing that current technology can offer to let you have a conversation with anyone in the world, anywhere, and make that conversation seem as real as possible.

Oh, and if you’re wondering how to play these games then you’ll be excited to hear that all of them are available standalone on the Oculus Quest 2 and 3, and also on PCVR through either the Oculus App or Steam.

One final thing too, all of the Social Virtual Reality games in this list are also completely free. So if one sounds interesting then go ahead and give it a try, no need to wait.

Alright, let’s finally get into this list of the Best Virtual Reality Social Games.

VRChat - The Best Social VR Games

When it comes to Virtual Reality Social Games then VRChat is the oldest and most infamous.

You might even have seen some of the famous interviews on Youtube conducted completely inside of VRChat, and if your friends use VRChat then you don’t even need a VR headset to play. However, using your mouse and keyboard on the flat screen definitely does take some of the magic away.

There are a ton of different avatars to try, not just various types of humans. You can be Batman in VRChat, Homer Simpson, a dragon, or any of the other numerous characters that are available. You can find different avatars spread throughout the worlds that you visit and the people that you meet can help you find more.

More than anything else in VRChat you’ll find people spread throughout the game. Right at the start you’ll be thrust into a pretty basic world that is full of other people with crazy avatars and interesting personalities. You can walk around and explore with them while you chat, or just sit down and relax. That’s the whole point of this Social Virtual Reality Game. Meet people and explore interesting worlds with them.

VRChat has given the people and creators who play it a ton of freedom to make practically anything that they want. It’s not just avatar models either. The worlds themselves are also completely custom made.

From pretty familiar surroundings like a lounge or bar to absolutely fantastic Virtual vistas, there are a lot of different places to experience with others in this expansive Social VR Game.

Some of these places even function as games, like minigolf, or even have very interactive spaces like kitchens where you can cook. Though games and interaction aren’t VRChat’s strongest feature.

There are new models, worlds, and people coming to VRChat all of the time, and that level of creative freedom in worlds and avatars is what separates this game from other Social Virtual Reality Games and makes it truly special.

Rec Room - The Best VR Social Games

Rec Room is another long standing giant in the scene of Virtual Reality Social Games.

Where VRChat offers wild creativity, that creativity does come at the cost of needing to know a lot about 3D modelling and doing a lot of work to see your creation through. Not to mention a lot of VRChat’s games feel somewhat janky and more like mods than an intended part of the experience.

While Rec Room has a much more simplistic style to its art and models, what it does have so much more than any other of these Social Virtual Reality Games is give you the ability to create and modify games freely and easily. Each of the many worlds, rooms, and games found in this Social VR Game can be modified and tweaked by players like yourself.

Rec Room has a wide variety of places for meeting people and just hanging out, though you might not feel as immersed in these spaces if you’re not a fan of the less realistic looking characters in this game.

Phenomenons you might see in other VR Social Games like moving arms and mouths don’t work as well in Rec Room, it cuts down on the realism in order to make everything more modular and easy to use.

Though what Rec Room has are a ton of simple, relatable, and extremely fun games that you can easily get into with little context or tutorials and have a blast. There are a ton of things to try like paintball or even a sword fighting quest against goblins.

Rec Room also has an interesting system that lets you unlock new outfits and cosmetics over time. So while you can’t switch avatars to whatever you want right at the beginning, there is some fun and motivation to be had by getting new outfits as you play the game.

Rec Room is a lot of fun, and despite its more simple look it has a ton of charm and is a very easy VR Social Game to get into and start having a blast with new or old friends. Oh, and Rec Room can also be played without VR on a computer, or even a phone!

Meta Horizon Worlds - The Best VR Social Games

Meta’s Horizon Worlds is Facebook’s (now Meta’s) big attempt at creating a Virtual Reality Social Game of their own.

You might remember when the term “Metaverse” started entering our common vocabulary, and a big part of that was Horizon Worlds. Meta marketed this game very heavily, and while it may not have seen the levels of success that the company envisioned, it is certainly a fine example of what a Social Virtual Reality game can be.

Instead of the myriad of crazy avatars you’ll see in VRChat, your avatar in Horizon Worlds is the same avatar you use in the home environment of your Quest headset. Despite having no legs these avatars look pretty good, and if you have the right hardware on your face can even mirror your facial expressions.

There are also a ton of worlds to explore and hang out in, from official spaces created by Meta like futuristic cities, to user created spaces like idyllic beaches.

There are also a ton of activities to do in these worlds like fish, laser tag, and even more wild ones like a zombie defense world.

There’s that now familiar mix of user generated content that is coming all of the time. Though Horizon Worlds feels like a more heavily curated experience than other games on this list.

There are a lot of paid community managers, and stricter controls on swearing and other forms of profanity than in other games, which in this VR Social Game are more easily bannable offenses. Where VRChat still feels like the wild west of the internet Horizon Worlds feels more like a carefully curated tourism destination.

There are also a myriad of creator tools all located within the game, and while they aren’t the easiest to learn they are easier than most and have a variety of in game tutorials to teach them to you.

The close support of Meta makes Horzion Worlds the most polished Social VR Game out there, and it’s got a lot of official spaces and those curated by the community that are easy to find like comedy clubs or social meeting spaces. Even protests have been held inside of Horizon Worlds.

So if you want a safer space in Virtual Reality where there are still plenty of people to meet and things to do, or a more polished feel to your VR Social Game, then give Horizon Worlds a try. Oh, and it’s also available on PC if you don’t have a VR headset.

Well those are the 3 best VR Social Games and Social VR Games. Since they’re all free go ahead and give each of them a try, you’ve got no money to lose, and a ton of interesting people to meet and talk to. Enjoy!

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The 3 Best VR Football Games On the Oculus Quest 3 and 2

VR Football Games, like so many VR Sports games, are a fantastic way to enjoy one of your favorite sports in virtual reality.

Now you can run plays and throw epic touchdown passes in the comfort of your living room.

Whether Football is in season or out of season you can always enjoy this sport in the comfort of your own home with these 3 great Virtual Reality Football Games on your Meta Quest device.

VR Football Games, like so many VR Sports games, are a fantastic way to enjoy one of your favorite sports in virtual reality.

For those who might be coming here looking for VR games about soccer, sorry, but the “Football” in this list means American Football. Unfortunately it’s very hard to make a VR Soccer Game with the current state of foot tracking on the Oculus Quest 3 and Oculus Quest 2.

So VR soccer games are hard to come by, but there are already some fantastic VR American Football games on the Quest platform. If you want to at least experience being a goalkeeper in VR Soccer then check out CleanSheet. It is the best VR Soccer goalkeeping game on the quest platform, and worth a look if you’re a big fan of soccer.

Anyway on to American Football. Now you can run plays and throw epic touchdown passes in the comfort of your living room. No need to get dirty and muddy, no need to go outside and find a game when it’s cold or rainy outside.

Whether Football is in season or out of season you can always enjoy this sport in the comfort of your own home with these 3 great Virtual Reality Football Games on your Meta Quest device.

NFL Pro Era 2

NFL Pro Era and its sequel NFL Pro ERA II are the best looking and most thoroughly polished VR Football Games out there.

You really feel like you’re playing in an actual NFL game each time you play, surrounded by your teammates and trying to avoid opposing players. The sights and sounds of an actual stadium are all there and look about as good as they can as a standalone quest game.

In NFL Pro Era you can pick your favorite Football team and play through entire seasons of Football with them.

You can customize your character, collect achievement trophies, and most importantly play a lot of games of Football against both AI opponents, and now with NFL Pro Era 2 you can also play Football games against other players in Multiplayer.

The one biggest downside of the NFL Pro Era VR Football Games is that the only position you can play is Quarterback. So a lot of the possibilities that you have in flatscreen games like Madden just aren’t there.

Getting rid of the ball before being sacked in *NFL Pro Era*

This will be a trend in the Virtual Reality Football Games here, but it’s such a shame that in such a polished VR Football Experience most of what you’ll be doing is throwing the ball or handing it off for running plays.

While all of that is great fun, and NFL Pro Era definitely does well in simulating being a quarterback, a lot of the game is up to your semi random AI teammates in Special Teams or playing defense.

In NFL Pro Era you’ll be doing a lot of standing on the sidelines while your team doesn’t have possession of the ball and is on defense.

You’ll watch a lot of kickoffs in this game

If you want to know more about NFL Pro Era then check out our review of the game for more information on it.

If you do decide to get into NFL Pro Era then definitely skip the first game and just buy the sequel, NFL Pro ERA II.

The sequel has some enhanced Singleplayer features, and most importantly adds the ability to play games against others in Multiplayer, which the original was severely lacking. Otherwise the two games are very similar.

Gym Class VR - Football

The *Gym Class* Logo. It doesn’t show any Footballs, but it’s got footballs

You might be familiar with Gym Class as one of the best VR Basketball Games on the Oculus Quest 2.

Well now it’s also one of the Best VR Football Games as well. That’s right, Gym Class VR recently added, at the time of writing, a Football mode to their game.

Just like in these other Football VR Games you can go to a Football field in Virtual Reality and throw the virtual Football around.

Unfortunately at the time of writing that’s about where the Gym Class Football experience ends. It’s a little undercooked and experimental at the moment, and doesn’t really do much of anything any of these other games don’t do.

All you can really do is throw passes with other players, and playing an actual game of Football even with a full lobby is hard to put together, though it’s possible if you have a whole lobby of friends willing to do so.

The throwing physics aren’t great, and you can’t really tackle an opponent outside of slapping the ball out of their hands. It clearly needs more work to be a truly great VR Football Game.

*Gym Class* is a very social VR Football Game

So now you might be wondering why Gym Class is even on this list. Well that’s because Gym Class has come a long way in VR Basketball over time, and it’s likely to come a long way in VR Football.

I have no doubt that the Gym Class developers will be adding new features and making their Virtual Reality Football experience better over time. So even if it’s not great now you can still easily find a big lobby of other players, often much easier than in other multiplayer games like NFL Pro Era 2.

So if you want to throw the pigskin around with a stranger or get some friends together, keep an eye on Gym Class’s Football mode. We’re not exactly spoiled for choice when it comes to VR Football games, and Gym Class has shown that it can grow and become vastly better over time.

With some more updates, Gym Class’s Football mode might become the go to VR Multiplayer Football experience. Oh, and it’s free!

2MD: VR Football Unleashed ALL STAR

Now when you first look at 2MD: VR Football Unleashed ALL STAR for the first time you might not be very impressed because of how the game looks.

You can see it in the logo. The players are blocky and not very realistic looking, but that’s part of the intended charm of 2MD.

While other VR Football Games are going for a more realistic look and gameplay like the Madden series of flatscreen games, 2MD is a more arcadey, fast paced, and goofy experience.

It’s not trying to play like a real game of Football, and plays more like the old NFL Blitz game on the N64, or the more modern Wild Card Football.

So sure 2MD isn’t much to look at, and most notably doesn’t feature a multiplayer mode, but in so many ways it offers more customizability, game modes, and things to do than any other VR Football Game on this list. (Side Note: There is a local multiplayer option in the PSVR version where a non VR player can play as the defending team on the TV, but according to the developer not many used this game mode.)

Most importantly of all, 2MD: VR Football Unleashed ALL STAR lets you do more than just throw, pass the ball, and occasionally run the ball.

It also lets you kick field goals, and most importantly of all lets you receive and run the ball after you throw it. This is simply an amazing addition to the VR Football scene, and while it’s fairly difficult it is absolutely awesome once you get the hang of it.

Receiving and trying to run the ball in *2MD: VR Football Unleashed ALL STAR*

When you throw the ball as the Quarterback and it gets near it’s landing zone the game will switch your perspective to the closest receiver.

Then you try and catch the ball and run it as far as you can, spinning around and stiff arming opposing team members as you go.

You can also keep the receiver as a bot if you don’t want to do this, but being able to receive and run the Football yourself is absolutely fantastic and gives you many more options and control over how well you do in the game.

You can even make your own plays in this game

Of course you’ll also see that 2MD, as its art style suggests, is pretty goofy and arcadey. The gameplay is fast paced and gets you right back into throwing the ball as quickly as possible.

Even in exhibition games there’s no waiting and watching the opposing team play. You’re quickly told if they scored or not and get back into the game.

The players all move extremely fast and tumble into and over each other hilariously. The only annoying part about this is that it can be kind of hard to see over your linemen in front of you when you’re trying to throw the ball, and whenever you back up they immediately back up with you. So you can’t get a lot of space.

It would be nice if the defensive line was a little shorter, or a little further away

Still, 2MD lets you draw plays however you want to, giving you even more options. Despite how unrealistically the gameplay itself can seem this is really the most in depth Virtual Reality Football simulator for the Oculus Quest 2 and 3 out there right now.

Nothing else comes close in your options for strategy and execution, and if you don’t mind the cartoony look or rapid pace of gameplay then 2MD is a fantastic VR Football Game for huge Football fans and casual enjoyers alike.

As mentioned, the only downside is that it has no multiplayer, though there are a massive variety of Singleplayer teams to play against and game modes to try.

Well that’s all for the Best VR Football Games out there. Whichever you pick from this list, have fun out on the field. VR Football is a ton of fun, and hopefully after reading this list you find the game that lets you enjoy it too.

A Fun Singleplayer VR Tactical Shooter On The Meta Quest 3 - Tactical Assault VR Review

I keep coming back to Tactical Assault VR. Whenever I want to jump into Virtual Reality and do a bit of Singleplayer tactical shooting there’s no game that I’ve found myself drifting towards loading up for a few missions more often than this one.

Part of me wonders why, and the answer I keep coming back to is just how snappy and satisfying the whole experience is. Despite having very basic and blocky visuals, Tactical Assault VR is the closest any Singleplayer shooter on the Meta Quest 3 (it is also on PCVR via Steam by the way) has come to absolutely nailing the sound and most importantly the feeling of a quick and responsive tactical shooter in Virtual Reality.

There are, weirdly enough, very few good representations of a Singleplayer VR Tactical Shooter out there for the Meta Quest 3, though there are some in development on PCVR. Onward is another good example I suppose, but its Singleplayer is lacking when compared to the game we’re talking about in this article.

VR Isn’t Dying Or Dead - It Is Uncomfortable Though

Maybe it was the aggressive amount of work I did that day, but I just could not get the Meta Quest 3 headset to sit comfortably on my head. This is despite upgrading from the default headstrap to the Elite Strap. Honestly, the headset feels almost unusable for more than thirty minutes without the elite strap and I think that it should come with one by default, but that’s only part of the problem.

What bothered me more was the weight of it, despite the Meta Quest 3 being slimmer than the Quest 2, it is still about as heavy. Sure the weight sits closer to your face so it feels lighter, but the weight of the device is apparent despite it being packaged more comfortably.

Regardless of the improvements made in Virtual Reality head mounted display technology, it’s still a big hunk of stuff strapped to your face, and the fact that you need to strap it in place, even if those straps are well-designed and comfortable, means that there’s going to be pressure on your head from the weight of the device.