VR Game Reviews
In-depth reviews with editorial gameplay footage and analysis.
Maskmaker VR
Extremely cute story-rich puzzle adventure with amazing worlds, stunning choreography and philosophy, made with love and deep thoughts
Maskmaker VR
Editorial Rating
Mar 1, 2022
Pros
- + Rich, really stringing history and character
- + Perfectly made game mechanics and narration
- + Very original routines and a way of progress
- + Wide set of settings and controls including comfort set up, teleport/direct character movement
- + Exquisite puzzles and worlds
Cons
- – On some stages it might be difficult to seek and find specific ingredients
- – Few non-intuitive puzzles and lack of possibility to ask for a clue
- – Low re-playability rate
A wonderful example of story, adopted to VR game with deep philosophical thoughts. Strongly recommended for fans of Shadow Point
Star Shaman
Quite nice, but a little bit monotonous action game with chill atmosphere and music and lots of redundant dialogues
Star Shaman
Editorial Rating
Feb 14, 2022
Pros
- + Сolorful environment
- + Chilly music
- + Quite original but simple combat system
- + Requires you to move a lot
Cons
- – You lose your progress when losing a battle
- – Too much increasing complexity for beginners and mainstream players
- – If you skip dialogues, you quickly lose the essence of what is happening
This game is able to keep the attention of not very enthusiastic player with it`s mechanics and environment. But the weaknesses give the impression that the game development is still unfinished. Developers released few updates that improved the game and added new game modes, but we don't think this game hooks and is able to keep the average player for a long time.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Aftershocks
Great story-rich first person action game made with stunning mastership
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Aftershocks
Editorial Rating
Feb 4, 2022
Pros
- + Great introduction and fantastic story-telling
- + Nice dialogues and narration
- + Interesting missions and fantastic overall game look&feel
- + Great environments, mechanics, atmosphere and enemies
- + Very comfortable controls and impressive physics
- + Great post-launch support for developers
Cons
- – No teleportation movement mode
- – Lack of multiplayer/coop mode
- – Unexpected ending. but the developers announced the second part ;)
Very cinematic story-rich game with excellent gameplay mechanics (one of the best first-person action games for VR) and expressive characters
Ven VR Adventure
Indie version of Lucky's Tale with very cute main character and and a little childish enemies. Technically nice game for genre-lovers
Ven VR Adventure
Editorial Rating
Feb 1, 2022
Pros
- + Amazing game characters, animations and interaction
- + Very different worlds between the chapters
- + Feeling of the living world and the creatures in it
- + Difficulty settings
Cons
- – A little bit chunky (comparing to Moss and Lucky's Tale) enemy collision mechanics
- – Really bad camera sometimes (especially if you missed something and want to go back)
- – Checkpoint save system and need to save minimum creatures to pass through the game
Nice indie platformer able to challenge established pedestal classic games without surpassing them. Strongly recommended to the lovers of this genre and mainstream players, who are able to play such platformers.
Moss
Absolutely best story-rich platformer with the cutest character ever made
Moss
Editorial Rating
Jan 30, 2022
Pros
- + Absolutely stunning look&feel, incredible environments
- + Touching and captivating story line
- + Amazing control of protagonist
- + Incredible interactions with everything, including main hero, enemies and environments
- + Light but impressive combat system and puzzles
Cons
- – Might require some time to learn for players, who never played platformers.
- – Lack of paid dlcs :D story is so amazing that players would be happy to pay for more!
One of the best VR games ever made: not very replayable, but so impressive and cute, deep and magnificent, that even if you're not a fan of platformers, you'll be interested to play it. And we're awaiting for the MOSS: Book Two this summer! :)
Chess Club
Time-proven mechanics appears in a totally new technological realization and deserves attention of every person, who loves classical chess
Chess Club
Editorial Rating
Jan 29, 2022
Pros
- + Very good implementation of classic game
- + Excellent designed animations and environments
- + Easy-to-learn tutorial
- + Difficulty settings
- + Supports multiplayer
- + Hand tracking support added
Cons
- – Lack of players online
- – After some amount of rounds it remains interesting only for real chess-lovers
Flawless-quality chess simulator with possibility to play online with other real players, the ability to diversify the gameplay due to visual changes to get a classic game in a modern wrap and technological way to play
Project Cars 2
A real treasure for realistic simulation racing lovers and for connoisseurs of physics and realism
Project Cars 2
Editorial Rating
Jan 29, 2022
Pros
- + "Must have" for racing fans
- + Very close compliance with real cars and 60+ places presented in the game
- + Full support of wide range of controllers, including gamepads, steering wheels and other accessories
- + Flexible difficulty settings, including car behaviour, weather settings etc. Online and offline modes available to play
- + Support of different user-made modifications (mods)
Cons
- – High threshold entry: it's not an arcade game and it's niche is simulation racing game fans
- – For ordinary player the game might be not replayable because of it's monotonous mechanics.
If you love computer racing simulator games, racing in VR is a real level up for you. After all, instead of an image on a monitor (or three monitors, never mind), the player is surrounded by a realistic environment filled with details and sounds. So racing becomes much more emotional and immersive. This is one of the best racing simulators with VR support so far
Eleven Table Tennis
This game feels and plays in an absolutely natural way. It's hard to imagine better implementation of vr tennis game you can play with the friends
Eleven Table Tennis
Editorial Rating
Jan 27, 2022
Pros
- + Awesome physical model allows you to feel good control over the ball and racket
- + Wide range of platforms
- + A large base of active players
- + Ability to play solo or multiplayer with real players or friends
Cons
- – You will have to sweat a lot, so it is not suitable for a "couch player"
- – The game is quite monotonous, like most of simple simulators
If you like an active game with a lot of movements, if you are looking for the ability to play sports without leaving your home or seeking for a game you can compete with your friends and love tennis - it's what you've been seeking for!
Squingle
Absolutely stunning alien-styled biological puzzle game with different chapters and fantastic environments
Squingle
Editorial Rating
Jan 24, 2022
Pros
- + Cool feeling when you are playing the game, grab the alien spheres
- + Really impressive feedback and behaviors
- + First impression is really amazing
- + Medium, quite balanced difficulty of the puzzles
- + Nice mechanics and environment
Cons
- – In general, not much changes in gameplay during your progress
- – Progress just unlocks other kind of worlds and more complicated puzzles
- – Not very important, but menus, dialogues etc remind you it's an indie game
We would really recommend this game, because it is very valuable and original game, which is made by only one person. It's not that type of game you'll launch very often, but it have some replayability potential and it generates really amazing feeling of what is happening
Blaston
Impressive slo-mo fast-playing addictive dueling game with a simple story-line, multiplayer support and lots of absolutely different weapons and tacti...
Blaston
Editorial Rating
Jan 17, 2022
Pros
- + Really good game mechanics and idea
- + Perfectly picked up game speed, that allows you to react on opponent's action: attack and defend yourself at the same time
- + Different modes and arenas, ability to play versus bots or real players (including friends), social lobbies with different simple games and voice chat
- + A wide variety of weapons concluded not in external differences, but in the nature of damage and the tactics of its use
- + Smoothly increasing complexity of opponents, corresponding to your game level
- + Suitable for a quick game (match duration is between 2 and 4 minutes
Cons
- – Single-player campaign's is a bit boring and lacks of solid story
- – Lack of players in specific non-popular time of the day
This duel game is great for a short breaks (a match lasts around 2-4 minutes) and allows you to warm up a bit, as it requires active movements. If you are looking for an easy competitive and replayable game, we definitely recommend it!
Smash Drums
Energetic arcade rhythm-action game with fantastic soundtrack and environments
Smash Drums
Editorial Rating
Jan 17, 2022
Pros
- + Awesome idea and drumsticks mechanics
- + Great and very original sound track with picks of indie rock
- + Different and very atmospheric environments
- + Very flexible difficulty settings
Cons
- – Doesn't have such replayability as Beat Saber (with custom tracks) :D
- – Doesn't have mods and custom tracks support
A great indie rhythm-game for chilling out or sweating like rock-star depending on your needs. No doubts it will reach it's wide audience and will find it's place in Oculus Store charts
Red Matter
Incredible story-driven puzzle game with soviet vibes and really impressive imagery and ambience
Red Matter
Editorial Rating
Jan 10, 2022
Pros
- + Stunning graphics, atmosphere and enviornments
- + Strong story line, great narration and voice acting
- + Great controls, movement system and overall game feel
- + Lots of different locations
- + Incredible graphics and atmosphere
- + Great difficulty of the puzzles
Cons
- – When you reach end you want more :) could be a little bit longer
- – Might be non-intuitive for people who avoid puzzle games
Absolutely amazing example of atmospheric and stylish game with great story, acting and technical realization