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RuneSR2
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12 months ago

The most wanted PCVR games coming in 2025

Edit 30 September 2025: The list has been updated by deleting some games which turned out to be mediocre at best and adding upcoming games which hopefully will turn out better.

In just a month, it'll be 2025, and we already know of many PCVR games which will arrive next year, so I'll start a bit early on this post 🙂

Feel free to add your favorites - these are some of my "most wanted" VR games in 2025!

 

14 January 2025. Pirates VR - Jolly Roger

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1443620/Pirates_VR_Jolly_Roger/

 

16 January 2025. Arken Age

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2274200/Arken_Age/

 

16 January 2025. Assetto Corsa Evo (Early Access)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3058630/Assetto_Corsa_EVO/

 

8 May 2025. The Midnight Walk

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863640/The_Midnight_Walk/

 

30 May 2025: F1 25 (AAA game)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3059520/F1_25/

 

30 May 2025. Pools VR

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2663530/POOLS/

 

15 July 2025. Ghost Town (from the makers of The Room VR: A Dark Matter)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2496180/Ghost_Town/

 

16 October 2025. Reach

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3273480/Reach/

 

23 October 2025. Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2472940/Wanderer_The_Fragments_of_Fate/

 

Q3 2025 (estimated). Aces of Thunder

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754090/Aces_of_Thunder/

 

Q4 2025. Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800080/Thief_VR_Legacy_of_Shadow/

 

Q4 2025. Total Chaos

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2208350/Total_Chaos/

 

Q4 2025. The Warp: Cephisso

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3814060/The_Warp__Cephisso/

 

Q4 2025. Project Louisiana - The BOUNDS VR

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3415410/Project_Louisiana__The_BOUNDS_VR/

 

Q4 2025. Slender the Arrivel VR

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2815020/Slender_The_Arrival_VR/

 

Q4 2025. The Riese Project

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142400/The_Riese_Project__Prologue/

 

Q4 2025. Low-Fi

https://store.steampowered.com/app/395830/LOWFI/

 

Q4 2025. Irreversible

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3215560/Irreversible/

 

Q4 2025. Gunman Contracts

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2421750/Gunman_Contracts__Stand_Alone/

 

As in 2024, the best games may be the ones which are kept a secret until a few weeks before launch, so much more will surely arrive!

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  • RuneSR2's avatar
    RuneSR2
    Grand Champion
    11 months ago

    UpLoadVR just wrote that Pools VR has been delayed to 2025:

    "The full release of Pools VR for Steam and PlayStation VR2 headsets is scheduled for sometime in 2025."

    Source: https://www.uploadvr.com/pools-vr-playstation-vr2/

    I expect Pools VR to be something special as the 2D version has 95% postive ratings based on 3,600 ratings, thus I've added the game to the first post in this thread.  The VR version seems to be coming along nicely, I'd expect it to be ready in Q1 2025. 

  • RuneSR2's avatar
    RuneSR2
    Grand Champion
    11 months ago

    The Quest port Of Lies and Rain is also coming for PC in 2025, and has been heavily upgraded for PCVR:

     

    Find the game here:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3141330/Of_Lies_and_Rain/

    Story: "Of Lies and Rain is a story-driven first person shooter built exclusively for VR. Set in a dark, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, at the edge of the real and digital realm. You’ll fight to reclaim your past and save humanity from the brink of extinction."

    Some screenshots:

     

  • Hiro_Protag0nist's avatar
    Hiro_Protag0nist
    MVP
    11 months ago

    Oh wow, Outerra World!  There's a blast from the past.  I hope for their sake they finally get to release it.

    Ghost Town looks interesting.  And the Riese Project - I played through most of that when the dev came on here - must take another look because I see there's been some updates.

    Next year is looking good!

    • RuneSR2's avatar
      RuneSR2
      Grand Champion
      11 months ago

      Agreed - also I keep thinking that there's little money in VR compared to 2D, phones and consoles, still we keep getting awesome VR experiences. And that trend does not seem to slow down next year - fortunately 🙂

      • Hiro_Protag0nist's avatar
        Hiro_Protag0nist
        MVP
        11 months ago

        It certainly doesn't look like it is!  There are obviously plenty of organisations making good money out of apps and games already but for many more, it's about the potential.

        I always look back to mobile phones - first one used in Britain - 1985.  Cost around £2,000 each (£5,000 in today's money).

        By today's standards, I was old enough to have one then but the cost was of course out of my reach and I thought why the devil do I need one.  I bought my first in 1999.  When did mobile phones become really good?  2005?  2015?

        Did people say "mobile phones are dead?" - probably.

  • RuneSR2's avatar
    RuneSR2
    Grand Champion
    11 months ago

     

    Just saw that The Midnight Walk wants 100GB of space - that's very big for a VR game:

    Minimum:

      • OS: Windows 10
      • Processor: Intel I7-1180 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800
      • Memory: 16 GB RAM
      • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 3060 / AMD 6700
      • Storage: 100 GB available space
      • VR Support: Index, Quest via link, Rift S, Rift

     

    The game does look very impressive though - and for now is the game I anticipate the most in 2025:

       

    Irriversible and Pirates VR both want at least an RTX 3070, and The Riese Project would like RTX 40 series. Still, many games have unknown recommendations at this moment, but also in 2024 we did see a trend of VR games becoming very hardware demanding - like Behemoth and Aliens: Rogue Incursion both recommending RTX 3080 or better.  

     

  • RuneSR2's avatar
    RuneSR2
    Grand Champion
    10 months ago

    I just noticed this potentially major upcoming VR release from MicroProse:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325580/The_Mighty_Eighth_VR/

     

    The game/sim is called The Mighty 8 VR - "The Mighty 8th VR puts you in the shoes of a B-17 Flying Fortress crew member at the height of the Strategic Bombing Campaign over Europe. Partner up with friends and do your part to ensure that the plane reaches the target and returns home safely."

    Not sure if devs will make it in 2025, we'll see - the screenshots do look amazing:

    Maybe a good thing the RTX 5080 - 5090 may soon arrive, lol 🙂

  • RuneSR2's avatar
    RuneSR2
    Grand Champion
    10 months ago

    Somehow I misunderstood Assetto Corsa Evo to be some expansion or DLC, but it looks like a full game release. I've added the game to the above list - the 100GB sim launches January 16 together with Arken Age.

    Assetto Corsa Evo is early access - the full release is expected Fall 2025. 

     

    I guess this will be the first AAA PCVR game in 2025 ğŸ¤”

    • RuneSR2's avatar
      RuneSR2
      Grand Champion
      10 months ago

      This looks very promising too, if the YouTuber can be trusted? ğŸ¤” 

       

      That said, Assetto Corsa devs have many years of experience making great VR experiences - and they may indeed have the skills to make the best ever VR driving experience. We'll see 🙂

  • RuneSR2's avatar
    RuneSR2
    Grand Champion
    10 months ago

    The release trailer just arrived:

     

    Find the game here:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1443620/Pirates_VR_Jolly_Roger/

     

    Recommended specs:

    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

    • OS: windows 10, 11

    • Processor: Intel Core i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

    • Memory: 16 GB RAM

    • Graphics: GTX 3070

    • DirectX: Version 11

    • VR Support: SteamVR, Meta Rift S, Valve Index, HTC Vive, Meta Link PC

    • Additional Notes: only for VR headsets