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Lists of killer apps and games by user ratings - for the Rift hmds and Quest 1 - 3 with Link

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UPDATED JULY 2025

Note that due to the malfunctioning Meta phone app, you cannot find all games using the phone app. Also the PCVR Store shown in the Meta PC App may no longer include all games, but using a normal PC, this link should work:

https://www.meta.com/experiences/pcvr/

If you cannot find a game in the Store, try searching for it in the Store or using an Internet browser. Searching on the internet, to avoid Quest standalone versions, just add the word "Rift".

To get an overview, here're lists of the highest rated games and apps for the Oculus Rift hmds and for Quest 1 & 2 with (Air)Link. If you're new to PC-VR, maybe these lists can be of inspiration - and maybe even old-timers can find stuff they've overlooked...

To be included at least 40 users must have rated a game or an app, and the average user rating must be at least 4.5 stars out of 5 (= 90 % or better) - based on user ratings in the Oculus Rift Store (Steam games or apps are not included). Maybe we could call these lists for grade "A" games and apps - or simply current Rift killer games and apps 😉

And why the need for 40 user ratings? In the Oculus Rift Store there are many games and apps receiving high ratings, but to provide sound statistics it's not enough with just 3 user ratings - or 10 - or even 20. I've chosen 40 because it's close to the minimum number of individuals I'd want in a group, if I was trying to get some robust statistics after collecting answers to a questionnaire (for a medical trial and similar investigations). I've provided the current number of user ratings for each game or app, so if some readers only trust average ratings based on 100, 500 or even 1,000 user ratings, the lists will accommodate for such preferences.

Note that these lists are not influenced by my preferences - I'm just the guy counting user ratings and associated average ratings o:)
Also note that new awesome games or apps may not yet be on the lists due to an insufficient number of user ratings.

Highest rated Rift games:

98% average rating
The Room VR: A Dark Matter (369 ratings)
Altdeus: Beyond Chronos (68 ratings)

96% average rating
Beat Saber (13040 ratings)
Moss (852 ratings)
Golf+ (1067 ratings)
Walkabout Mini Golf (239 ratings)
Red Matter 2 (70 ratings)
I Expect You to Die 2 (45 ratings)
Merry Snowballs (44 ratings) - removed from the Store and Steam (Feb 2020)

94% average rating
Robo Recall (11352 ratings)
Lone Echo (5283 ratings)
I Expect You to Die (1273 ratings)
Brass Tactics (764 ratings)
Trover Saves the Universe (303 ratings)
Until You Fall (198 ratings)
Racket: Nx (103 ratings)
Airtone (99 ratings) - removed from the Store (maybe Jan 2021), still available on Steam

92% average rating
Blaze Rush (780 ratings)
Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted (778 ratings)
Space Pirate Trainer (726 ratings)
Vox Machinae (390 ratings)
Vacation Simulator (383 ratings)
Final Assault (273 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2024, still available on Steam
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (233 ratings)
The Invisible Hours (228 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2025, still available on Steam
Bending the Light (174 ratings)
Virtual Virtual Reality (114 ratings)
Synth Riders (115 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2024, still available on Steam
Hyper Dash (99 ratings)
The Under Presents (58 ratings)
Crisis VRigade (55 ratings)
Mini Motor Racing X (49 ratings)
Down the Rabbit Hole (49 ratings)

90% average rating
Vader Immortal (5609 ratings)
Blade & Sorcery (4189 ratings)
Superhot VR (3690 ratings)
Asgard's Wrath (3585 ratings)
Elite Dangerous (2566 ratings)
Stormland (1946 ratings)
Boneworks (1526 ratings)
Job Simulator (1489 ratings)
Eleven: Table Tennis VR (813 ratings)
In Death (726 ratings)
The Thrill of the Fight (620 ratings)
Brass Tactics: Arena (481 ratings)
Windlands (388 ratings)
Audica (368 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2023, still available on Steam
Racket Fury (346 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2025, still available on Steam
Witchblood (265 ratings)
A Fisherman's Tale (224 ratings)
Raccoon Lagoon (217 ratings)
Form (206 ratings)
Thumper (196 ratings)
Into the Radius (193 ratings)
Journey of the Gods (134 ratings)
Shadow Point (117 ratings)
Catan VR (95 ratings)
The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone (79 ratings)
Jet Islands (78 ratings)
Iron Wolf (74 ratings)
Shooty Fruity (65 ratings)
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin (45 ratings)
Audio Trip (44 ratings)

Highest rated Rift apps:

98% average rating

Art Plunge (79 ratings)

96% average rating

Wolves in the Walls (1147 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2024, not available on Steam
Oculus First Contact (1249 ratings)

94% average rating

Crow: The Legend (891 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2025, not available on Steam
Show It 2 Me (203 ratings)
Electronauts (104 ratings)
Sky VR: Hold the World (83 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2025, not available on Steam
Get Lost in Nature with Luke (70 ratings)

92% average rating

Aircar (2455 ratings)
1943 Berlin Blitz (1032 ratings)
Allumette (870 ratings)
Dear Angelica (882 ratings)
Fantasynth One (568 ratings)
Dance Central (350 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2024, not available on Steam
Sensor Bounds (223 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2022, not available on Steam
Apollo 11 VR HD (209 ratings)
Wonderful You (155 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2024, not available on Steam
The Bond (133 ratings) - removed from the Store in 2024, still available on Steam for free
Beach Body Bros (117 ratings)
Spice & Wolf VR (57) ratings)
Jig Space (47 ratings)
Breath Tech (45 ratings)

90% average rating

Google Earth VR (8776 ratings)
Henry (1178 ratings)
Wrench: Engine Building Demo (330 ratings)
Sharecare VR (300 ratings) - removed and replaced by a new and updated app
Tilt Brush (268 ratings)
Arden's Wake (44 ratings)
Chroma Lab (42 ratings) - to find this game, search for "Chroma Lab Rift" on the internet

BTW, to make these lists I selected the Oculus Store category containing all games and apps, organized the items according to user ratings (highest ratings first) and then - one by one - checked the number of ratings and the average score.

Finally we could also check which game or app (with an average user rating of at least 90 %) has the most votes in total - and the winner in each category is:

Rift game with the most ratings

Rift app with the most ratings

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SkScotchegg

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RuneSR2 said:

it's been some great discoveries so far (but table tennis, sigh - do I really have to try table tennis... still I can't argue against a 94 % average rating based on more than 300 ratings... ;-)

Good list mate.

And btw, table tennis is awesome in VR, it was one of the first games I tried and I didn't expect much but turned out to be awesome, I'm not sure which one I have, I think it's "Eleven table tennis" but not sure. :)

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vanfanel

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You're missing Airtone - 97.7% (70 reviews)

Yup another rhythm game :)

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vanfanel said:

You're missing Airtone - 97.7% (70 reviews)

Yup another rhythm game :)

You're absolutely right - I have no idea how I could miss that one. It's really rated at an unbelievable 98% like Beat Saber, but it'll be 2nd on the gaming list because Beat Saber has more ratings. I'll triple check the lists later to see how I could have missed Airtone when using the "Browse all" category.

The trailer:

https://youtu.be/z3HLCpmlBBU

Ok, so I need *cough* one more rhythm game - and then *long dry cough* table tennis, but I really need to try this first - even though it's not on the lists, guess you have to leave the yellow brick road now and then ;)

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... And I shouldn't have left the yellow brick road. Megaton Rainfall is based on the most awesome idea - but that game looked like the worst PSVR port I've ever seen - probably the most blurry textures ever in a Rift game. And the game really feels alien - it's the first game to not respond to Oculus Tray Tool at all, so there's no way to force mega-super-sampling on these mega-poor textures. I've asked for a refund - I know, I should have played some table tennis instead, sigh... Some people just never learn ;)

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The reason why I missed Airtone is that I didn't think any game with more that 40 ratings would rate higher than Beat Saber. When selecting "Browse all" by highest user ratings the first many games have just one or very few ratings, and if these are all 5 stars (made by the devs and their friends and families ;-) small games of limited quality easily get a perfect 5.0 average rating.

Believe it or not, Airtone is ahead of Beat Saber - just by a hair - but the secret conclusion to this is:

Airtone is the highest rated game for the Rift

I just checked if some cultural differences could explain this phenomenon, but it seems many American Rift users rated this game 5 stars. Maybe this trailer is much better - it looks a bit cool, right?

https://youtu.be/9W792iaIyFA

Searching this entire forum it seems no one have talked about Airtone - the game has received next to no attention. There're no reviews of the game on Metacritic - but Steam users confirm it's 9/10.

From the trailer it really looks like a game I'd never play. But maybe it's a flying and dancing Zelda in disguise? :D If I have to write something positive, it does look like the first game I can run using super-sampling 2.5 and never get less than 90 fps ;) Then there's the $ 30 price :o - Airtone is nearly as expensive as Lone Echo, and Airtone is 50 % more expensive than Beat Saber, Racket: Nx and some table tennis game ;-)

Has anyone tried this game? - And can anyone explain why Airtone is the highest rated Rift game? Beat Saber has Jedi lightsabers and SwanVR <3 , Racket: Nx is super-cool arkanoidistic (just made up that word) futuristic tennis fun - what's the secret behind Airtone??

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vanfanel

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Personally I really enjoy airtone. I can't really explain why it's rated so high but when it came out I'd argue it was the most polished and my favorite rhythm game at the time. Although this isn't for everyone as your musical tastes might not align with it. But it has a lot of tracks and a nice range of difficulties. Easy is great for everyone to pick up while the hardest setting is probably the hardest vr rhythm game I know. My shoulders ache and my arms feel like jello after a few tries. It has a bunch of little achievements and overall is a very polished game. If you enjoy rhythm games and anime this is right up your alley. It doesn't have that universal appeal of lightsabers or use of mainstream music but as a rhythm game I highly recommend it.

LZoltowski

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It has a Japanese Anime Girl in VR ... I don't think most men playing that game realise there is anything other in it than the animated Japanese Waifu of dreams .. could explain the score. :P

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vanfanel said:

Personally I really enjoy airtone. I can't really explain why it's rated so high but when it came out I'd argue it was the most polished and my favorite rhythm game at the time. Although this isn't for everyone as your musical tastes might not align with it. But it has a lot of tracks and a nice range of difficulties. Easy is great for everyone to pick up while the hardest setting is probably the hardest vr rhythm game I know. My shoulders ache and my arms feel like jello after a few tries. It has a bunch of little achievements and overall is a very polished game. If you enjoy rhythm games and anime this is right up your alley. It doesn't have that universal appeal of lightsabers or use of mainstream music but as a rhythm game I highly recommend it.

I just tried Airtone, it's still quite polished and runs perfectly using super-sampling 2.0 on my rig (all video settings in-game maxed). I like that you've got hands and fingers in the game = nice Touch support, but you don't have free locomotion. The music isn't bad either, but that'll be a matter of taste. I'm not into such cute manga/rhythm games, I prefer darker and more gritty games like Doom VFR and Hellblade VR. I've asked for a refund, but it was a fun and a nice experience to test the game. I can't help thinking that my sons (6, 10 and 14 years old) wouldn't care for such a game, but if I had daughters the same age they probably would have loved the game.

I ended up rating the game 3/5. Airtone is still rated average 98 % though.

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LZoltowski

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RuneSR2 said:

vanfanel said:

Personally I really enjoy airtone. I can't really explain why it's rated so high but when it came out I'd argue it was the most polished and my favorite rhythm game at the time. Although this isn't for everyone as your musical tastes might not align with it. But it has a lot of tracks and a nice range of difficulties. Easy is great for everyone to pick up while the hardest setting is probably the hardest vr rhythm game I know. My shoulders ache and my arms feel like jello after a few tries. It has a bunch of little achievements and overall is a very polished game. If you enjoy rhythm games and anime this is right up your alley. It doesn't have that universal appeal of lightsabers or use of mainstream music but as a rhythm game I highly recommend it.

I just tried Airtone, it's still quite polished and runs perfectly using super-sampling 2.0 on my rig (all video settings in-game maxed). I like that you've got hands and fingers in the game = nice Touch support. The music isn't bad either, but that'll be a matter of taste. My problem is that I'm not into such cute manga/rythm games, I prefer darker and more gritty games like Doom VFR and Hellblade VR. I've asked for a refund, but it was a fun and a nice experience to test the game.

I am LOVING Hellblade at the moment, such a visceral experience. I find the way they made cut scenes work in it, the 3d depth gets turned off and forms into a cinema-like screen, the perfect way to keep the jerky camera moves and prevent vr sickness at the same time.

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LZoltowski said:

RuneSR2 said:

vanfanel said:

Personally I really enjoy airtone. I can't really explain why it's rated so high but when it came out I'd argue it was the most polished and my favorite rhythm game at the time. Although this isn't for everyone as your musical tastes might not align with it. But it has a lot of tracks and a nice range of difficulties. Easy is great for everyone to pick up while the hardest setting is probably the hardest vr rhythm game I know. My shoulders ache and my arms feel like jello after a few tries. It has a bunch of little achievements and overall is a very polished game. If you enjoy rhythm games and anime this is right up your alley. It doesn't have that universal appeal of lightsabers or use of mainstream music but as a rhythm game I highly recommend it.

I just tried Airtone, it's still quite polished and runs perfectly using super-sampling 2.0 on my rig (all video settings in-game maxed). I like that you've got hands and fingers in the game = nice Touch support. The music isn't bad either, but that'll be a matter of taste. My problem is that I'm not into such cute manga/rythm games, I prefer darker and more gritty games like Doom VFR and Hellblade VR. I've asked for a refund, but it was a fun and a nice experience to test the game.

I am LOVING Hellblade at the moment, such a visceral experience. I find the way they made cut scenes work in it, the 3d depth gets turned off and forms into a cinema-like screen, the perfect way to keep the jerky camera moves and prevent vr sickness at the same time.

Maybe we could add some Steam (GOG) games to this thread, especially because games like Hellblade are not available in the Oculus Store and therefore aren't registered on the lists. Luckily, VRGameCritic.com makes it possible to separate Rift games from other VR games, but their ratings are based on published (professional) reviews and not user reviews. According to VRGameCritic the highest rated Rift games ever are:

The VRGameCritic list does clash a few times with Rift user ratings, for example Island 359 has an average rating of 62 % with 50 user ratings in the Oculus Store, but mostly the list does match Rift user ratings.

Here are some trailers for games unavailable in the Oculus Store (note the Hellblade trailer is 360 degrees, try moving it with your mouse or tilt your phone/tablet):

Lazer Puzzle
https://youtu.be/gMQe6yyYRXg

Hellblade
https://youtu.be/Kz2xpeGkcRU

Holopoint
https://youtu.be/QD_1mMA_kew

Project CARS 2
https://youtu.be/u-bPmbI_4N4

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