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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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RuneSR2Author

Honored Contributor

Today Windlands 2 reached 41 ratings - and got an awesome average rating of 95 % - I've added Windlands 2 to the list o:)

https://youtu.be/BSeIn9q1jT4

https://youtu.be/N-ADSvGAUWo

https://youtu.be/UwUPC6BLJAs

Get it here:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1087949831298664/

BTW, also checked several other games, had to take Beat Saber down to 96 % (from 98 %) - but all other games haven't changed.

Edit: Changed the rating today - the game's rating has been reduced to 90 % based on 70 ratings - maybe the game is too hard for many, or too different from the original.

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2Author

Honored Contributor

Dimensional hasn't quite made the cut, but it's still at 92% average rating based on 31 ratings. Today it's on sale for just $2.5 - so it's basically free:

Get it here:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/app/802980189823946/

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/yx_CE6viaqs

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

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RobInPhoenix

Up and Coming

RuneSR2 said:

Eleven Table Tennis is awesome - but it's very close to Racket Fury, and I must admit I like playing against robots better. Performance is similar - 2 out of 5 environments work perfectly a 90 fps ss 2.0 in Eleven Table Tennis on my oc'ed 1080, for strange reasons 3 environments pushes me down to 45 fps - or worse (even though not much is going on). I'm not sure that Eleven Table Tennis is better optimized than Racket Fury. I'm a very casual table tennis player - I'm thinking about refunding Eleven and keeping Racket Fury.

I agree with you on how good table tennis is in VR, it's very realistic and totally surprised me by how fun it was. I also have Racket Fury and love the game. I tried Eleven over a promotional weekend and toggled back and forth between the games to get a good comparison for gameplay and physics. Once the games are configured to your style (like the racket setup), both games pretty much play the same.

I prefer the overall aesthetic of Racket Fury a little better.

S

sford52

Inspiring

falken76 said:

.... I don't like Lone Echo much because it makes me feel sick, I just don't like that floating feeling,..

Its amazing how opposite people are!

I absolutely LOVE the free floating in space. Even though I've completed the game, I go back in and just screw around for fun.

The way they implemented it in this game is incredible, both intuitive and feels "realistic" (not that I've been in space). And the settings, story, the visuals, the tasks, even the dialogue, are great. Can't wait for the act.

This was my first VR game, and I cant imagine one better.

Note I'm finicky. Single person and no horror. I like space stuff.

ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS-AH73 17.3" Laptop. I7-7700HQ, GTX1070, 12 GB DDR4 RAM, 500 EVO 970 GB SSD, VS 2017, Oculus rift, Windows 10 home

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LZoltowski

Inspiring

sford52 said:e, and I cant imagine one better.

Note I'm finicky. Single person and no horror. I like space stuff.

I hear you brother, I hate multiplayer (mainly because its full of 12 yr olds shouting d*ck memes at each other) love single player as I can explore on my own at my own pace and I am a sci-fi nut :)

RuneSR2Author

Honored Contributor

Rob_In_Phoenix said:

RuneSR2 said:

Eleven Table Tennis is awesome - but it's very close to Racket Fury, and I must admit I like playing against robots better. Performance is similar - 2 out of 5 environments work perfectly a 90 fps ss 2.0 in Eleven Table Tennis on my oc'ed 1080, for strange reasons 3 environments pushes me down to 45 fps - or worse (even though not much is going on). I'm not sure that Eleven Table Tennis is better optimized than Racket Fury. I'm a very casual table tennis player - I'm thinking about refunding Eleven and keeping Racket Fury.

I agree with you on how good table tennis is in VR, it's very realistic and totally surprised me by how fun it was. I also have Racket Fury and love the game. I tried Eleven over a promotional weekend and toggled back and forth between the games to get a good comparison for gameplay and physics. Once the games are configured to your style (like the racket setup), both games pretty much play the same.
I prefer the overall aesthetic of Racket Fury a little better.

That was my conclusion too - Racket Fury has awesome robots (love the sci-fi theme), a great arcade mode (yes, I need help :blush: ) , similar physics compared to Eleven Table Tennis and Racket Fury costs half the price. I'm not going to use two table tennis games, I ended up keeping Racket Fury and made the hard choice to refund Eleven TT. If you're a true master of table tennis, maybe Eleven TT is better, but I'm a novice and I don't wish to get much better at playing table tennis ;-)

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2Author

Honored Contributor

RuneSR2 said:

Dimensional hasn't quite made the cut, but it's still at 92% average rating based on 31 ratings. Today it's on sale for just $2.5 - so it's basically free:

Get it here:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/app/802980189823946/

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/yx_CE6viaqs

BTW, Dimensional does feel quite dated, even if it's priced very low I wouldn't recommend the game - especially due to my large backlog, I don't think I'll be playing Dimensional a lot. My review from the Oculus Store (3/5 stars):

"Nice game, but it feels dated

This game may provide some insight to early VR gaming, but now it feels quite dated. Touch controls are supported including full locomotion, but controls could be much improved, and you'll need to teleport to many places. Textures are nice, but the polygon level is low. Still I got a lot of reprojections as ASW kicked in, even when using the GTX 970 settings on my heavily oc'ed GTX 1080 using super sampling 2.0 - actually Windlands 2 performs so much better, and Windlands 2's graphics are way beyond this game. This game costs next to nothing, but performance and controls aren't great, and gameplay feels dated, even slightly boring - I'm probably going to keep this game, but I can't recommend other persons to buy it."

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2Author

Honored Contributor

LZoltowski said:

sford52 said:e, and I cant imagine one better.

Note I'm finicky. Single person and no horror. I like space stuff.

I hear you brother, I hate multiplayer (mainly because its full of 12 yr olds shouting d*ck memes at each other) love single player as I can explore on my own at my own pace and I am a sci-fi nut :)

Any news about Lone Echo 2? - That would be just awesome. The ending in Lone Echo was simply phenomenal, all other VR games feel slightly dull in comparison. Completing Lone Echo felt much like losing your favorite girlfriend, it's really sad - sure, the Moss-girl was nice and the wild at heart Windlands2-babe too, but when I close my eyes I keep dreaming about Olivia :'(

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2Author

Honored Contributor

Electronauts (which I consider to be an app, not a game) just made the cut - an amazing 94 % average rating based on 41 ratings:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1867571473257022/

https://youtu.be/QOqdQ5UFdFk

https://youtu.be/hOS7QLyrokk

https://youtu.be/TuGqwLM0KNg

https://youtu.be/q0cean2EMxA

It's now 40% off on Steam, maybe that'll extend to the Oculus Store in a few days...

Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"

RuneSR2Author

Honored Contributor

I just checked - and lo and behold - Gorn has now reached 90 % too (56 ratings) - I've just added Gorn to the list too:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1896033800492877/

https://youtu.be/cfGmGI0T48A

More info about the game here:

https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/68946/gorn-is-now-available-in-the-oculus-store-post-your-bloody-impressions-here

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