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August 4, 2018
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Lists of killer apps and games by user ratings - for the Rift hmds and Quest 1 - 3 with Link

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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    Zenbane
    Zenbane
    Honored Contributor
    October 15, 2018
    While I am an active poster on this site, in other places - like reddit and Facebook Groups - I am more of a quiet lurker. And it feels like not a single week has gone by, since April 2016, where some discussion, blog post, or e-Article about how "VR still needs a Killer App" hasn't taken place. Because I encounter that topic so often, that is where my head is at when I see a "Killer App" list.
    In my opinion, there are likely only 2 "biggest killer apps" in VR:
    • On Steam, SkyrimVR
    • On Oculus Home, Lone Echo
    And I still have a problem counting SkyrimVR as a true VR title, but whatevs, that is my own uphill battle lol

    Overall though, it seems that Beat Saber, in all of its simplicity, is probably the Killer App King across all platforms.
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
    Honored Contributor
    October 15, 2018

    Zenbane said:

    While I am an active poster on this site, in other places - like reddit and Facebook Groups - I am more of a quiet lurker. And it feels like not a single week has gone by, since April 2016, where some discussion, blog post, or e-Article about how "VR still needs a Killer App" hasn't taken place. Because I encounter that topic so often, that is where my head is at when I see a "Killer App" list.
    In my opinion, there are likely only 2 "biggest killer apps" in VR:
    • On Steam, SkyrimVR
    • On Oculus Home, Lone Echo
    And I still have a problem counting SkyrimVR as a true VR title, but whatevs, that is my own uphill battle lol

    Overall though, it seems that Beat Saber, in all of its simplicity, is probably the Killer App King across all platforms.



    I'd fully agree - I don't know the budget of Lone Echo, but compared to what I'd consider true AAA games due to their budgets alone (like GTA V, Battlefield series, CoD-series etc.) we're probably quite a long way from true AAA games in VR, but I'd love to be wrong.

    So I don't think I've used the AAA-term in my posts in this thread - although I think Lone Echo is vastly superior to any pancake AAA game ;-) 

    To me a killer app is a simply an awesome game or app that most people will greatly enjoy (like Beat Saber) - no matter its budget.

    PS. I did mention AAA in another post ;-)

    "I'll be happy to admit that my "secret" agenda making such lists is also to show that we already have many top-ranked VR killer apps and games. Instead of constantly waiting for some AAA VR games to arrive, maybe some of us can find inspiration in the lists and discover real gems that somehow have been overlooked. Currently I'm expanding my VR comfort zone to include sports games, it's been some great discoveries so far"
    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"
    Zenbane
    Zenbane
    Honored Contributor
    October 15, 2018

    RuneSR2 said:

    "I'll be happy to admit that my "secret" agenda making such lists is also to show that we already have many top-ranked VR killer apps and games. Instead of constantly waiting for some AAA VR games to arrive, maybe some of us can find inspiration in the lists and discover real gems that somehow have been overlooked.



    This is definitely an agenda I can get behind. It's this type of agenda that can have a massive impact on a massive amount of people!



    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
    Honored Contributor
    October 15, 2018

    Zenbane said:


    RuneSR2 said:

    "I'll be happy to admit that my "secret" agenda making such lists is also to show that we already have many top-ranked VR killer apps and games. Instead of constantly waiting for some AAA VR games to arrive, maybe some of us can find inspiration in the lists and discover real gems that somehow have been overlooked.



    This is definitely an agenda I can get behind. It's this type of agenda that can have a massive impact on a massive amount of people!






    Yes - I saw that, lol. 
    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"
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
    Honored Contributor
    November 6, 2018
    The free VR movie The Bond just reached 40 ratings - and got an impressive average rating of 92%. Get the movie here:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1744923325584653/

    Trailer: 

    https://youtu.be/F09q-1xahEw

    More info here:

    https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/70761/the-bond-awesome-new-free-movie#latest

    I have of course added the app to the list on page 1 in this thread  o:) I try to enter new games or apps when they have just gotten 40 ratings - and then again maybe every 6 months or if I see they passed 100 ratings.
    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"
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
    Honored Contributor
    November 16, 2018
    Just added the following to the list (= https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/68346/list-of-rift-killer-apps-and-games-by-user-ratings/p1?new=1 )

    1. Crow: The Legend. Average rating 100%  (ok, it's 99.5 % ;) :love: based on 49 ratings):

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1939359989460713/

    https://youtu.be/sFZhyZ3Gl1c

    2. Wrench: Engine Building Demo. Average rating 94 % (73 ratings):

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1755851804523719/

    https://youtu.be/M_K-wYQwrgE

    3. PokerStars VR. Average rating 92 % (76 ratings):

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1961361990541898/

    https://youtu.be/sJvEti-duoQ

    4. Lone Echo II: Trailer Experience. Average rating 98 % (72 ratings):

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/2069106006465690/

    https://youtu.be/J-VbAK8TFR8
    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"
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
    Honored Contributor
    November 20, 2018
    I just added Hold the World to the app list - it's now got a 90 % average rating based on 41 ratings:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/2331434793563555

    https://youtu.be/MvENGM3mbkk


    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"
    JakeDragon
    Up and Coming
    November 20, 2018
    Wrench: Engine Building Demo
    This game has so much potential! I love the idea and will buy it as soon as its released and stable. 
    First reaction it crashed, lets try again. Oh I have to start over. Ok hmm the engine wont start, throw a couple wrenches out the window.
    Perhaps I should read and watch the video on how it works.
    Snap I need to pay attention to the instructions.
    I love the game but it did crash on my twice and I had to start over.

    But I hope that it gets the attention it deserves and promotes more games like it.
    ** We need something that shows practical tool use that was lost when shop class was taken away from us.
    Yes I am old and I had shop class. You "kids" that missed out should have a way to see what you missed without having to lose a finger. No I have all my fingers.
    I'm rambling now. Just try the game!!!
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
    Honored Contributor
    November 30, 2018
    Chronos is "Daily Deal" today - I highly recommend buying this game if you haven't already done so - and yes, it's on the list (see page 1 in this thread ;-)

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/929508627125435

    https://youtu.be/H8twzdNMOek

    https://youtu.be/vNPfkoAhaLI

    Works nicely with Touch - I'd say the game hasn't aged at all, I find it much better than most titles launched this year. 2c.
    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"
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2Author
    Honored Contributor
    December 2, 2018

    RuneSR2 said:

    Virtual Virtual Reality just made the cut too - and achieved a 90 % average rating based on 42 ratings:

     https://youtu.be/u7Jz_sVYejs

    It's just $15:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1554270381357502/

    And Gorn is getting close, but still no cigar - 88 % based on 42 ratings  ;)



    Virtual Virtual Reality is on sale - just for today - for $10.

    Get it here:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1554270381357502
    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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