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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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    RuneSR2
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    January 20, 2019
    Waltz of the Wizard has recently been getting several great ratings, and today it has reached an average rating of 90 % based on more than 200 ratings -  and maybe the best thing, it's free!

    https://youtu.be/zw49O1v1LbE

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1505002759528549/

    I also just updated the lists in the first post, so it's no coincidence if some titles now are missing (because their average ratings have dived below 90 % - like Windlands 2, Racket Fury, VR Chat and more). 
    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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    January 23, 2019
    In case someone hasn't noticed - Xing is today's Daily Deal:

    https://youtu.be/A9ANys1C8RA

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1012092142167066

    It's one of the highest rated Rift games, but be careful with the settings and super sampling, all maxed out I'm down to 22 fps - maybe I should make a guide to the graphics settings in Xing - one day ;)
    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
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    January 25, 2019
    A Fisherman's Tale just got an average rating of 92% based on 43 ratings and has been added to the gaming list:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9EP-eXCJxs

    Get it here (15% off until Jan 29): 

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1812602608857115/
    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
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    January 26, 2019

    RuneSR2 said:



    In case some haven't noticed, yesterday "In Death" reached v. 1.0 - for those who don't like Early Access, maybe now is the time to try one of the best VR games - rated 90 % based on more than 300 ratings:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1659250310762797/

    https://youtu.be/3nxs4rC-JYo

    "The Sólfar team is incredibly excited to announce that In Death is leaving Early Access on Tuesday October 2nd. Its been an amazing journey with those of you who chose to support our efforts to perfect this game after we first went to Early Access last February. We’ve been hard at work adding new content and balancing our full release based on the frankly incredible hours our players have logged in game over the past few months.

    On October 2nd, we will formally leave Early Access and deliver the new chapter, Paradise Lost that we teased a couple of weeks back at Gamescom. The all new Crossbow is ready and waiting for your shooting pleasure in your Sanctuary, and we hope you enjoy close quarters combat with it as much as we have. The scoring system in Challenges, our async multiplayer mode, has been tweaked and balanced with the great feedback you’ve given us, resulting in what he hope is a fair shot for all play styles to reach the pinnacle of the Ladder. And In Paradise Lost, you’ll encounter a fresh host of angelic and demonic antagonists, culminating in an epic boss fight with Gabriel the Fallen.

    We also want to let you know that at Full Release on October 2, the retail price of In Death will increase from $19.99 to $29.99.  If  you’ve already purchased the game during Early Access, you will of course receive all of the new content at no additional charge. This does mean that if you’ve been thinking about jumping into In Death’s dream kingdom but haven’t crossed over yet, now would be a good moment to do so. And if you have friends that might like to get in on our game at the Early Access price, they can do so until October 2nd."

    http://www.solfar.com/new-blog-avenue/

    Solfar is a company dedicated to make only VR games - so it's possible to earn a living by only making VR games ;-)

    For now it's probably the only VR game to support Nvidia RTX: "Thanks to using NVIDIA’s Variable Rate Shading technology, the team were able to realize immediate performance measured in milliseconds of 25% better framerate when comparing the game running on Turing and with Variable Rate Shading turned on in comparison to running it without the technology, all without any noticeable loss of visual fidelity. Thanks to all this, In Deathis able to utilize super sampling to run at a much higher Pixel Density within the Unreal Engine than was previously possible on current generation GPUs.

    All of these performance improvements mean the development team will have further room to expand the title with more complex post processing effects and particles, leading to a much richer visual experience. All of this is planned to be made accessible in a Game Ready driver which will release for the GeForce Experience when the title leaves Early Access in tandem with consumer availability of the new GeForce RTX 20 Series GPUs."

    Source: https://www.vrfocus.com/2018/08/solfar-studios-showcase-new-chapter-for-in-death-along-with-geforce-rtx-20-support/




    In Death is today's Daily Deal (see the link above) - it's truly a must-have for Rift owners (90% average rating based on 385 ratings). I played it last night, it was an impressive experience as always.
    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
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    February 2, 2019

    RuneSR2 said:

    And then it happened - the number 6 game on the mighty Oculus gaming list just went on sale - guess I'm bound to become a fan of VR table tennis  :D

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/app/989106554552337/

    The game is rated 94% by 335 ratings in the Oculus Store - and on Steam it's maybe even better, a solid 10/10 by 992 ratings. 

    https://youtu.be/kjH2mmuj-Lw

    I just bought the game  o:)



    Eleven: Table Tennis VR is today's Daily Deal for just $10. Currently it's rated 92% based on 389 ratings, so I just updated it on the list - reducing the rating from 94 % to 92 %. Personally I do feel that 92 % fits my experience of the game better than 94 % - still, it's an awesome experience. See the link to the game above. 
    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
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    February 10, 2019
    And a new review - as a follow-up to my previous post  o:)

    https://youtu.be/gyS8C2FyHTE
    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
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    February 21, 2019
    Witchblood is today's Daily Deal and is quite an awesome game - and is rated at 92 % based on 192 ratings. Get it here:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1308114652607170

    https://youtu.be/Y5dHDgzISNs

    It's not a demanding game, I wouldn't be too surprised if GTX 1060 could do 90 fps even with super sampling 1.5 to 2.0. 
    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
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    March 10, 2019
    Shadow Legend just made it to the list (see page 1 of this thread) - right now the game is rated 92 % based on 43 ratings. Get it here:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/2739977019349635

    https://youtu.be/FmKZQSyZIgE


    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
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    March 10, 2019
    BTW, I just updated all games and apps on the lists (page 1). So what happened? - Airtone is no longer the highest rated game - that spot now belongs to Beat Saber, which I think is quite reasonable. Moss moved up and is now second on the list, while Vox Machinae moved a few places down. None of the games were removed (and apart from Shadow Legend no new games were added). 

    For the apps, 1943: Berlin Blitz took a big jump forward and is now the 3rd highest raking app. Lone Echo 2 trailer went down from 96 to 92 %. And I added Marshall From Detroit, it just got 90 % average rating based on 43 ratings - here's the 360 degrees trailer:

    https://youtu.be/X2l4y3RQtDE
    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
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    March 10, 2019

    RuneSR2 said:

    Lone Echo is today's Daily Deal - just $25, possibly the biggest discount ever on that game - and it's still the one and only  <3 Average rating is 94 % based on more than 2,500 ratings:

    https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1368187813209608/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UZ6fqlZavo


    History repeats itself - Lone Echo is again today's Daily Deal - see the link above if you wish to buy the game. 
    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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