Half-Life: Alyx
Still the best case anyone has made for virtual reality, six years on — 98.3% positive, and the loudest criticism on its store page is a launch-day review that says "in its current state".
9 / 10
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17 games we have reviewed that run on VR, best first.
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Vampire Survivors
Poncle stripped aiming and attacking out of the action-roguelite formula and the result became one of the decade's most copied designs — a review of what actually holds four years later, now that the screen-filling spectacle has become the whole pitch.
9 / 10
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Fifteen years on, Skyrim's open world is still the reason people play it — walk in any direction and something is there. The systems underneath that world, from swordplay to loot to the dialogue tree, have aged a lot less gracefully, and Bethesda has spent a decade finding new ways to resell the same game. Reviewed as Skyrim Special Edition, the version Steam actually sells you today.
8 / 10
The Last Clockwinder
A VR automation puzzle game built around a genuinely novel idea — recording your own physical actions to spawn clones that repeat them forever — wrapped in a warmly written, well-voiced story, held back only by a short runtime and clone-reliability quirks reviewers describe in specific detail.
8 / 10
Triangle Strategy
A tactics RPG built on genuine terrain manipulation and a persuasion-driven branching story, from the producer behind Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler — and a game whose own Steam reviews argue at length about just how much dialogue sits between its battles.
8 / 10
UNDERDOGS
A VR-only mech-punching roguelite that reviewers routinely call one of the best physics games the headset has, praised for locomotion so smooth it solves VR's usual nausea problem — reviewed here as a genuinely mature release, since Steam's own patch history shows it's still being actively expanded two and a half years after launch, multiplayer included.
8 / 10
Escape Simulator 2 Review: A Confident Sequel With One Infamous Flaw
Pine Studio's co-op puzzle sequel earns near-unanimous praise for its bigger rooms, sharper art, and improved VR support, but a genuinely divisive final puzzle and recurring multiplayer sync bugs keep it from being flawless.
7.9 / 10
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Colony 19 Review: A Free VR Climb Worth Every Cent It Doesn't Cost
A student-made VR horror climbing game built around a genuinely huge dystopian megastructure, Colony 19 delivers atmosphere and scale that punch well above its free price tag, even with rough edges around its movement and a few missing conveniences.
7.2 / 10
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BOYKISSER IS COMING Review
A Meme Made Into A Tower Defense Game BOYKISSER IS COMING, released September 3, 2026 by solo developer akhsotoen, takes an internet meme character and builds an entire, if small,
6.5 / 10
Maestro
A VR-exclusive rhythm game that puts a symphonic orchestra in front of you and hands you the baton, tracking real conducting gestures instead of Beat Saber-style slashing, earning real praise for its novelty and even qualified respect from actual conductors, tempered by widespread hardware-compatibility problems and a monetization model that locks much of its most popular music behind paid DLC.
6.5 / 10
Subside
A genuinely stunning VR free-diving and snorkeling simulator that experienced divers and casual VR owners alike describe as one of the most convincing underwater experiences available, held back for a real share of players by a thin, exploration-only gameplay loop that wears thin faster than the visuals do.
6.5 / 10
D.E.C.A.Y. Review
A VR-Only Wasteland From a Studio That Knows the Genre D.E.C.A.Y. is a VR-exclusive survival shooter that casts you as the operator of a remote bunker in a scorched, post-apocalypt
6 / 10
8089: The Next Action RPG
The fourth entry in solo developer Phr00t's long-running procedurally-generated, VR-native action RPG series is a real evolution of the formula, but its own longtime fanbase is split on whether the evolution is actually more fun to play than 2016's 5089.
5.5 / 10
Zenith: Nexus
A VR-only MMO that launched to real excitement and $35 million in funding, then had its developer cease content work in 2024 and fold what paying customers bought into a free mode -- verified against press coverage, not just the review corpus that says the same thing.
5.5 / 10
Best Forklift Operator
A genuinely charming, VR-capable forklift job simulator that real forklift operators are split on for authenticity, undercut by specific VR bugs, restrictive controls, and a racing-wheel support claim reviewers say didn't hold up to testing.
5 / 10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City
A VR open-world beat-em-up whose parkour movement and genuine TMNT fan service earn real praise, undermined by broken grip controls on Index headsets, a small and lifeless open-world hub, shallow repetitive combat, and a co-op multiplayer system reviewers say only works via private room codes rather than public matchmaking.
5 / 10
War of Wizards
A VR spell-dueling MOBA with a genuinely inventive draw-your-own-spell mechanic, undercut by an unmoderated young player base, real pay-to-win complaints, and a serious, specific reviewer allegation that the Steam version is deliberately denied purchases the Meta store version gets.
5 / 10