If you want a chance to dive back into a Valve world, even on a smaller scale, and are looking to get your feet wet with VR, The Lab is better than any other introductory minigame or tutorial in VR out there. Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality. Playing A Township Tale is a chill experience in the vein of Valheim. You’ll mostly spend your time slowly gathering resources, growing stronger, and exploring, and meeting and playing with other people along the way. Doing all of this in VR is a worthwhile novelty, and if you like the immersion of VR and love this kind of game, A Township Tale is a must-play! Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Oculus.
There are still quite a few technical issues with the now four-year-old Early Access game, and if you go into the wrong worlds with certain players, you can easily find a lot of toxicity. But if you’re looking for the most active VR hangout game out there, that’s VRChat. Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality. Unfortunately, if you don’t have friends to play with, the Rec Room community can be toxic. There are always kids online who like to troll, and if you happen to so much as sound like a girl, you will get unwanted attention if you stumble into the wrong place. Available for: PSVR, Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality. You can do a lot with Bigscreen, but more complicated projects will require some setup, and more than anything else, you will need friends who hang out inside VR in Bigscreen consistently. Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, though, because the track selection is limited, and there isn’t much ‘gameplay’ to speak of beyond simply riding the coaster. You can buy more tracks to ride, but it can be a hard sell with little replay value after a couple of rides. Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality. Plus, you can play in various exotic locales and summon interactive props and toys while you play to stay entertained. Unfortunately, like any online game, the community can be toxic, and PokerStars VR is known to be somewhat buggy. Available for: PSVR, Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality. It isn’t some stripped-down version of the game, either. You can play the full-fat Minecraft experience but in VR. Plus, the Windows 10 edition of Minecraft has benefits, like better performance, really come in handy to help keep the VR experience running smoothly. Available for: Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality, and Gear VR. Unfortunately, Google has stopped supporting the application, and navigating the world, especially trying to find a specific view, can be clunky. There also aren’t any fun minigames or exciting features beyond exploring the world. Available for: Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Oculus.
