17 promising VR games to look forward to in 2024

What VR games are on the horizon for 2024? We've rounded up some of the most promising titles.

The following VR games are listed in alphabetical order.

Aces of Thunder

• Platforms: Playstation VR 2
• Release: 2024

Official game description

"Experience the thrill of aerial combat like never before with Aces of Thunder, the upcoming VR game made specifically with capabilities of PlayStation VR 2 in mind. It will be focused exclusively on aerial combat and distributed on a paid model.

With different competitive online game modes available, such as team versus team and single duels, you'll be able to test your skills against other virtual pilots in intense aerial battles.

The game's physically accurate flight and damage models derived from the popular War Thunder military action game ensure that battles are immersive and believable, taking place exclusively from the cockpit view and with complete control over all flight systems.

Aces of Thunder will feature dozens of legendary planes of World War II, such as the American fighter P-51 Mustang and British Spitfire, at first, with more combat aircraft from other eras to come in future add-ons."

Alien: Rogue Incursion

• Platforms: Meta Quest 3, Playstation VR 2, SteamVR
• Release: Late 2024

Official game description

"This brand-new single-player, action horror virtual reality game features an original story that fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe. Designed by Alien fans for Alien fans, Survios brings their expertise to crafting this technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game."

So far, there is only a teaser trailer with no images or video footage from the game.

Arken Age

• Platforms: Playstation VR 2, SteamVR
• Release: Q2 2024

Official game description

"Arken Age is a VR action-adventure game set in the Bio-Chasm—a terraformed fantasy world created by the Grand Arborist. Engage in full physics combat using Arkenite infused swords & guns—and freely explore the densely filled environments under siege by Hyperion's neural corruption."

Batman: Arkham Shadow

• Platforms: Meta Quest 3
• Release: Late 2024

Not much is known about the game so far, and the teaser trailer gives little away. The official unveiling will take place on June 7th at the Summer Game Fest.

Bootstrap Island (Early Access)

• Platforms: SteamVR
• Release: February 22, 2024

Official game description

"As the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the 17th century, you must quickly learn to adapt and survive on a mysterious and ruthless island filled with deadly threats and secrets to explore."

 

Demeter

• Platforms: Meta Quest
• Release: January 25, 2024

Official game description

"In this revolutionary platformer, you will solve puzzles, fight enemies, and explore a new world in your living room. The game uses mixed reality to create levels and challenges that adapt to your environment."

Read our review of Demeter.

Into The Radius 2 (Early Access)

• Platforms: SteamVR
• Release: Summer 2024

Official game description

"Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly anomalies known as Pechorsk Security Zone. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries that lie within, either solo or as part of a team."

Laser Dance

• Platforms: Meta Quest
• Release: 2024

Official game description

"Laser Dance is a Mixed Reality game for Meta Quest that turns your own living room into a laser obstacle course. Players move between two buttons on opposite ends of their room, and dance, dodge, and crawl their way through laser patterns that adapt dynamically to their living room’s size and layout."

Low-Fi

• Platforms: Playstation VR2, SteamVR
• Release: 2024

Official game description

"You're the sheriff of Cityblock 303, a retro-futuristic cyberpunk slum where the only inhabitants of note are other "low-fi". Humans too poor to jack into the platform, and rusting old robots that didn't achieve the intelligence singularity. What you do with your time is up to you. Are you a good cop, hotshot?"

Mannequin

• Platforms: Meta Quest, Playstation VR 2, SteamVR
• Release: May 2, 2024 (App Lab)

Official game description

"Mannequin is an asymmetric multiplayer game for up to 5 players, filled with suspense, social deduction and fast, sudden action. Play as alien Mannequins and set up deadly ambushes by posing as humans frozen in time, or as human Agents and wield high tech gadgets to neutralize the Mannequins from a distance."

Metal: Hellsinger VR

• Platforms: Meta Quest, Playstation VR 2, SteamVR
• Release: 2024

"Step into the body of the Unknown in full VR and become a true demon of vengeance. Metal: Hellsinger VR redesigns the acclaimed rhythm shooter from the ground up, placing its infernal arsenal straight into your hands and the fires of Hell at your feet. Enjoy a range of features from the original game, including the full epic campaign, Archdevil difficulty, Torment Challenges, and Beast Assist Mode, reimagined for VR."

Metro Awakening

• Platforms: Meta Quest, Playstation VR 2, SteamVR
• Release: 2024

Official game description

"Set in 2028, the all-new story is penned by series creator Dmitry Glukhovsky. You play as Serdar, a doctor searching for his wife amongst the claustrophobic, irradiated metro tunnels of post-apocalyptic Moscow. As Serdar ventures deeper into the Metro his courage and sanity will be tested by the supernatural forces he encounters, and will set in motion the events that lead to his spiritual awakening as something else entirely…"

Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire

• Platforms: Meta Quest
• Release: 2024

Official game description

"Become a vampire slayer on a mythic quest to eliminate these powerful sleeping monsters  — an endeavor undertaken by only the bravest souls.

In this single-player horror game filled with jumpscares, you must destroy a clan of ancient vampires by carefully disarming their coffins’ defenses with the help of your guide — a mystical book. A prybar, clippers, and a hook made from a finger bone are among the many tools within reach, but a stake through the heart is the only way to end it."

Read our preview of Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire.

Skydance's Behemoth

• Platforms: Meta Quest, Playstation VR 2, SteamVR
• Release: Late 2024

Official game description

"Sink into an all new world of danger, survival, and mystery from the creators of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. In Skydance’s Behemoth, take on the role of a diseased wanderer lost in the frigid Forsaken Lands. Overcome dangerous environments, deadly warriors, and towering Behemoths using immersive, weighty VR combat and life-like physics. Travel through strange, otherworldly environments and overcome all, no matter how large, that stands in your way."

Stranger Things VR

• Platforms: Meta Quest
• Release: February 22, 2024

Official game description

"Experience the world of Stranger Things from the never-before-seen perspective of Vecna as he explores unknown realities, forms the hive mind, and enacts his plan for revenge against Eleven and Hawkins.

Players will invade the dreams and memories of fan-favorite characters and harness telekinetic powers to possess minds and battle creatures, as Henry Creel’s transformation into Vecna and his influence on the events of prior seasons is revealed."

Underdogs

• Platforms: Meta Quest, SteamVR
• Release: January 25, 2024

Official game description

"Wrap yourself in 5 tons of metal and go smashing through a dark scene of underground mech fights! Bash, crush, maul and rip apart enemy bots and mechs."

Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate

• Platforms: Meta Quest, Playstation VR 2, SteamVR
• Release: 2024

Official game description

"Embark on an epic, time travel action adventure to change the course of history.

Leave your passports at home, there’s no telling where you’ll go and who you’ll become as you explore ages and events lost to the hands of time. Discover rich worlds, encounter heart-pounding action and solve mind-bending puzzles as you rewrite the past to reshape the future."

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