Meta Quest 3: The best Mixed Reality apps and games

Oct 14 2023 Josef Erl

The Meta Quest 3 is here and with it a whole range of mixed reality apps. Find out what you can try right now.

If you pre-ordered Meta Quest 3 in time, you should have had it in your hands a few days ago. With the improved color pass-through, this is the first time a Quest headset – apart from Quest Pro – can deliver a high-quality mixed reality experience.

However, with the Quest Store now full to bursting, finding mixed reality content is not so easy. That's why we've compiled a list of the best current (and upcoming) mixed reality content for the new VR/AR headset.

• Note: In this article, you will only find apps that are officially available in the Quest Store. The following article about the best mixed reality experiences for Quest 2 and Quest Pro additionally includes apps that you can get via App Lab or SideQuest. You'll also find a small digression about Mixed Reality.

Mixed Reality games for Meta Quest 3

BAM

BAM is a multiplayer Mixed Reality game where you control miniature robots in a tabletop arena. You can scale them to any size and place them in your physical environment. In the tabletop arenas, you can have boxing matches, use jetpacks to fight in the air, or unlock special powers with power-ups.

You can buy BAM here:

Blaston

Playing as Sci-Fi Athletes, you fire glowing projectiles at each other in one-on-one duels, dodging and weaving in slow motion. The free-to-play multiplayer VR game relies entirely on body control and is therefore physically demanding.

You can buy Blaston here:

Broken Edge

One-on-one fantasy swordplay features different warriors and martial arts styles. Click here for the VR hands-on of Broken Edge.

You can buy Broken Edge here:

Cubism

Cubism is a three-dimensional hand tracking puzzle game where you solve building block puzzles. You grab different colored 3D puzzle pieces and place them into a given shape.

You can buy Cubism here:

Demeo

The pen-and-paper style VR role-playing game Demeo (review) got a free mixed reality update for the launch of the Quest Pro, which is also playable on the Quest 3. You place a virtual board on a real surface and see an image of your real surroundings all around you.

You can buy Demeo here:

Espire 2

The Mixed Reality update for Espire 2: Stealth Operatives brings the stealth action of the VR game to your own four walls.

You can buy Espire 2 here:

I Expect You To Die: Home Sweet Home

I Expect You To Die is a charming escape room series in a secret agent setting. The free AR mini-mission lets you experience an escape scenario in your own home.

I Expect You To Die: Home Sweet Home can be downloaded here:

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a VR classic that first appeared on PSVR 1. In the party game, you must defuse a ticking time bomb inside the VR headset while your teammates give instructions without seeing the bomb.

You can buy Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes here:

Synth Riders

Synth Riders sends you into a sci-fi world where you must smash approaching bullets and avoid obstacles to the rhythm of driving synthwave and electro songs. The Mixed Reality mode now brings parts of this world into your real-world environment. The update is free for Meta Quest 2, Quest Pro and Quest 3.

You can buy Synth Riders here:

More MR Games

• Linelight: Puzzle game that you can also play while lying down (Quest Store).
• ForeVR Pool: Pool for up to four players (Quest Store).
• Gravity Lab: Solve physics-based puzzles in a space station (Quest Store).
• Potato: Skill-based game where you guide little Lemmings-style potato creatures through courses (Quest Store).
• Puzzling Places: Put together puzzles in a virtual environment (Quest Store).
• Vegas Infinite: Gambling simulator with poker, blackjack, roulette and more (Free to play in Quest Store).
• Zombies Noir: Looking through the Quest 3, zombies invade your real environment through a digital door (Quest Store).

Mixed Reality for Quest 3: Fitness and Wellness

Les Mills Bodycombat

Les Mills Bodycombat is a martial arts-based VR fitness app. With the Mixed Reality update, you can now work out in your own living room via passthrough.

You can buy Les Mills Bodycombat here:

Oh Shape

Oh Shape is a rhythm game where you have to use your whole body to quickly get into certain poses, avoid obstacles or box on objects.

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You can buy Oh Shape here:

More MR Fitness Apps

• VR Workout: A full-body fitness app with a subscription model that provides a hands-free workout experience (free demo in Quest Store).
• Knockout League: VR boxing classic that now pits you against virtual opponents in your physical environment (Quest Store).
• Cybrix: A kind of virtual squash where you shoot dice at the walls alone or against fellow players (Quest Store).
• Hitstream: Immersive work-out where you have to hit targets, catch bullets, and dodge walls (Quest Store).
• Hoame: Subscription-based meditation app (free demo in Quest Store).
• Holofit: Subscription-based fitness app that lets you sync physical workout equipment with virtual environments (free demo in Quest Store).
• TRIPP: Subscription-based meditation app (free demo on Quest Store).

Mixed Reality for Quest 3: Productivity and Collaboration

Virtual Desktop

The popular streaming app that lets you enjoy PC content on a mobile VR headset has received a launch day update for use with Meta Quest 3.

You can buy Virtual Desktop here:

More MR productivity apps

• Naer: A productivity app that provides a hybrid, immersive workspace for collaborative workshops (Free demo in Quest Store).
• Zoe: A code-free interface for creating interactive 3D scenes that enables real-time collaborative and creative experiences (Free demo in Quest Store).
• Nanome: Science app for professional applications that can be used to build 3D molecules or simulate proteins made of hundreds of atoms (Free demo in Quest Store).
• Gravity Sketch: Immersive 3D design tool that lets you share and collaborate on your ideas (free demo in Quest Store).
• Shapes XR: Spatial design tool for collaborative work (free demo in Quest Store).

Mixed Reality for Quest 3: Learning and creative apps

Figmin XR

With Figmin XR, there are few limits to your creativity. This fun, creative application lets you augment your real-world environment with a variety of digital content.

You can buy Figmin XR here:

PianoVision

PianoVision offers virtual piano lessons that use mixed reality and hand tracking and allow connections to MIDI keyboards.

You can purchase PianoVision here:

Rube Goldberg Workshop

This building app lets you get creative in Mixed Reality. You can build functional digital machines, racetracks, or vending machines from over 80 real-world components.

You can buy Rube Goldberg Workshop here:

Vermillion - VR Painting

Vermillion is a virtual oil painting studio that lets you learn to paint and design without having to use real paints and tools.

You can buy Vermillion here:

Wooorld

In Wooorld, you can place detailed 3D maps of the entire planet with hundreds of 3D cities in your physical environment and explore them alone or with friends.

You can buy Wooorld here:

More creative apps

• Noun Town Language Learning: A language learning platform that uses immersive gameplay to facilitate the learning of different languages (Quest Store).
• First Encounters: Mixed reality tutorial for the Quest 3 that explains how to use the headset in a fun way.
• Arkio: Design app that lets you design interiors, buildings, virtual spaces, and more (Quest Store).
• Painting VR: Painting and drawing app (Quest Store).
• Tribe | DJ Academy: Music app that teaches you how to use DJ equipment. With daily workshops and community sharing (free demo in Quest Store).

Upcoming mixed reality highlights

There are also many more mixed reality apps coming to the Quest Store in the coming weeks and months. Here are some apps and updates that have already been announced but have not yet been released.

Asgard’s Wrath 2

Asgard's Wrath 2 is an epic VR role-playing game that will immerse you in a fantasy world for many hours. You can choose from different heroes and companions and experience an extensive story. Asgard's Wrath 2 will be released on December 15, and will feature a compact mixed reality mode where enemies from the game world will enter your physical environment through a portal.

You can buy Asgard's Wrath 2 here:

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord is coming to Playstation VR 2 and Meta Quest 3 on October 26, where you'll use remote-controlled turrets and ghost decoys to hunt ghosts and solve puzzles. Although the VR game is designed for co-op play, it can also be played solo. In the MR spin-off of the VR game, virtual ghosts invade your home, and you must catch them again.

You can buy Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord here:

LEGO Bricktales VR

LEGO Bricktales by ClockStone and Thunderful is getting a VR implementation for Quest VR headsets and will be released on December 7. In it, you'll travel through five themed biomes to help solve various challenges. In Mixed Reality mode, you'll place worlds made of virtual LEGO bricks on your living room table.

Stranger Things VR

In Stranger Things VR, you'll experience the world of the series premiere through the eyes of Vecna, enter the thoughts and dreams of familiar series characters, and use telekinetic powers to exact revenge on Hawkins. In the Mixed Reality version, a portal to the Upside Down opens in the wall of your room. The VR game with MR mode is scheduled for release on November 30th.

You can buy Stranger Things VR here:

More upcoming MR apps and games

• Drop Dead: The Cabin: Zombie shooter with mixed reality mode where undead invade your home (Quest Store).
• FitXR: Subscription-based virtual gym with boxing, MMA, Sculpt, dance, HIIT, and Zumba classes (free demo in Quest Store).
• Laser Dance: A laser obstacle course is created in your physical environment. From the creators of Cubism (coming in 2024).
• Samba de Amigo: Rhythm game in which you dance with maracas to the groove of popular samba hits (Quest Store).
• Wallace & Grommit: Jamtastic: Players dive into the world of Wallace & Gromit and try their hand at the complex jam-to-toast delivery system (Quest Store).
• YUKI: Anime-style sci-fi mix of Rogulike and Bullet-Hell shooter (Quest Store).

Buy Quest 3, Accessories & Prescription Lenses

Quest 3

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Quest 3 Accessories

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